Gallery of Diplomas - Franklin D. Roosevelt

The following are diplomas granted to Gallaudet University graduate and undergraduate students and signed by United States President Franklin Roosevelt who was president from 1933 until 1945.

Diplomas were also signed by Percival Hall, president of Gallaudet from 1910 until 1945.

During this period, the school was known as the Columbia Institution for the Deaf which included both the Kendall School primary programs and Gallaudet College.

U.S. President

Gallaudet President

Franklin D. Roosevelt

1933-1945

Percival Hall

1910-1945

1934

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May Ruth Koehn

Bachelor of Science

June 13, 1934

1935

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Earl Cameron Norton

Bachelor of Science

June 1, 1935

Gallaudet University would like to thank the family of Kenneth, ’50, and Audree, ’52, Norton for generously donating the diploma of Earl Cameron Norton, ’35 to the Gallaudet University Archives.

1939

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Ola Mary Benoit

Bachelor of Science

June 3, 1939

Gallaudet University would like to thank Celia May Baldwin ’70 for generously donating the diploma of Ola Mary Benoit ’39.

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Rhoda S. Clark

Bachelor of Science

June 3, 1939

Gallaudet University would like to thank Mary Wright on behalf of Rhoda Clark’s estate, for generously donating this diploma to the University Archives.

1942

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Robert Lankenau

Bachelor of Science

June 6, 1942

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Frederick Schreiber

Bachelor of Science

June 6, 1942

1943

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John Galvan

Bachelor of Arts

May 29, 1943

Thanks to Dr. Dennis Galvan, professor of psychology, for generously donating the diplomas of his father, John Galvan, Jr., ’43, and mother, Betty Jane Stark, ’45, to the University Archives.