Sir Roger Makins was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956 Dr. John Somerville, born in Jamaica was the first black graduate of USC School of Dentistry (1907). He married Vada Jetmore Watson (1912), who also became a dentist. He built the Somerville Hotel (1928), was instrumental in the founding of the Los Angeles chapter of NAACP (1914). Dr. John A. Somerville (right) the day he was made an honorary officer of the "Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire," with Sir Roger Makins, British Ambassador (center), and an unidentified man and two unidentified women who also wear medals.
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African American civic leaders African American civil rights workers African American businesspeople African American dentists Ambassadors Order of the British Empire Somerville, John Alexander, 1881-1973 Sherfield, Roger Mellor Makins, Baron, 1904-1996
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