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Saint Augustine's College
Raleigh, North Carolina
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
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March 24, 1953

Dr. F. D. Patterson
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Institute, Alabama

Dear Dr. Patterson:

On a recent trip to New York  I learned that you had resigned your position as President of Tuskegee Institute to accept a position with the Phelps-Stokes Fund. I can sincerely say that Tuskegee experiences a great loss and the Phelps-Stokes Fund experiences a tremendous gain.

You have done a magnificent job as President of Tuskegee Institute. It is an Institution that deserves an executive head of highest caliber and you have been just this.

I regret that you are leaving Tuskegee but congratulate the Phelps-Stokes Fund on securing your service. 

I trust that the College Fund will still have enough of your time and effort to tide it over the transition from one President to the other.

With kindest good wishes, I remain

Yours very sincerely,
[[signature]] Harlod L. Trigg [[signature]]
Harold L. Trigg
President

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