IN CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF 
MAY II, I9II - FEBRUARY I6, 2002 
JR. MARTIN LUTHER KING INTERNATIONAL CHAPEL 
MoREHOUSE CoLLEGE IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA 
II A.M. FEBRUARY 21, 2002 
 
 BIOGRAPHY 
HuGH MoRRis GLoSTER '31 
H ugh Morris Gloster, President Emeritus of Morehouse College since 1987, had a successful and productive career as administrator, teacher, writer, speaker, US O wartime executive, and American representative in educational programs in foreign countries. Dr. Gloster's career was characterized by persistent and consistent recognition. In 1986, he was selected by his peers as one of the 100 most effective college presidents in the United States. 
More recently, two institutions honored Dr. Gloster in recognition of his "lifetime accomplishments." In March 2001, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of New York University, where he received his Ph.D. degree. In May 2001, Dr. Gloster received the MAGIC HANDS Award from LeMoyne-Owen College, where he had pursued junior college studies. 
Dr. Gloster was born May 11, 1911 in Brownsville, Tennessee to John and Dora Gloster. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Dr. Gloster held high school and junior college diplomas from LeMoyne College, the B.A. degree from Morehouse College, the M.A. degree from Atlanta University, and the Ph.D. degree from New York University. He held honorary doctorates from Emory University, Hampton University, LeMoyne-Owen College, Mercer University, Morehouse College, the Morehouse School of Medicine, Morgan State University, New York University, St. Paul's College, the University of Haiti, Washington University, and Wayne State University. Prior to assuming the presidency of Morehouse College in 1967, Dr. Gloster held teaching positions at LeMoyne and Morehouse Colleges, as well as administrative positions with the USO and Hampton Institute. At Hampton Institute, Dr. Gloster raised $21 million to support academic programs. During World War II, he was USO Program Director at Fort Huachuca and USO Associate Regional Executive in Atlanta. Following World War II, he served successively as Chairman of the Communications Center (Division of Language and Literature), Director of the Summer Session, and Dean of Faculty at Hampton Institute, where he was awarded the Centennial Medallion in 1968. He has twice served at New York University as a Visiting Professor of American Literaturefirst at Washington Square College and later in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. A prolific writer, Dr. Gloster authored many articles and delivered numerous lectures on American literature and education. He authored Negro voices in American Fiction (in print since 1948), and was the co-editor of The Brown Thrush and My Life- My Country- My World, which was a best-selling textbook. Dr. Gloster had wide experiences in overseas educational programs sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. From 1953 to 1955, he was Fulbright Professor of English at Hiroshima University in Japan. In 1961-1962, he served as Visiting Professor of English in the International Educational Exchange Program at the University ofWarsaw in Poland. In both of these positions, Dr. Gloster was the first American to serve under U.S. government auspices following World War II. Dr. Gloster participated as a Professor of English in the American Specialists Program at universities in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Cracow, Poland; and Valencia, Spain. As Dean of Faculty at Hampton Institute, he supervised the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) program in Sierra Leone as well as foreign studies programs in Europe and the Middle East. Dr. Gloster furthered his commitment to international education in numerous and diverse venues. He participated in an Asian Conference on Higher Education in Hong Kong as a grantee ofThe Ford Foundation. He traveled to Europe under the auspices of the Institute of European Studies to examine educational programs for American students. The U.S. Department of State sought him out for work in Africa to recruit African educators to teach in American colleges. Under the sponsorship of the government ofJapan, he developed exchanges of faculty and students between Japanese and American colleges and universities. Under the auspices of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), Dr. Gloster participated with other Black college presidents in visits to Haiti, Puerto Rico, India, Taiwan, Kenya, Morocco and Mexico to develop and facilitate exchange programs for faculty and students. Dr. Gloster recommended the name for NAFEO which was unanimously approved Dr. Gloster served as a member of several presidential commissions appointed by U.S. government agencies to further international education and relations. In 1984, he represented the U.S. Department of Education in travel to the People's Republic of China to develop exchange programs between China and the United States. In 1986, he was a delegate to the Republic of South Africa, under the sponsorship of USAID, to recommend steps that public and private organizations could take to upgrade education for Blacks in that country. In 1988, Dr. Gloster served as a member of a USAID-NAFEO team to recommend ways to develop closer cooperation between colleges and universities in those countries and historically Black colleges and universities in the United States. 
 
