Romeo Benjamin Garrett (February 2, 1910 – March 23, 2000) was a professor of sociology at Bradley University.
[2][3] The Romeo B. Garrett Cultural Center at Bradley University was dedicated in 1980.
As a long-time faculty member, he went on to win the Mergen Award for Community Service in 1974.
Pamela Burnside class of 1990, was the first winner of the Dr. Romeo B. Garrett Award for Scholarship and the Enhancement of Human Rights.
Garrett died at Rosewood Care Center in East Peoria, Illinois, on March 23, 2000, at the age of 90.