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Since North Carolina A&T's first graduating class in 1899, it has sent more than 60,000 alumni into the world, where many have gone on to great success, making singificant contribution in government, STEM professions, sports, academia, business and more.

Scroll the page or use the bulleted list of anchor-linked date spans to navigate the list of alumni who graduated during those periods. 

~ 1891 – 1941 ~

Adam Watson (1870 – 1908) 

Of the "Superior Seven" of 1899 -- the first graduating class of A&T -- the one who received the most acclaim at commencement was Adam Watson.

His thesis was a working steam engine that was promoted as the first engine built by a person of color in North Carolina. Watson became head of the Department of Mechanics at A&T from 1902 until ill health forced him to resign in 1906.

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