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Frazier Leon Thompson Sr., (192?-1991), originally from Philadelphia was the first African-American student to enroll at and graduate from the University of Notre Dame. Thompson began attending Notre Dame in 1944 as part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program and graduated in the class of 1947. He was also the first African-American student to compete in Notre Dame athletics and to win a Notre Dame monogram. Thompson went on to work with the United States Postal Service and as an engineer testing space suit design at NASA

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  • Frazier Leon Thompson Sr., (192?-1991), originally from Philadelphia was the first African-American student to enroll at and graduate from the University of Notre Dame. Thompson began attending Notre Dame in 1944 as part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program and graduated in the class of 1947. He was also the first African-American student to compete in Notre Dame athletics and to win a Notre Dame monogram. Thompson went on to work with the United States Postal Service and as an engineer testing space suit design at NASA (en)
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  • Frazier Leon Thompson Sr., (192?-1991), originally from Philadelphia was the first African-American student to enroll at and graduate from the University of Notre Dame. Thompson began attending Notre Dame in 1944 as part of the V-12 Navy College Training Program and graduated in the class of 1947. He was also the first African-American student to compete in Notre Dame athletics and to win a Notre Dame monogram. Thompson went on to work with the United States Postal Service and as an engineer testing space suit design at NASA In 1997, the university created the Frazier Thompson scholarship in his honor. The scholarship was first awarded in 1998. (en)
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