Arvarh Strickland, who became the first black professor at MU in 1969, died Tuesday.
Strickland retired as professor emeritus of history in January 1996. The university renamed a campus building Arvarh E. Strickland Hall in October 2007. This was the first building named after an MU African-American faculty member.
Visitation begins at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Missouri United Methodist Church, 204 S. Ninth St., followed by services at 11 a.m.
"We celebrate Dr. Strickland not because he is African-American, but because he is a great historian, scholar, teacher, colleague and citizen," Deputy Chancellor Michael A. Middleton said Wednesday.