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Lodwrick Monroe Cook Education Auditorium

Native Louisianan, international business leader, tireless champion of humanitarian causes, Lodwrick M. Cook has contributed greatly to the creation of Louisiana's center for political and governmental history.Lod Cook was born in Casstor, LA., June 17, 1928 and raised in Grand Cane. He attended Louisiana State University, receiving Bachelor Degrees in mathematics in 1950 and...

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UC Berkeley printing services

Presented to The University of California Printing Services Printers of the signatory copies of the Charter of the United Ntions and Statute of the International Court of Justice Recognized...

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De Anza Expedition

LT. COLONEL JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA BY DECREE OF CARLOS III OF SPAIN DE ANZA EXPEDITION 1775 1778 LED AN EXPEDITION NEAR THIS SITE -- THE MISSION BEING TO COLONIZE THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

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