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Gallery of Diplomas Collection
Gallery of Diplomas – Herbert Hoover
Chapel Hall S400
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The following are diplomas granted to Gallaudet University graduate and undergraduate students and signed by
Herbert Hoover was president of the United States from 1929 until 1933. 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
Herbert Hoover
1929-1933
Percival Hall
1910-1945
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Alice Ruth Campbell
Bachelor of Science
June 10, 1930
Gift of the children of Alice Ruth Campbell, Class of 1930, all of whom are Gallaudet alumni: Franklyn Amann, ’64, Astrid Amann Goodstein, ’65, and Paula Amann Chance, ’67, courtesy Gallaudet University Archives.
Alan B. Crammatte
Bachelor of Arts
June 7, 1932
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Resource Type: History