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Vence L. Bonham Jr. is an American lawyer who is the president and chief executive officer of the Diaspora Human Genomics Institute at Meharry Medical College, and founding director of the Meharry Center for Bioethics, Social and Behavioral Research.…
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Verina Harris Morton Jones (January 28, 1865 – February 3, 1943) was an American physician, suffragist and clubwoman. Following her graduation from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1888 she was the first woman licensed to practice medicine in…
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Vernice Doris Ferguson (June 13, 1928 - December 8, 2012) was an American nurse and healthcare executive. She was the nursing department head at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center for several years, then served as a nurse executive with the…
1908–1993
Vernon E. "Skip" McCain (June 4, 1908 – April 5, 1993) was an American college football and college basketball coach and mathematics professor. He served as the head football coach at Maryland State College—now known as the University of Maryland Eastern…
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Vernon R. Morris (born January 23, 1963) is an American atmospheric scientist, Foundation Professor and Associate Dean of the Knowledge Enterprise in the New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. He is an Emeritus…
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Veronica Degraffenreid is an American election official serving as the special advisor on election modernization in the Pennsylvania Department of State. After it was announced that Commonwealth Secretary Kathy Boockvar would resign from her position on…
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Veronica Thierry Mallett (born May 5, 1957) is an American health physician who serves as senior VP and chief administrative officer of the More in Common Alliance (MICA), a collaboration between CommonSpirit Health and Morehouse School of Medicine. She is…
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Vickie M. Mays is an American psychologist known for her research on racial disparities in health. She is a professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Letters and Sciences and a professor in the Department of Health Services, both at the…
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Victor Jerome Glover Jr. (born April 30, 1976) is a United States Navy captain, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (emeritus). A former F/A‑18 pilot and graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilot School, in 2020, he piloted the first operational flight…
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Victoria Chibuogu Nneji (born in Eko) is a Nigerian-born American computer scientist, design and innovation strategist, and a lecturing fellow, known for her research on robotics, automation, human-centered design, and autonomous transportation.
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA documentary film with the title Vietnam: The Secret Agent. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. By using archival footage of the Vietnam war, interviews with troops, scientists, doctors and…
1988-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Village elders?".
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Vincent Anioke is a Nigerian-Canadian writer, whose debut short story collection Perfect Little Angels was a finalist for the 2024 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for debut books by Canadian LGBTQ writers, and the 2025 Danuta Gleed Literary Award. Born and raised in…
1965–
Vincent Lamont Hutchings (born October 17, 1965) is an American political scientist. He is a political science professor at the University of Michigan and a research professor at the Institute for Social Research. He was elected a Fellow of the National…
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Viola L. Acoff is an American metallurgist. She is the dean of the school of engineering at the University of Mississippi. She is the current president of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) for 2026.
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Viola Davis Brown (April 8, 1936 – December 22, 2017) born in Lexington, Kentucky, was a participant in the civil rights movement with contributions to public health and medical education in Kentucky.
1919–2005
Viola Mary Johnson Coleman (September 25, 1919 - October 12, 2005) was the first African-American female physician to practice medicine in Midland, Texas. She was active in advocating for the desegregation of schools and for the integration of hospitals in…
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Virgil Garnett Trice Jr. was one of few African-American chemical engineers during the 20th century in the United States.
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Virginia A. Caine is an American physician who is the director and chief medical officer of the Marion County Public Health Department in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is a specialist in infectious diseases and is nationally recognized for her work with AIDS…
1951–
Virginia Davis Floyd (born 1951) is an American physician known for her work in public health, foreign policy, and the nonprofit sector.
1912–1984
Virginia Lacy Jones (June 25, 1912 – December 3, 1984) was an American librarian who throughout her 50-year career in the field pushed for the integration of public and academic libraries. She was one of the first African Americans to earn a PhD in Library…
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Virgínia Leone Bicudo (November 21, 1910 – 2003) was a Brazilian sociologist and psychoanalyst, the first non-physician to be recognized as a psychoanalyst, becoming essential for the consolidation and institutionalization of psychoanalysis in Brazil. In…
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Virginia Margaret Alexander (February 4, 1899 – July 24, 1949) was an American physician, public health researcher, and the founder of the Aspiranto Health Home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1917–2025
Virginia Kimbrough Newell (née Kimbrough; October 7, 1917 – March 14, 2025) was an American politician, mathematics educator and author. She was known for being a mathematics professor and the founder of the computer science program at Winston-Salem State…
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