Temple, Harry Downing
Biographical Note
Harry Downing Temple was born in Elizabeth City County (now Hampton), Virginia, on October 24, 1911, and reared in Petersburg, Virginia. He attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute as a member of the Corps of Cadets from 1930 to 1934, and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering. He served as a professional officer of the U.S. Army and participated in World War II and the Korean War, rising to the rank of Colonel. From 1961 to 1966 he headed the Army's Institute of Heraldry, and designed the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He retired from the Army in 1966. Colonel Temple died in 2004. Temple began his research for a book about the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets in the mid-1970s, and retired to Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1988, to be closer to the archival materials necessary for his research.
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Scott Stadtmueller Article
This collection contains a typed script paper written by Master's student, Scott George Stadtmueller, from the University of Virginia. It is titled "The Pursuit of Land Grant Status of the University of Virginia," and is dedicated to Colonel Harry Temple at Virginia Tech.
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