N.C. A&T professor, scientist. age 83. He was the husband of Cecile Hoover Edwards. Survived by three children, Gerald A. Edwards, Jr. (Barbara) of Washington, DC, Adrienne A. Edwards (Haywood L. Perry, Jr.) of Accokeek, MD, and Hazel R. Edwards of Lanham, MD; seven grandsons, John T. Edwards, David M. Edwards (Sawdatou), Stephen D. Edwards, Christopher J. Edwards, Jonathan A. Edwards, Haywood L. Perry, III, and Jason C. Perry; one granddaughter, Ava D. Perry; two great grandchildren, Kephren Pondexter and Jordyn K. Edwards.
Gerald, world-traveling scientist and longtime professor at N.C. A&T State University, died at his Washington, D.C., home. Born to a pioneering African-American architect and a musician, Edwards continued a family tradition of pursuing higher education at North Carolina's historically black colleges. His family later lived across the street from North Carolina College. A resident of Washington, DC for over 35 years, Dr. Edwards joined the National Science Foundation in 1970. From 1981 until his retirement in 1999, he was Senior Program Manager, Cooperative Science Section, Division of International Programs, managing cooperative scientific programs. He succumbed to renal cell carcinoma.
Gerald, world-traveling scientist and longtime professor at N.C. A&T State University, died at his Washington, D.C., home. Born to a pioneering African-American architect and a musician, Edwards continued a family tradition of pursuing higher education at North Carolina's historically black colleges. His family later lived across the street from North Carolina College. A resident of Washington, DC for over 35 years, Dr. Edwards joined the National Science Foundation in 1970. From 1981 until his retirement in 1999, he was Senior Program Manager, Cooperative Science Section, Division of International Programs, managing cooperative scientific programs. He succumbed to renal cell carcinoma.
N.C. A&T professor, scientist. age 83. He was the husband of Cecile Hoover Edwards. Survived by three children, Gerald A. Edwards, Jr. (Barbara) of Washington, DC, Adrienne A. Edwards (Haywood L. Perry, Jr.) of Accokeek, MD, and Hazel R. Edwards of Lanham, MD; seven grandsons, John T. Edwards, David M. Edwards (Sawdatou), Stephen D. Edwards, Christopher J. Edwards, Jonathan A. Edwards, Haywood L. Perry, III, and Jason C. Perry; one granddaughter, Ava D. Perry; two great grandchildren, Kephren Pondexter and Jordyn K. Edwards.
Gerald, world-traveling scientist and longtime professor at N.C. A&T State University, died at his Washington, D.C., home. Born to a pioneering African-American architect and a musician, Edwards continued a family tradition of pursuing higher education at North Carolina's historically black colleges. His family later lived across the street from North Carolina College. A resident of Washington, DC for over 35 years, Dr. Edwards joined the National Science Foundation in 1970. From 1981 until his retirement in 1999, he was Senior Program Manager, Cooperative Science Section, Division of International Programs, managing cooperative scientific programs. He succumbed to renal cell carcinoma.
Gerald, world-traveling scientist and longtime professor at N.C. A&T State University, died at his Washington, D.C., home. Born to a pioneering African-American architect and a musician, Edwards continued a family tradition of pursuing higher education at North Carolina's historically black colleges. His family later lived across the street from North Carolina College. A resident of Washington, DC for over 35 years, Dr. Edwards joined the National Science Foundation in 1970. From 1981 until his retirement in 1999, he was Senior Program Manager, Cooperative Science Section, Division of International Programs, managing cooperative scientific programs. He succumbed to renal cell carcinoma.
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