University of Denver
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 folderFound in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Chancellor Dwight Smith and President Gerald Ford, circa 1984
Photographic image of [left to right] Chancellor Dwight Smith with President Gerald Ford and an unidentified woman, at the University of Denver circa 1984.
Chancellor Smith with President George H.W. Bush, circa 1985
Photographic image of Chancellor Dwight Smith shaking hands with President George H.W. Bush. An unidentified man looks on. Circa 1985.
President Bill Clinton Shakes Hands with Donna Eisen Puchalski, 2000 April
President Bill Clinton shakes hands with Donna Eisen Puchalski at a town hall meeting at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. Clinton attended a town hall meeting at the University of Denver, hosted by Tom Brokaw, on the one-year anniversary of the Columbine school shooting. The topic of the town hall meeting: a local gun-control initiative that required background checks for weapons purchased at gun shows.