Provost and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs (University of Michigan). Staff Files 1947--[ongoing]

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities (1934-1975)

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From 1934 to 1937 The U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities began as the Special Committee on Un-American Activities and was also known as the McCormack-Dickstein Committee. The Dies Committee, was created on May 26, 1938, with the approval of House Resolution 282, which authorized the Speaker of the House to appoint a special committee of seven members to investigate un-American activities in the United States, domestic diffusion of propaganda, and all other questions relating thereto...

University of Michigan. Dept. of Geography.

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The first geography courses taught at the University of Michigan were offered through the Department of Geology. The size and importance of the geography curriculum within the Department of Geology increased and in 1915/1916 the department was renamed the Department of Geology and Geography. In 1923, the instruction of geography was organized into a separate department and Assistant Professor Kenneth C. McMurry was named to oversee the administration of the new department. Professor...

University of Michigan. College of Pharmacy.

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See the historical sketch in the finding aid for College of Pharmacy (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the College of Pharmacy (University of Michigan) publications, 1880- [ongoing], (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) The College of Pharmacy dates from the appointment of Douglass Houghton in 1839 as professor of Geology, Mineralogy, and "with the subjects of Chemistry and Pharmacy, till Regents take further order in relation th...

University of Michigan. College of Architecture and Urban Planning

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The Act of 1837, which established a state university at Ann Arbor, numbered among its provisions one for the appointment of a professor of civil engineering and architecture. However, it was not until 1876 that William LeBaron Jenney was appointed as the first professor of architecture and design. In that year, one-third of the legislature's appropriation for the School of Mines was set aside for the establishment of a Department of Architecture and Design. In its first year, the p...

University of Michigan. Budget Priorities Committee.

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University of Michigan. Vice-President for Academic Affairs.

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University of Michigan. University Hospital

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Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies

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For history, see the finding aid for Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies records. From the guide to the Announcements, Bulletins, Handbooks (Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies), 1883-ongoing, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) While the University of Michigan made its first provisions for graduate study in 1845, throughout most of the nineteenth century there were few graduate students to educate. Control of graduate programs...

University of Michigan. Medical School

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See the historical sketch in the finding aid for the Medical School (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the Medical School (University of Michigan) publications, 1849-1999, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) While the University of Michigan's charters of 1817 and 1837 both called for the inclusion of medical education within the curriculum, no action was taken to carry out this mandate until 1848. On January 19 of that year the r...

University of Michigan. School of Business Administration

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Interviews of retired School of Business Administration faculty conducted by Enid Galler on behalf of the Alumni and Development office. From the description of School of Business Administration (University of Michigan) oral history interviews, 1990-1992. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778533 See the finding aid for the Ross School of Business (University of Michigan) Records for a historical sketch of the Business School. From the guide to the R...

Romani, John Henry, 1925-

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John H. Romani was born in Milan, Italy in 1925. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan in 1955. He served as a professor and administrator in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan from 1961 until 1969, when he took a position as vice-chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In 1971 he returned to the School of Public Health at Michigan, where he remained until his retirement in 1993. He also served as the president of the Ameri...

Ford foundation

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Philanthropic organization established in 1936 by Henry and Edsel Ford from profits of the Ford Motor Company. From the description of Grant files, [ca. 1936-1986]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155532303 ...

Goodman, George

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Epithet: MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000766.0x000004 ...

University of Michigan. Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer.

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Duderstadt, James J., 1942-....

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Nuclear engineer and eleventh president of the University of Michigan (1988-1996), James J. Duderstadt worked both to position the university as a leader in higher education and to transform the university into a new institutional "model" for higher education -- an institutional model that could readily adapt to the changing needs of society. Evidence of Dr. Duderstadt's work toward transforming the university can be found in the cultural and physical changes...

University of Michigan. School of Social Work

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Formerly the Institute of Social Work. From the description of School of Social Work (University of Michigan) records, 1935-[ongoing]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 81474837 From the description of School of Social Work (University of Michigan) records, 1935-[ongoing]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419552 See the historical sketch in the finding aid for School of Social Work, (University of Michigan) Records. From the gu...

University of Michigan. Opportunity Program.

