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 22 Collections and/or Records:
Commencement - 1959, 1959 June
Mr. John Chapman, Dr. Harold Carr, Chancellor Alter, Mr. Emerson Buckley, Mr. Robert W. Spligi, Mr. Warwick Downing, and Major General Ben Frank pose together wearing their graduation caps and gowns following a spring commencement ceremony at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Student Commencement, 1956
The image depicts students standing in a line for summer commencement and the University of Denver, in 1956.