Biola University
California
1908
Includes Talbot School of Theology
Information about the history of the red and white school colors of Biola University and Talbot School of Theology is not available at this time.
The Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) probably assigned a hood lining to Biola College in the late 1940s or 1950s because a description of the college’s hood was not included in a 1948 IBAC list. However, a compilation of hood lining information by Kevin Sheard in Academic Heraldry in America (1962) and a 1972 list from the IBAC both describe the hood lining of Talbot Theological Seminary – founded in 1952 and affiliated with Biola University – as white with two red chevrons. The IBAC probably assigned this hood lining to the seminary when it graduated its first class in 1955.
The first description of Biola’s hood lining is in a list of hoods compiled by Kevin Sheard for Academic Dress and Insignia of the World (1970), which stated that Biola’s hood was white with a red chevron and Talbot’s hood was white with two red chevrons. After Biola became a university in 1981, Talbot Theological Seminary was renamed Talbot School of Theology.
Since Talbot has always been an academic unit within Biola, both should have been using the same hood lining. Since Biola’s hood lining is confusingly similar to that of Temple University (white with a cherry red chevron), Talbot’s unique hood lining from the mid 1950s has been used here for Biola.