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University of Michigan. College of Architecture and Design

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University of Michigan. School of Public Health

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See the history in the finding aid for the School of Public Health (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the School of Public Health (University of Michigan) publications, 1920-ongoing, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) The School of Public Health at the University of Michigan officially dates from 1941, but the university had been a pioneer in public health education since 1887. In that year the State Board of Health suggested th...

Michigan. Dept. of Education.

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University of Michigan. School of Nursing

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See the historical sketch in in the finding aid for School of Nursing (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the School of Nursing (University of Michigan) publications, 1913-1998, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) Professional nursing education began in the United States in 1873. By 1900 there were 432 schools of nursing operating nationwide. This national trend came to Ann Arbor in 1891 when the University of Michigan Training Sc...

University of Michigan. Institute of Public Policy Studies

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Formerly called Institute of Public Administration. From the description of Institute of Public Policy Studies (University of Michigan) records, 1917 and 1934-1967. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422284 Immediately after the 1967 Detroit riots, professors Joel Aberbach and Jack L. Walker conceived of a study to examine the attitudes of individuals throughout metropolitan Detroit. Financed by federal funds channeled through the Institute for Public Policy Stu...

University of Michigan. Provost and Executive Vice-President for Academic Affairs.

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As of 1995 the office represented by this record group is officially titled the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. Previous titles of the office were: Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs and Provost, 1983-1995; Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1962-1983; and Provost, 1938-1962. The origins of this office date back to 1938, during President Ruthven's administration, when the position of provost was created by a bylaw of the Board...

Smith, Allan Frederick, 1911-

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University of Michigan. Museum of Art.

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The University of Michigan Museum of Art serves as a research and teaching facility for the university and surrounding communities. Systematic collecting of works of art began in 1855 at the University, and the Museum of Art, established as a separate unit in 1946, has continued to acquire pieces for its collection and develop special exhibitions and programming. From the description of Museum of Art (University of Michigan) records, 1946-2003. (University of...

University of Michigan. Residential College.

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See the historical sketch in the finding aid for Residential College (University of Michigan) records. From the guide to the Residential College (University of Michigan) publications, 1956-2002, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) Living-learning community combining the advantages of a small liberal arts college with a large research university. From the description of Residential College (University of Michigan) photograph series. 1967-1972. (Un...

University of Michigan. School of Dentistry

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See the historic sketch in the fiding aid for School of Dentistry (University of Michigan) finding aid. From the guide to the School of Dentistry (University of Michigan) Publications, 1875-1997, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) The College of Dental Surgery at the University of Michigan was founded by the Regents in 1875. The practicing dentists of the state were instrumental in its creation. They had originally petitioned the Regents in 1866...

Holbrook, Robert S.

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Robert Holbrook graduated from CMU in 1950 with a B.S. in history. While at CMU, he was a member of Alpha Beta Sigma fraternity, serving as secretary, the Student Social Activities Committee, the Social Science Association, the Men's Union, and he served as a Vetville Councilman. His wife Julia (Chestnut) Holbrook graduated from CMU in 1948 with a B.S. in art. While at CMU, she was a member of Phi Delta Eta, serving as secretary, C.M.C.V.A., again serving as secretary, the Masquers, and the Y.W....

University of Michigan. Evaluation and Planning Project.

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University of Michigan. Senate.

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The University Senate is a political institution made up of all members of the university faculty. It serves as a forum for faculty opinion on issues affecting the campus, and has also functioned as a social organization for professors. The university regents first officially recognized the University Senate in March, 1859, although the faculty may have met as a body prior to that date. The influence of the Senate was probably greatest during the 19th Century. In that era, faculty m...

University of Michigan. School of education

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See the historical sketch in the finding aid for School of Education (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the Michigan School of Education (University of Michigan) publications, 1880-[ongoing], 1923-1995, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) University Elementary, Junior High, and High School administered under auspices of University of Michigan School of Education. From the description of School of Education (University of Michigan)...

University of Michigan. Institute for Human Adjustment

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Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor

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President of Cornell University from 1977-1995. From the guide to the Frank H. T. Rhodes papers, 1977-1996., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library) ...

Grand Rapids University Consortium Center.

