Robert Beale earns a PhD in Chemistry from Penn State
May, 1942
Robert Beale earned a PhD in Chemistry from Penn State and would serve as a teacher and administrator at eleven different colleges during his career – including North Carolina A&T, the University of Maryland and Virginia Union. Beale retired in 1986. In 1990, Beale returned to teaching in the Prince George’s County School District (MD) upon hearing there was a shortage of black male teachers at their facilities.
