Professor John N. Warfield's Legacy: Demosophia at GMU

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Title

Professor John N. Warfield's Legacy: Demosophia at GMU

Subject

Demosophia rooms at GMU

Description

Exhibit

Creator

Leo Vassallo HIST390 Spring 2025

Contributor

Leo Vassallo

Collection Items

A three-page memo outlining the visual room design for the demosophia project at GMU.

A photograph of the Demosophia room at GMU's Fairfax campus.

A manuscript (29-page typescript including tables and sketches) detailing Warfield's proposal for building a Demosophia room at GMU.

A photo of Warfield as a teenager, around age 14 or 15, in Sullivan, Missouri.

A photo of Private John Warfield stationed in Arkansas, circa 1944.

The results of Warfield’s 1947 Graduate Record Examination displayed on an early computer punch card.

An offer letter detailing Warfield’s salary, responsibilities, and the potential for tenure at Pennsylvania State University.

Warfield's PhD from Purdue University in 1952.

A photo documenting Warfield's leading role in the design of the PENNSTAC computer in the 1950s.

A 1968 photo showing Warfield at the blackboard, leading a discussion on a Battelle project for the Ohio Department of Education.

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