George W. Gore, Jr. was born in 1901 in Tennessee and died September 10, 1982 in Nashville, Tennessee. A graduate of DePauw, Harvard and Columbia universities, he served as president of Florida A&M University (1950-1968). He is recognized for his work at Florida A&M in expanding its enrollment, accreditation, academic offerings, and physical plant, and for being the first black graduate of a U.S. school of journalism (DePauw '23).