Raphael Lanier

Raphael O'Hara Lanier (April 28, 1900 – December 17, 1962)^[1] was an American diplomat to Liberia.^[2]

Lanier was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the first inter-collegiate Greek letter organization established for African Americans.^[3]

Lanier was the first president of what is today Texas Southern University.

Preceded by

U.S. Ambassador to Liberia
1946–1948

Succeeded by

References

^ LANIER, RALPHAEL O'HARA
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v t e File:Flag of the United States.svg United States ambassadors to Liberia Liberia
Commissioner and Consul General	Hanson
Minister Resident/Consul General	Seys Turner Smythe Garnet Smythe Hopkins Taylor E. E. Smith Clark McCoy Heard O. L. W. Smith Crossland Lyon Crum Buckner Curtis Johnson Hood Francis
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Mitchell Walton Lanier Dudley
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	Dudley Locker Jones Mathews Rhetts Brown Westerfield Manfull Carter R. P. Smith Swing Perkins Bishop de Vos Myrick Blaney Booth Thomas-Greenfield Malac Boulware (acting) Elder McCarthy