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Processed by Michael Olson  11/18/1982

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Schowe, Benjamin M. Sr., Papers (1893-1979)

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

1893 Born in Columbus, Indiana, September 29.
1906 Became deaf at 13.
1913 Entered Gallaudet College.
1918 Received Bachelor of Arts degree.
1918 Married Dorothy Conover, Class of 1918.
1919 Personnel Manager for Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio.
1920 Ben Schowe, Jr. born.
1934 Rose to become Labor Economics Research Specialist.
1939-1946 First Vice‑President of Gallaudet College Alumni Association.
1946-1950 President of Gallaudet College Alumni Association.
1951   Honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from Gallaudet College.
1958    Retired from Firestone Tire & Rubber Company.
1979 Died in Akron, Ohio, September 26.
   

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