Principal, Detroit Day-School for the Deaf
1935
Citation:
Gertrude Van Adestine, scholastic daughter of the Milwaukee Normal School and Wayne University; of the Clark School for the Deaf; and of the Muller-Walls School of Lip Reading; who for thirty-five years has given devoted service to an important group of under-privileged - the deaf and hard of hearing - in this city, not only by actively teaching them herself, but also by effectively directing, as principal and supervisor, the instructional work of others, by promoting research, applying new devices and inventions, developing new methods and procedures, so that mainly through her efforts her home city has become the focus of attention for the entire country in this highly specialized field of Christian charity and educational service - is recommended for the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, and to be enrolled on the list of those whom the University of Detroit has deemed worthy of special distinction. Commencement, University of Detroit, June 3, 1935.