Source: South Dakota State University commencement program, honorary degree citation for Jerome J. "Jerry" Lohr
URL: https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1023&context=registrar_commencement
Local source copy: artifacts/evidence/lohr/sdsu-commencement-1998-jerry-lohr.pdf
Local visual snippet: artifacts/evidence/snippets/lohr/sdsu-commencement-1998-jerry-citation-crop.jpg
Captured: 2026-07-06

Why this matters:
This public South Dakota State University source bridges Jerry Lohr to the Walter and Frances Lohr generation. It also confirms the South Dakota-to-Stanford education path.

Relevant source text:

Jerome J. "Jerry" Lohr grew up in rural South Dakota, the oldest of five children born to Walter and Frances Lohr near Raymond in Clark County.

He graduated at the top of his Logan High School class in 1954.

He earned his civil engineering degree from SDSU in 1958 and his master's degree from Stanford University in California in 1959.

Research caution:
This is a public university citation, not a birth certificate. It is strong for the public biography bridge from Jerry to Walter and Frances, but it does not by itself prove Walter's or Frances's parents.

Related public family-history page:
Mary J. Lohr's post about the Lohr Building repeats the same Walter/Frances/Raymond/Stanford summary. Local copy: artifacts/evidence/lohr/mary-lohr-sdsu-lohr-building-jerry-walter-frances.html