 The primary accomplishments of the Gloster administration at Morehouse College - that resulted from a team effort by trustees, administrators, faculty, students, alumni, and friends - are as follows: 
Development and establishment of the Morehouse School of Medicine, which became an independent institution in 1981 and graduated its first class to receive M.D. degrees in 1985. Establishment of eight new majors in the Department of Business: Accounting, Banking and Finance, Business Administration, Computer Science, Insurance, Management, Marketing and Real Estate. Establishment in 1968 of a Dual-Degree Engineering Program with the Georgia Institute ofTechnology and Boston University. This Program is now administered by the Atlanta University Center and enrolls more than 300 Morehouse College students as majors annually. Establishment of a major in International Studies, supported by programs in African Studies and Caribbean Studies. More than doubling the size and salaries of the faculty, increasing the percentage of faculty Ph.D.s to more than 65 percent, and establishment of seven endowed academic chairs. Establishment of fourteen new administrative offices that enabled the College to operate more efficiently and effectively. More than doubling student enrollment and improving student quality by upgrading the curriculum and instruction and establishing higher standards for admission. Morehouse now has four applicants for every place in the Freshman Class and attracts students from throughout the United States and around the world. Successful completion of capital campaigns for $20 million in the middle 1970s and in the middle 1980s. Quadrupling the endowment of Morehouse College to $29 million. Acquisition of thirty acres of adjacent urban land, valued at $2 million and including all of two blocks of Westview Drive- one on which the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel is located and the other on which the B. T. Harvey Stadium is situated. Completed construction of twelve new facilities valued at $30 million, including an auditorium with a $360,000 pipe organ, an administration building, three classroom buildings, a dining hall, student center, four dormitories, and a stadium accommodating 9,000 people and an Olympic track. Secured funding to construct a new biology-chemistry building and began to raise funds to build a new humanities building, both to relieve problems of overcrowding in existing facilities. Acquisition of a classroom building, an apartment complex, and the president's home. Operation without a deficit during the 1970s and 1980s. Dr. Gloster was a member of the Boards of Trustees or Directors of the College Language Association, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change, Morehouse College, the Morehouse School of Medicine, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the United Negro College Fund. He was also a former Vice President and President of the Association of Private Colleges and Universities in Georgia, and former Vice Chairman of the Georgia Post-Secondary Education Commission. Dr. Gloster was a former member of the Boards of Trustees or Directors of the American Association for Higher Education, Atlanta University, the College Entrance Examination Board, the Committee on Economic Development, the Educational Testing Service (Chairman of the Executive Committee), the Interdenominational Theological Center, the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, the United Board for College Development, the Westminster Schools, and Trinity School. He was the founder and former president of the College Language Association, which granted him its Distinguished Achievement Award. Dr. Gloster is survived by his devoted wife, attorney Yvonne King Gloster, and by his three children- Mrs. Alice Burnette of Palm Coast, Florida, Mrs. Evelyn Dawkins (Harvey) of Hampton, Virginia, and Hugh M. Gloster, Jr., M.D., (Angelique) of Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Gloster had 11 grandchildren- Mrs. Tracey Blakes (Edwin) of San Antonio, Texas; Mr. Jefferson Green (Vikki) of Smyrna, Georgia; Mr. Michael Green (Cawanda) of Ellenwood, Georgia; Mr. Alan Dawkins ofNewport News, Virginia; Miss Yvonne Gurley of Atlanta, Georgia; Mr. Christopher King and Mr. Justin King of Cedar Knoll, New Jersey; Miss Genevieve King of Cagnes-sur-Mer, France; and Miss Erin Gloster, Miss Paige Gloster and Miss Sydney Gloster, all of Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Gloster had four great-grandchildren -Miss Lauren Blakes of San Antonio, Texas; Miss Mara Green and Master Mason Green, both of Ellenwood, Georgia; and Master Julian Green of Smyrna, Georgia. Dr. Gloster had four stepchildren - Mr. Carl V. King (Donna) of Cedar Knoll, New Jersey; Mr. Price King Qeanne) of Cagnes-sur-Mer, France; Ms. Janette King of Atlanta, Georgia; and Ms. Carole King of Oakland, California. 
 
