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The oldest known Citadel Class Ring dates to 1895, and features a dark stone with the year '95 inscribed in the center. Early rings changed design from year to year until the design was standardized in 1940. A special war ring was made for those who…

The oldest known Citadel Class Ring dates to 1895, and features a dark stone with the year '95 inscribed in the center. Early rings changed design from year to year until the design was standardized in 1940. A special war ring was made for those who…

Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings was a graduate of The Citadel's Class of 1942. Hollings went on to serve as Governor of South Carolina from 1959-1963 and as a United States Senator from 1966-2005.***The oldest known Citadel Class Ring dates to…

John C. West was born in Camden, South Carolina. He graduated from The Citadel in 1942, and received his law degree at the University of South Carolina Law School in 1948. West was governor of South Carolina from 1971 to 1975. ***The oldest known…

To view photographs taken by Gayden as a cadet from his Citadel Archives collection, click here.***The oldest known Citadel Class Ring dates to 1895, and features a dark stone with the year '95 inscribed in the center. Early rings changed design from…

The oldest known Citadel Class Ring dates to 1895, and features a dark stone with the year '95 inscribed in the center. Early rings changed design from year to year until the design was standardized in 1940. A special war ring was made for those who…

The oldest known Citadel Class Ring dates to 1895, and features a dark stone with the year '95 inscribed in the center. Early rings changed design from year to year until the design was standardized in 1940. A special war ring was made for those who…

The oldest known Citadel Class Ring dates to 1895, and features a dark stone with the year '95 inscribed in the center. Early rings changed design from year to year until the design was standardized in 1940. A special war ring was made for those who…

George Rooks entered The Citadel in 1943 and completed two years before he registered for the draft, entering the Army in March of 1945. He learned while attending basic training in Georgia that honorably discharged Citadel cadets in military service…

The oldest known Citadel Class Ring dates to 1895, and features a dark stone with the year '95 inscribed in the center. Early rings changed design from year to year until the design was standardized in 1940. A special war ring was made for those who…