Portrait of Alphonso McPheeters, Ph.D.

Portrait of the late Alphonso A. McPheeters, Ph.D., mathematician, activist, and partial namesake of McPheeters-Dennis Hall.

During his tenure at Clark College from 1930-1962, in 1955, McPheeters served as an instructor, then dean. He also was a U.S. Information Officer in Accra, Gold Coast [now Ghana], West Africa. On November 2, 1960, McPheeters and Rufus E. Clement were two of the seven administrators from Clark College to meet with Dr. Martin L. King, Jr. to discuss student and adult leadership in the local sit-in movement.

In 1971, the instructional laboratory building, McPheeters-Dennis, was named in honor of Dr. Alphonso A. McPheeters and Dr. Joseph J. Dennis.