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University of Denver

 Organization

Biography

The first reference to Colorado Seminary was in The Rocky Mountain News of November 27, 1862: “ a board of Trustees, composed of the solid men of Denver, has been organized to superintend the erection of a seminary building… for an academic education.”

Sources

Breck, "From the Rockies to the World"

Biography

University of Denver votes to adopt quarter system in 1929.

Sources

"University Adopts New Quarter Plan; Vote Unanimous," The Denver Clarion, vol. 34, no. 19, November 26, 1929, 1.

Biography

First year Hillel organization features full programming at DU

Citation:
Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folder

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Yegge Unveiling Sign for Yegge Student Center, 1994

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0029.0020.00026
Abstract

Black and white print of University of Denver College of Law Dean Dennis Lynch, former Dean Robert Yegge, and Chancellor Daniel Ritchie unveiling the sign outside the Yegge Student Center on the university's Park Hill campus in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1994

Robert Yegge with Daniel Ritchie at Yegge Center Groundbreaking, 1994

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Identifier: U201.01.0029.0020.00019
Abstract

Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie, College of Law Dean Robert Yegge, George Harley, and two unidentified men posing with construction implements in front of a construction sign at the groundbreaking for the Robert B. Yegge Student Center on the University's Park Hill Campus in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1994

University of Denver Cherrington Hall - Groundbreaking, 1966

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Identifier: U201.01.0017.0011.00003
Abstract Black and white print of the groundbreaking ceremony for Ben M. Cherrington Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, CO. Ben M. Cherrington, center, sits on the stage with Joseph Korbel, applauding, at left, as Chancellor Chester M. Alter, right, speaks from the podium during the ceremony, with Mary Reed Building in the background. Cherrington Hall was built in 1966 to house the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) and is an example of International Style...
Dates: 1966

University of Denver Law Center - Dedication, 1959 March 06

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Identifier: U201.01.0019.0030.00012
Abstract

University of Denver chancellor Chester M. Alter, College of Law dean Harold Hurst, and trustee Bob Selig hold a tray with a glove and a chunk of sod for the livery of seisin ceremony at the dedication of the Law Center building on the University's Civic Center Campus in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1959 March 06