Dalton Baugh got a master’s degree in engineering from MIT and became the Navy’s first Black chief engineer. Dennis Nelson rose to lieutenant commander and ran a literacy program that educated thousands of sailors and enabled many to vote for the first time. Reginald Goodwin ran the Navy’s selection office. Samuel Barnes earned his doctorate in educational administration and became the first Black officer of the NCAA. Syl White served in the Illinois governor’s cabinet and became a judge.
