Academic hood lists published by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume (IBAC) in 1927 and 1948, described both Findlay College and Milligan College as having a hood lined black with an orange chevron. The IBAC had probably assigned Milligan this pattern first (c.1908-1911) and had erroneously assigned Findlay a duplicate pattern later.

By 1972 Findlay was cited in an IBAC list as using a hood lined orange with a black chevron. This was unfortunately identical to the hood lining that had been used by Princeton University since 1895, so Findlay soon reverted to a black with orange chevron hood lining, again duplicating the hood lining Milligan College had been assigned by the IBAC and was using. But due to a manufacturer’s error in the 1980s, Milligan also began using a (faux Princeton) hood lined orange with a black chevron instead of its correct IBAC assignment.

To sort out these problems, in 2017 the president of Milligan College approved a new hood lining design for the college that was black with two orange chevrons, which meant Findlay could continue to use a hood lined black with an orange chevron without duplicating the hood lining of any other college or university.