Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies

The Reading Room is one of study areas in the Rackham building.

The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies is a community of Ph.D, master's, certificate programs students within schools and colleges of the University of Michigan.[1] Funded in 1935 by an endowment from Mary Rackham, widow of one of the original stockholders in the Ford Motor Company,[2] the Rackham Graduate School is housed in the Rackham Education Memorial Building.[3]

The building was designed by William Kapp of the firm Smith, Hinchman & Grylls with architectural sculpture by Corrado Parducci.[4]

Presidential candidate Bill Clinton in front of Rackham on October 19, 1992, flanked by Michigan Senator Carl Levin, Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Michigan Senator Donald W. Riegle, Jr.

References

  1. ↑ Jillian Bogater (January 16, 2012), "University Of Michigan 'S Rackham Celebrates Its 100th With Events All Year", US Federal News, retrieved January 14, 2013
  2. ↑ Jennifer Chambers (July 11, 2008), "Keep Rackham site a golf course, heirs say", Detroit News, B2
  3. ↑ Dave Gershman (March 31, 2004), "Rackham restored, and then some: U-M 'jewel' gets polishing, updates", Ann Arbor News, p. B1
  4. ↑ Holleman, Thomas J. and James P. Gallagher, ‘’Smith, Hinchman & Grylls: 125 Years of Architecture and Engineering, 1852-1978’’ Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI 1978 p. 139
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