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Edward S. Hope

1901–1990

United States

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Edward Swain Hope (August 28, 1901 – June 8, 1990) was an African-American engineer and university educator. A World War II volunteer and veteran, Hope was, in his postwar service, the first African-American to hold the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy.

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