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Irving L. Peddrew III, Virginia Tech's first Black student, remembered

He died May 11 at age 88.

VT mourns loss of first Black student, Irving L. Peddrew III

Irving Peddrew, Virginia Tech's first Black student, remembered

First Black person to enroll at Virginia Tech has died

Irving L. Peddrew III of Hampton, Virginia, died May 11 at age 88. He enrolled at Tech in 1953 and arrived only to find that he could neither live nor eat on campus. Now a dorm at Tech is named for him and for another student, a man who was the first to graduate from Tech.

Irving L. Peddrew III, Virginia Tech's first Black student, remembered

He died May 11 at age 88.