Gallery of Diplomas - Harry S. Truman
The following are diplomas granted to Gallaudet University graduate and undergraduate students and signed by United States President Harry Truman who was president from 1945 until 1953.
Diplomas were also signed by Leonard Elstad, president of Gallaudet from 1945 until 1969.
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.
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1945 |
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 Click image to enlarge *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. |
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1949 |
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1950 |
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 Click image to enlarge *Gallaudet University would like to thank the family of Kenneth, '50, and Audree, '52, Norton for generously donating his diploma to the Gallaudet University Archives. |
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1952 |
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 Click image to enlarge *Thanks to Dr. Frank Turk, Jr., ‘52 for generously donating his diploma to the Gallaudet University Archives. |
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