Tippo, Oswald

Oswald Tippo Tribute Garden
Oswald Tippo Marker
Oswald Tippo accepting contribution from students, ca. January 1971, Photo: Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

Tributes

Garden

Dedication Name

Tippo, Oswald

Full Dedication

Oswald Tippo (1911-1999). Provost 1964-1970; Chancellor 1070-1971; Commonwealth Professor of botany 1971-1972; INDEX dedications 1969 and 1972.

Inscription

The Oswald Tippo Library Courtyard Sculpture Garden; Named to honor Oswald Tippo, Class of 1932; (1911-1999); He served his alma mater with distinction as Provost, Chancellor, and Commonwealth Professor of Botany. His vision, persistence and persuasion were essential for establishing this campus as a research university of national stature and for building this great academic library; Dedicated October 8, 1999

Location

Outside W.E.B. Du Bois Library.

Date Dedicated

October 8, 1999

Year Dedicated

1999

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