 Processional Opening Remarks Hymn Invocation Scripture Reflections Tribt.;tes 
Selection Tributes 
Selection 
 
PROGRAM 
Dr. Otis Moss Jr. '56, Presiding Chairman 
Morehouse College Board ofTrustees 
 
"0 God Our Help In Ages Past" Arr. Dr. David Francis Oliver 
Morehouse College Organist and Artist-in-Residence 
 
Dr. David Francis Oliver 
 
Dr. Moss 
 
"God of Our Fathers" National Hymn 
 
Congregation 
 
Dr. Charles Gilchrist Adams {hon. '84) Pastor, Hartford Memorial Baptist Church 
Detroit, Michigan 
 
Old Testament: Psalm 139:1-18 K.J.V. 
 
Mr. RoderickJames Hand '02 Martin Luther King Jr. Scholar 
 
New Testament: II Timothy 4:1-7 K.J.V. 
 
Mr. Demetrius Melic Zeigler '02 President, Martin Luther King Jr. 
International Chapel Assistants 
 
Dr. Walter Eugene Massey '58 President, Morehouse College 
 
Morehouse Ahe:nni (Three minutes each) 
 
Mr. Lonnie C. King Jr. '69 President 
Morehouse National Alumni Association 
 
Dr. Wiley A. Perdue '57 Former Vice President for Business Affairs 
Former Acting President Morehouse College 
 
Dr. Robert Michael Franklin '75 Former President of the SGA 
President, Interdenominational Theological Center 
 
I'm Building Me A Home" Arr. Dr. Uzee Brown Jr. '72 
 
The Morehouse College Glee Club Dr. Uzee Brown Jr. '72, Soloist, Baritone 
 
Officials of Educational Institutions (Three minutes each) 
President, LeMoyne-Owen College President, Clark Atlanta University Vice Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, New York University 
President, Hampton University President, Morehouse School of Medicine 
 
George R. Johnson Jr., J.D Dr. Thomas Winston Cole Jr. 
Dr. T. James Matthews Dr. William A. Harvey Louis Wade Sullivan, M.D. '54 
 
"The Impossible Dream" Mitch Leigh/R. Hill 
 
The Morehouse College Glee Club Oliver Sueing '72, Soloist, Tenor 
Harding Epps Jr. '73, Accompanist 
 
 Tributes 
Selection Eulogies Selection Statement for the Gloster Family Alpha Phi Alpha Hymn Morehouse College Hymn Benediction Recessional 
 
Representatives of organizations in which Dr. Gloster held membership 
(Three minutes each) 
 
Dr. William H. Gray III (hon. '86) President and CEO 
The College Fund/UNCF 
 
Dr. Alphonso Jones President 
Eta Lambda Chapter Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 
 
Dr. Dellita L. Martin-Ogunsola President 
College Language Association University of Alabama at Birmingham 
 
Mr. Aaron M. Turpeau Sire Archon 
Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (Boule) 
 
Dr. Manning M. Pattillo Jr. President Emeritus, Oglethorpe University Southern Association of Colleges and Schools 
The Atlanta Rotary Club The Inquiry Club 
 
Dr. Robert Threatt President Emeritus Morris Brown College Chairman, Council of Past Presidents 
 
"I Believe" Beard/Tucker 
 
Friendship Baptist Church Senior Choir 
Dr. William Vincent Guy '57 Pastor, Friendship Baptist Church 
 
Dr. Lawrence Edward Carter Sr. Dean of the Chapel, Morehouse College 
 
"I Done Done What You Told Me To Do" The Morehouse College Glee Club Arr. Wendell Phillips Whalum Sr. '52 Dr. Uzee Brown, Jr. '72, Soloist, Baritone 
 
Hugh Morris Gloster Jr., M.D. Associate Professor of Dermatology University of Cincinnati School of Medicine 
 
Dr. David Francis Oliver, Organist 
 
"Dear Old Morehouse" J.O.B. Moseley '29 
"Fare Ye Well" Traditional Negro Spiritual 
 
Congregation 
Dr. Joseph Lawrence Roberts (hon. '85) Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church 
The Morehouse College Glee Club 
 
