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:
1956 Skyline Conference Wrestling Champions, 1956
University of Denver Men's Wrestling Team, between 1965-1966
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's wrestling team poses for a group portrait in singlets with their coach in Denver, Colorado. Team members' uniforms read: ''U of D'' and ''U of D Wrestling.'' Front row (left to right): Larry Gallegos, Gerry Gallegos, Tom Sand (coach), Art Bacon, and Dwight Bratton. Back row, left to right: Grant Jacquot, Orlyn Bell, Tom O'Malley, Dennis Patterick, and John Shuford.
University of Denver Men's Wrestling Team, between 1964-1965
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's wrestling team and coach pose in their uniforms for a group portrait in Denver, Colorado. Front row, left to right: Glenn Neigenfind, Orlyn Bell, Alfonso Verduzco, Gerry Gallegos. Back row, left to right: Tom Sand (coach), Dave Gribble, Bob Bluhm, Tom O'Malley, Gil Jacquot. Reproduced in the 1965 Kynewisbok, volume 67, page 178.