MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - Melvin G. Scarlett, president of Middle Tennessee State University from 1969 to 1978, has died. He was 91.
The university said in a news release Tuesday that Scarlett died Monday.
Funeral services will be Thursday at Woodfin Funeral Chapel in Murfreesboro. Survivors include his wife, two sons and a daughter.
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