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
May Ruth Koehn
Bachelor of Science
June 13, 1934
1935
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
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.
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
Robert Lankenau
Bachelor of Science
June 6, 1942
Frederick Schreiber
Bachelor of Science
June 6, 1942
1943
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.
Gallery of Diplomas Collection
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