Dr. David Francis Oliver Morehouse College Organist and 
Artist- In- Residence 
 
Dr. David Edward Morrow '80 Director, The Morehouse College Glee Club 
 
 Gon OF OuR FATHERS 
God of our fathers, whose almighty hand Leads forth in beauty all the starry band Of shining words in splendor through the skies, Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise. 
Thy love divine has led us in the past, In this free land by Thee our lot is cast; Be Thou our ruler, guardian, guide, and stay, Thy word our law, Thy paths our chosen way. 
From war's alarms, from deadly pestilence, Be Thy strong arm our ever sure defense; Thy true religion in our hearts increase, Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace. 
Refresh Thy people on their toilsome way, Lead us from night to neverending day; 
Fill all our lives with love and grace divine, And glory, laud, and praise be ever Thine. 
DEAR OLD MOREHOUSE 
Dear old Morehouse, dear old Morehouse We have pledged our lives to thee; And we'll ever, yea forever, Give ourselves in loyalty. 
True forever, true forever, To old Morehouse may we be; So to bind each son the other 
Into ties more brotherly. 
Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, Make us steadfast, honest, true, To old Morehouse, and her ideals, 
And in all things that we do. 
 
 Hugh Morris Gloster '31 
"It is not enough to possess talent and ability: the important thing is to use them constructively. Talent and ability can be corrupted and destroyed by many things- for example, by apathy, by drugs, by hatred, or by violence. I hope and pray that the talented and able members of this class will follow in the footsteps of Martin Luther King, Jr., and our new fellow alumnus, Ralph David Abernathy, in leading our people and this country closer to our national dream of freedom" justice, and equality." 
"To every man there openeth a way and ways and a way, And the high soul climbs the high way, And the low soul gropes the low; And in between on the misty flats The rest drift to and fro. But to every man there openeth a high way and a low, And every man decideth the way his soul shall go." 
John Oxenham 
The President"s Charge, Morehouse College Bulletin, Summer 1971, Vol. XXXIX, Number 124, p. 17 
This splendid school for men, this pleasant place, This home of wisdom, this abode of truth, This other Athens, shrine ofAcademe, This mecca, planned by Freedom for her use Against oppression and the threat of force; This noble tribe of youth, this mighty band, This shining beacon on a Georgia hill, Which keeps before mankind such lofty aims And lights the pathway to a better world Against the social ills that cause decay; This favored seat, this place, this school, this Morehouse, This Alma Mater of a noble breed Known for their faith and honored to their truth, Far-framed for courage and for manly deeds, For deep devotion both to God and state, For Christian service to their fellow men, For firm commitment to democracy, This school of such rare souls, this dear, dear school Known for her worthy sons throughout the world. 
Paraphrase of Shakespeare by Hugh M. Gloster, Morehouse College Bulletin, Summer 1979, Vol. XLIV, Number 7, 362700 
 
 PALLBEARERS For the Funeral Services of Dr. Hugh M. Gloster 
Thomas Blocker '73 Francis Davis '47 
Curley Dossman '73 Charles Easley 
Emerson Harrison '82 Leroy Johnson '49 Gordon Joyner '72 Adam Smith '86 
HONORARY PALLBEARERS Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Atlanta Rotary Club 
Board ofTrustees of Morehouse College Board ofTrustees of the Morehouse School of Medicine 
The Council of Past Presidents Delta of Georgia, Phi Beta Kappa 
Morehouse College Alumni New York University Graduate School of Arts and Science Advisory Council Presidents of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education 
Presidents ofThe College Fund/UNCF Colleges and Universities Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (Boule) 
FLOWER lADIES The Atlanta Chapter of Girl Friends, Inc. The Azalea City Chapter of LINKS, Inc. 
Friends of the East Point Library Just Friends, Inc. 
Les Girls Bridge Club Raggedy Anns Bridge Club The Morehouse Women's Auxiliary Uplifters Club of Friendship Baptist Church 
USHERS Friendship Baptist Church Morehouse Pre-Alumni Association Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Alpha Rho Chapter Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Assistants Student Government Association of Morehouse College 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 
The Family of the late Hugh Morris Gloster acknowledges, with sincere gratitude, all expressions of sympathy and the many acts of kindness shown during his brief illness and since his death. Gloster Family members also extend special thanks to their numerous friends and colleagues who have 
made their burden and grief easier to bear. 
Carl M. Williams Funeral Directors Inc. 492 Larkin Street S.W Atlanta, Georgia 30313 404-522-8454 
Body will be interred at Westview Cemetery Inc. 
1680 Westview Drive