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The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, commonly known as the Rackham Graduate School, is the graduate school of the University of Michigan. Founded in 1912 with an
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from Mary Rackham in 1935, the Rackham Graduate School is responsible for Michigan's all graduate degree and
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programs, except for medical and law degrees. The school offers more than 180 master's and doctorate degree programs.The Rackham Graduate School is housed in the Rackham Education Memorial Building. The building was designed by
William Kapp William Edward Kapp (August 20, 1891 in Toledo – 1969) was an American architect. He earned his architectural degree at the University of Pennsylvania. For the majority of his career, he worked for the firm Smith, Hinchman & Grylls. Projects ...
of the firm
Smith, Hinchman & Grylls SmithGroup is an international architectural, engineering and planning firm. Established in Detroit in 1853 by architect Sheldon Smith, SmithGroup is the longest continually operating architecture and engineering firm in the United States that ...
with architectural sculpture by Corrado Parducci.Holleman, Thomas J. and James P. Gallagher (1978) ‘’Smith, Hinchman & Grylls: 125 Years of Architecture and Engineering, 1852-1978’’ Wayne State University Press, Detroit, MI p. 139


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