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University Center for Adult Education (Wayne State University-University of Michigan-Eastern Michigan University)

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University of Michigan. School of Music

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Predecessor organizations represented include the Ann Arbor School of Music and the University School of Music. From the description of School of Music (University of Michigan) records, 1880-[ongoing]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419778 Music instruction at the University of Michigan was established by the Board of Regents on the recommendation of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts in 1880, making it one of the first universitie...

University of Michigan. School of Natural Resources

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American council on education

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Founded in 1918, the American Council on Education is a coordinating body for American institutions of higher education. From the guide to the American Council on Education Latin American Slide Collection N/A., 1945, (Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin) Founded in 1918, the American Council on Education (ACE) is the nation's unifying voice for higher education. ACE serves as a consensus leader on key higher education issues and seeks to influ...

University of Michigan. Law school

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Please consult the history found in the finding aid for the Law School (University of Michigan) Records . From the guide to the [Law School (University of Michigan) publications], 1859-2011, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) Interviews of retired Law School faculty conducted by Enid Galler. From the description of Law School (University of Michigan) oral history interviews, 1988-2002. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778476 ...

University of Michigan. Institute of Gerontology

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Work on aging at the University of Michigan began under the auspices of the Institute for Human Adjustment. The nation's first adult education program for older people was begun in 1948 by Clark Tibbitts, then director of the institute. In 1951 the Board of Regents of the University created the Division of Gerontology as part of the Institute for Human Adjustment. Wilma Donahue, of the Psychological Clinic, was appointed the division's first chairperson. In 1965 the Michigan State L...

Michigan. Legislature

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Beginning around 1870, the Michigan Legislature produced group and composite portraits of its members. From the guide to the Michigan Legislature photograph collection, 1875-1990, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) ...

Cash, William L.

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University of Michigan. Information Technology Division

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Unit established to oversee academic and administrative computing at the University of Michigan. From the description of Information Technology Division (University of Michigan) records, 1979-1994 (bulk 1985-1992). (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422455 See the history in finding aid for Information Technology Division (University of Michigan) records From the guide to the Information Technology Division (University of Michigan) publications, 1971...

University of Michigan. Medical Center

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Sussman, Alfred S.

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University of Michigan. College of Literature, Science, and the Arts

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Consult the finding aid for College of Literature, Science and the Arts (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (University of Michigan) publications, 1871-[ongoing], (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) The College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LS&A) commenced classes at the University of Michigan in 1841 as the Department of LS&A. The faculty consisted of two professors, ...

Holmes, Robert Bradford.

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University of Michigan. Library.

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See the Library Records finding aid for the history of the University of Michigan library system. From the guide to the Library (University of Michigan) publications, 1881-2002, 1950-2001, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) The University Library system at the University of Michigan provides information resources and services to faculty, students, staff, and the public, and is comprised of undergraduate, graduate, and subject-oriented divisiona...

English, Richard A.

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Frye, B. E. (Billy Eugene)

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Zimmermann, Ernest R.

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Dougherty, Edward A.

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Michigan. State Board of Education

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Committee on Institutional Cooperation.

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The Committee for Institutional Cooperation (CIC) is an academic consortium consisting of the eleven universities of the Big Ten athletic conference and the University of Chicago. CIC was established in 1958 and is "committed to advancing academic excellence by promoting and coordinating collaborative activities and sharing resources. Its programs and activities extend to all aspects of university activity except intercollegiate athletics." Programs offered through CIC include the Traveling Scho...

Black Action Movement (University of Michigan.)

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University of Michigan. Extension service

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See the history in finding aid for Extension Service (University of Michigan) records. From the guide to the Extension Service (University of Michigan) publications, 1911-1996, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan) University of Michigan unit established to coordinate loan of library materials to high schools and various local organizations, and to supplement the program of the Extension Service. From the description of Library Extension Service (U...

University of Michigan. Institute for the Study of Mental Retardation and Related Disabilities

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In December 1963, the University of Michigan appointed a steering committee to appraise the University's role in the area of mental retardation. This committee began a comprehensive study of the University's interests and goals in this field. The subsequent report, dated June 1965, recommended the establishment of an interdisciplinary institute with a threefold purpose--to engage in research, to provide community clinical services, and to train students in the treatment of mental re...

