Von Cramm Hall is a student operated house on the West Campus of

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. The residence hall is currently occupied by Redbud Cooperative. The house was founded in 1956 by Thomas Byron Gilchrist (Cornell class of 1906) from the American assets of Elizabeth von Elverfeldt (née Notman) to form a memorial house at the university in memory of her son Friedrich Sigismund von Cramm. Cramm was a lieutenant in the 16th Panzer Division of the

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on October 6, 1941. As she had no heirs, von Elverfeldt placed her American assets to Gilchrist and his son in trust, to be used for educational purposes. First occupied in September 1957, Von Cramm housed approximately 30 undergraduate upperclassmen chosen by Cornell's Dean of Men and the Director of Financial Aid. From that time onward new residents were chosen by house members themselves. Two members were compensated for their services: the Steward, in charge of menus and food purchases, and the House Manager (overall management of the building). Members shared house upkeep and food preparation duties. During the 1970s the house became a self-governing co-operative open also to women.{{cite web , url=http://cdsun.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cornell?a=d&d=CDS19661205-01.2.9&e=--------20--1-----all---- , title=Crammettes? Girls to Join Von Cramm , publisher=Cornell Daily Sun , date=December 5, 1966 , access-date=2017-04-11

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Von Cramm Official Website
Cornell University student organizations Cornell University buildings Houses in Tompkins County, New York Student housing cooperatives in the United States Residential buildings in New York (state)

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