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The Hood College Graduate School

History
Four widely respected faculty members were instrumental in the opening of the Hood College Graduate School and served on the first graduate school committee. Virginia E. Lewis, Ph.D., professor of political science and chair of the history and political science department; Francis G. Hugo, Ph.D., professor of psychology and chair of the department; Charles E. Tressler, Ed.D., Giles Professor of Early Childhood Education and chair of the department; and Herbert E. Newman, Ph.D., professor of economics and chair of the economics and sociology department, were those individuals. Newman served as the first director of graduate studies.

The first classes were held during the single summer session of 1971 and 49 students enrolled in a single degree program, the Master of Arts of Human Sciences. In the fall of 1971, 61 students enrolled. The degree program required a student to select three of the following five courses:  Biology 500, Man and His Environment; Economics 500, Economic Aspects of Contemporary National Issues; Political Science 500, Government in Contemporary Society; Psychology 500, Psychology of Individual Development and Behavior in Modern Society; and Sociology 500, Families in Modern American Communities. With these nine credits and an additional 21 credits from the possible 18 other courses, a student could earn a Master of Arts degree.