United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps

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The Department of Military Science was established at the University of Oregon in 1919. The school had sponsored military training through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program before the creation of a Military Science department. In January 1916, then University of Oregon, (UO) president Prince Lucien Cambell, established a ROTC curriculum led by LTC John Leader, a retired British officer. Over 100 students participated in the first drill in March 1916, le...

University of Michigan. College of engineering

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See the historical sketch in the finding aid for the College of Engineering (University of Michigan) Records. From the guide to the College of Engineering (University of Michigan) publications, ca. 1881-, (Bentley Historical Library University of Michigan) Interviews of retired College of Engineering faculty conducted by Enid Galler. From the description of College of Engineering (University of Michigan) oral history interviews, 2003. (University of Michigan). Wo...

Swain, Mary Ann Price, 1941-

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Graduate Employees Organization (University of Michigan)

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The Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) is the legally certified collective bargaining agent for the graduate student teaching and staff assistants (GSAs) at the University of Michigan. These GSAs concurrently pursue graduate degrees and teach undergraduates at the University of Michigan. As GEO tee-shirts note, they are "Workers, Teachers, Students." As the bargaining agent for GSAs, GEO has negotiated and sustained a series of contracts improving the conditions of employment sin...

United States. Selective Service System

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Huey Pierce Long was born on August 30, 1893, in Winnfield, La. He briefly attended the University of Oklahoma School of Law in Norman, Okla., and later Tulane University Law School in New Orleans, La. He practiced law in Winnfield and later in Shreveport, La. Long was a member of the Louisiana Railroad Commission (later the Louisiana Public Service Commission) (1918-1928), governor of Louisiana (1928-1932), and U.S. Senator from Louisiana (1932-1935). Charismatic and immensely popular for his s...

Tuskegee Institute

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Spurr, Stephen Hopkins

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Stephen Hopkins Spurr was a professor of forestry at the University of Michigan and other institutions, who spent a major part of his career at Michigan and the University of Texas as a university administrator. Spurr was born in 1918 and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Florida. After earning a graduate degree from the Yale forestry school in 1940, he worked at the Harvard Forest and the University of Minnesota before becoming professor of silvic...

University of Michigan. School of Information and Library Studies

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Established as Department of Library Science; name later changed to School of Library Science. From the description of School of Information and Library Studies (University of Michigan) records, 1904-[ongoing]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419207 ...

Shapiro, Harold T., 1935-....

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Heyns, Roger W. (Roger William), 1918-1995

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University of Michigan. Board of Regents

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Elected governing body of the University of Michigan. From the description of Board of Regents (University of Michigan) records, 1817-[ongoing]. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422511 The Board of Regents is the governing body of the University of Michigan. From the description of Board of Regents (University of Michigan) agendas, 1996-[ongoing] (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778783 See the finding aid for Board of Regent...

University of Michigan. Division of the Health Sciences.

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University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

Williams, Robert Lewis, 1903-

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Assistant registrar, 1936-1945, assistant dean of faculties, 1951-1958, and administrative dean in the office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs of University of Michigan. From the description of Robert Lewis Williams papers, 1929-1970. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422967 Robert Lewis Williams served the University of Michigan in various administrative capacities: as assistant registrar, 1936-1945, assistant dean of faculties, 1951-1958, and adminis...

Davis, Carolyne K.

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Caroline K. Davis was born January 31, 1932 in Penn Yan, New York. She received the B.S. degree in nursing from the Johns Hopkins University (1954), the M.S. degree in nursing education (1965) and the Ph.D. degree in higher education and administration (1972) both from Syracuse University. From 1968 to 1973, she served as assistant chairman, acting chairman, and chairman of the Baccalaureate Nursing Program at the Syracuse University School of Nursing. Davis ...

Sudarkasa, Niara

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Anthropologist, educator, and president of Lincoln University; b. Gloria A. Marshall, 1938; married Delmer A. Sudarkasa. From the description of Niara Sudarkasa papers, 1980-1993 (bulk 1987-1993). (Lincoln University, Langston Hughes Memorial Library). WorldCat record id: 83403940 ...

University of Michigan. School of Art

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