W. Gerald Akers Papers

Location of collection:

Old Dominion University

3023 Patricia W. and J. Douglas Perry Library

Old Dominion University

4427 Hampton Blvd

Norfolk, VA 23529

Contact for questions and access:

POC: Jessica Ritchie

Email: jhritchi@odu.edu

Email: libspecialcollections@odu.edu

Phone: (757) 683-4483

Fax: (757) 683-5954

Web: www.odu.edu/library/special-collections

Summary

Extent:

0.05 Linear Feet

Language:

English

Background

Scope and content:

Contains yearbooks, photos, and news clippings related to Gerald Akers, an early professor at the Norfolk Division of William & Mary.

Biographical / historical:

W. Gerald Akers was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio in 1907. He one of the first faculty members to work at Old Dominion University during its days as the Norfolk Division of William and Mary. He joined The Norfolk Division of William and Mary in 1931 as an assistant professor of foreign languages. Akers eventually became chair of the foreign languages department and retired in 1972. Akers accomplished many things in his career including helping to preserve languages like Penobscot and Hopi. He died in 1993 at the age of 86.

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