Kentucky State University mourns the loss of alumnus Cuttie W. Bacon IV
Kentucky State University officials mourn the loss of friend, alumnus and benefactor
Cuttie W. Bacon IV.
“Kentucky State University has lost an exemplary alumnus,” Kentucky State University
President M. Christopher Brown II said. “Personally, I have lost a fraternal brother.
This is truly beyond without words.”
Bacon is a fourth‐generation graduate of Kentucky State University from which he held
a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Bacon earned an MBA at Averett University.
“My favorite cuff links were given to me by Cuttie at a Kentucky State Founder’s Day,”
President Brown said. “He literally took them off on stage and placed them in my hand.
It was the first day we ever met.”
Bacon’s professional career spanned over 25 years at the United States Departments
of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development and Energy.
For the past 10 plus years, Bacon was a senior program manager at the United States
Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, D.C. Bacon served on the boards of
Concerned Black Men of Washington, D.C.; Village Learning Center Public Charter School;
Frankfort JAYCEES; Beltway Cougars AAU; Kettering‐Largo‐Mitchellville Boys and Girls
Club; the Federal Occupational Health Organization and the Perrywood Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association.
Bacon is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, initiated into the Beta Mu Chapter
on November 21, 1982. He was recognized for outstanding achievement by the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He served as
Area Director of Alpha Phi Alpha in Washington, DC and was named Brother of the Year
by the Omicron Lambda Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
Bacon is also a co‐author of four books on finance authored by his father.
Reverend Bacon also recently served as the Executive Minister at Life Change African
Methodist Episcopal Church in Columbia, Maryland.