Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)

These medals were given to recognize student academic accomplishments at St. Xavier College, Cincinnati, Ohio.The presentation of the awards in this collection are documented in the St. Xavier course catalogs for the periods concerned. Most of the medals (6) were awarded to Albert H. Poetker who later became a Jesuit priest, taught at Xavier University, and later became president of the University of Detroit.

From the guide to the St. Xavier College academic medals collection, 1887-1988, (Xavier University Archives and Special Collections)

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