President's Office records, 1962-1972: Homer D. Babbidge, 1962-1972.

University of Connecticut. Office of the President.

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Homer Daniels Babbidge was born in 1925 in Weston Massachusetts and raised in New Haven, Connecticut. He received bachelor, masters and doctorates from Yale University and taught in Yale's department of American Studies for several years before becoming the director of Financial Aid. Babbidge became the president of the University of Connecticut in 1962 and remained in office until his retirement in 1972. He died in 1984. From the description of President's Office records, 1962-1972:...

Babbidge, Homer D., Jr

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University of Connecticut.

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In 1931, the faculty of the University of Connecticut voted to offer comprehensive examinations in most degree programs to graduating seniors, and outgrowth of a report to the Committee on the Study of Honors (11/6/1930). The departments reported the results of the examinations and their recommendations to the Registrar and the Committees on Scholastic Standing and Degrees with Distinction. Degrees would then be awarded without distinction, with distinction or with highest distinction. The progr...