Monmouth College is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Monmouth, Illinois, United States. It enrolls 767 students in Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs including a fo
Construction of Wallace Hall, 1908. Its entrance is modeled after the east portico of the ancient Erechtheion of the Athenian Acropolis. The building houses historic classrooms that played a part in educating all living alumni.
Incoming new students can participate in research projects with their professors and returning upper classmen during the summer prior to their enrollment.
Housing about a half million items, the Hewes Library also contains ancient antiquities and thousands of Native American artifacts.
Procured by the senior class of 1903 as its graduation gift to the institution, this Civil War-era cannon spent 50 years at the bottom of a creek after having been stolen by the rival junior class
James Bond Stockdale was a U.S. Navy vice admiral, aviator, and Stoic philosopher who received the Medal of Honor in 1976 for his leadership as a POW for more than seven years during the Vietnam War.
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…Maurice H. Rees 1904, medical educator, Dean, U. of Colorado School of Medicine, 1925 to 1945 James Stockdale 1946, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy; U. S. Vice-Presidential candidate; Medal of Honor; President, Naval War College Charles F. Wishart 1894, president…
Official portrait, c. 1979
Stockdale exiting his A-4 Skyhawk attack jet weeks before becoming a POW
United States President Gerald Ford presents the Medal of Honor to Stockdale at the White House on March 4, 1976.
Stockdale as president of the Naval War College in 1979