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When Robert O’Malley ’44 left to serve his country in World War II, he also left his college days behind him – and with them, his hopes for the degree on which he’d set his sights. Little could the new soldier have anticipated that his baccalaureate would indeed be conferred – 77 years later and at the initiative of the son he never knew.

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Winter 2-5-2019

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Office of Communications, posthumous degree, Robert O'Malley '44, World War II, alumni, legacy

Fall/Winter 2018: Posthumous Degree Honors Service, Celebrates Family Ties

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