Roger Arliner Young

Born: 1889 or 1898 or 1899

Died: 1964

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

Howard University BS Biology 1923; University of Chicago MA Zoology 1926; University of Pennsylvania PhD Zoology 1940

Field of Study: Zoology

Institution/Corporation: North Carolina College for Negroes (NCC); Shaw University; NAACP Durham chapter; Harriet Tubman YMCA; Marine Biological Labs at Woods Hole

Degrees & Memberships: Member: Dunbar Players; Sigma Xi; YWCA; NAACP (1944)

Awards: first black woman in the Sigma Xi fraternity for scientists and engineers

Achievements: first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in Zoology; discovered the structure of paramecium