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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver Affiliates, 1993

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0003.00014
Abstract

Jack McDonald (University of Denver Director of Athletics), Jack Rose (DU head baseball coach), and Bob Gebhard (first General Manager of the Colorado Rockies), pictured left to right, pose for a group portrait at a press conference. The press conference was held to announce the agreement of the Colorado Rockies using the Pioneers field for baseball practice.

Dates: 1993

University of Denver Men's Baseball Game, 1997 May

 Item
Identifier: U300.01.0002.00075
Abstract

Rita Campbell, Diane Wendt, head coach Jack Rose, and DU athletic director Joel Maturi (left to right) gather on the baseball field at South High School in Denver, Colorado to commemorate the final University of Denver Pioneers men's baseball game in May 1997.

Dates: 1997 May