Belle Boone Beard centenarian papers, circa 1920-1980.
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Beard, Belle Boone, 1898-1984
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Belle Boone Beard (1898-1984) was a noted centenarian researcher and professor of gerontology. She was born in Boones Mill, Va., graduated from Lynchburg College and then earned a Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr. Dr. Beard proposed and attended the first White House Conference on Aging. She taught at Sweet Briar College where she was a professor and the chairman of the Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University and New Mexico Highlands University where she was a visiting professor, and the University o...
University of Georgia. International Student Life Office
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The University of Georgia (UGA) is the largest institution of higher learning in the state of Georgia. Located in Athens, Georgia, approximately 70 miles northeast of Atlanta, it was the first state-chartered university in the United States. In 2005 U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked UGA 19th in its list of the top 50 public universities for a sixth year in a row. UGA also ranks 58th overall (public and private) in the nation. Today, it is the largest university of the University Syste...
