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The Great Depression raged
throughout the country, and as a result, the School suffered budget reductions, faculty losses and poor graduate job placement. Walter Williams, named University president in 1930, served both the School and the campus until his death in 1935. However, he lived long enough to celebrate the School’s 25th anniversary, and he left behind the legacy of the Missouri Honor Medal.
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1930
The first recipients of the Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism were Percy S. Bullen, London Daily Telegraph; Ward A. Neff, Corn Belt Farm Dailies; E.W. Stephens, the Columbia (Mo.) Herald; LaPrensa, Buenos Aires; and The New York Times.
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1931
A gift of two 531-year-old stone lions from the Chinese government was one of a few bright spots during the Depression. The School budget was cut by 10 percent, and only 14 of 141 graduates found journalism-related jobs. Then University President Walter Williams cut his own salary by $2,500.
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