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Title
President Edward T. Foote memorabilia collection
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Extent
16.00 linear feet (16 boxes)
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Biographical history
Edward Thaddeus "Tad" Foote (born December 15, 1937) served as the fourth president of the University of Miami from 1981 through 2001. A graduate of Yale University and Georgetown University Law Center, he served as dean of the law school at Washington University in St. Louis from 1973 to 1980. Foote was appointed UM president in March 1981. Under his leadership, undergraduate admissions and academic standards were raised, top faculty recruited, and major private and government funding secured for research and permanent facilities.
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Scope and content
This collection contains memorabilia related to the former University of Miami President Edward T. Foote and his administration, which spanned from 1981 through 2001.
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Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact the University Archivist, Nick Iwanicki, at ngi5@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.
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Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to ngi5@miami.edu.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
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Archivist's note
Finding aid created by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, 04-08-24.