The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, commonly known as the Rackham Graduate School, is the

graduate school Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachel ...

of the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

. Founded in 1912 with an endowment from Mary Rackham, the wife of Horace Rackham, in 1935, the Rackham Graduate School is responsible for almost all of the university's graduate degree and certificate programs. The school offers more than 180 master's and doctorate degree programs. The graduate school administration is located in the Rackham Building on E. Washington Street in Ann Arbor. The building was designed by

William Kapp William Edward Kapp (August 20, 1891 in Toledo, Ohio, 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 & Gryll ...

of the firm Smith, Hinchman & Grylls 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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