RG 08. Students

Abstract Ralph Charles Hammond (b. 1916), attended Berea College through his junior year when he was drafted into the United States Army. While stationed in England, he did special studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland and at Oxford University. Upon returning from four years of service in World War II he graduated from the University of Alabama he was awarded an Honorary Doctor's Degree from the University of West Alabama for his "Contribution to Alabama Life and Literature" in...

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Randall Law McConkey was a 1950 graduate of Berea College and also attended the Academy school.

Abstract S(amuel) Whittemore Boggs born in Kansas on March 3, 1889 and graduated from Berea College in 1909. He received a M.A. from Columbia University in 1924 and a D.Sc. (honorary) from Berea College in 1949.  Upon graduating from Berea, Boggs served as the private secretary to President Frost from 1909-12.  As a geologist, he published many articles and edited numerous map compilations, including editing maps for World Missionary Atlas. Boggs served as a geographer with the U.S. Dept. of State...

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Sarah Alice Snider attended Berea College from 1926 to 1927.

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Shelden Cary was a 1921 Berea College graduate who went on to become a professional illustrator and to teach high school art in the Philadelphia area.

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Unofficial, non-academic records maintained for reference purposes on Berea College students, alumnus, and alunmae.

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This is a collection of scrapbooks and photo albums of Berea College students. Scrapbooks and albums are primarily comprised of photographs and ephemera from the students' attendance at Berea College or affiliated institutions.

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Rev. William A. Dimmick was a graduate of Berea College and held Masters and Doctoral degrees from Yale University's Divinity School. Consecrated as Bishop of Northern Michigan in May 1975, Dimmick resigned that post in 1982. He then served as assistant bishop in Minnesota, where he exercised an ecumenical ministry at a Roman Catholic abbey and university.

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William R. Paul was both a Berea Academy (1931) and Berea College (1935) graduate.