Walter A. Gong papers 1964-1997

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Walter A. Gong papers 1964-1997

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1 oversize folder, (2 linear ft.); 4 cartons, (4 linear ft.)

L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Gong, Walter A.

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Walter A. Gong (1922-2000) was a professor of natural sciences at San José State University and Brigham Young University, and an educational theorist. Walter Albert Gong was born in Merced, California, in 1922. He served in the United States Navy during World War II. He then went on to earn his bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University. During his time at the university he met Jean Char, who introduced him to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da...

San José State University

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Organizational History In 1857 the San Francisco Board of Education established Minns' Evening Normal School for current and prospective teachers in the city. Named after its principal, George W. Minns, the institution was formally established as the first California State Normal School by the State Legislature in 1862. A decade later, the Legislature voted to move the Normal School to San José, and the school relocated to its new home on Was...