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Gallery of Diplomas Collection
Gallery of Diplomas – Dwight D. Eisenhower
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The following are diplomas granted to Gallaudet University graduate and undergraduate students and signed by United States President Dwight Eisenhower who was president from 1953 until 1961.
Diplomas were also signed by Leonard Elstad, president of Gallaudet from 1945 until 1969.
In 1954, the overall institution name was renamed Gallaudet College. Until this point, the institution, which included both the Kendall School primary programs and Gallaudet College, was known as the Columbia Institution for the Deaf.
U.S. President
Gallaudet President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1953-1961
Leonard M. Elstad, G-’23
1945-1969
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Norma Lea Burgess
Bachelor of Arts
May 23, 1953
Gallaudet University would like to thank Norma Burgess Tuccinardi ’53 for generously donating her B.A. diploma.
Richard Anthony Tuccinardi
Gallaudet University would like to thank Norma Burgess Tuccinardi ’53 for generously donating her husband’s B.A. diploma.
Boyce Robert Williams
Doctor of Laws
June 9, 1958
Agnes Marie Dunn
Bachelor of Science
June 1, 1959
Thanks to Mrs. Agnes Dunn Sutcliffe, ’59, and Mr. Ronald Sutcliffe, ’59, for generously donating their diplomas to the University Archives.
Jack Randle Gannon
Gallaudet University would like to thank Jack R. Gannon, ’59, for generously donating his diploma.
Ronald Eugene Sutcliffe
Stanley Smith
June 6, 1960
In 1864, Congress passed a bill authorizing the institution, known as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, to establish the National College for the Deaf and Dumb which would provide college-level instruction and confer college degrees. On...
Resource Type: History