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Founded in 1846, Beloit is Wisconsin’s oldest college


50 majors, 35 minors, and self-design options offered


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Maurice Taylor Van Hecke

Class of 1915

Born and bred in Wisconsin; rapidly advancing, after graduate study in teaching law at several universities; professor and dean of law for a long term of service at the University of North Carolina; dean, also, of a new school of law for negro students; frequently called upon for Government relations between labor and industry, and the extension of civil service regulations to attorneys; co-reporter for the American Law Institute:

Your career has brought high achievement and national distinction and reflects honor on your Alma Mater.

This be the evidence of admiration and high regard from your fellow alumni and from Beloit College.