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 200 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, 1962 June 8
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Eighth,1962 at Seven-thirty o'clock. Honorary degree recipients: William Henry Bernhardt, Doctor of Laws; Frank Haorld Hanna Roberts, Doctor of Laws; Henry King Stanford, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, 1962 August 17
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Seventeenth, 1962 at Ten o'clock. Honorary degree recipients: Fred Edmund D'Amour, Doctor of Laws; Ruth Murray Underhill, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, 1963 June 7
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, 1963 August 16
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August 16, 1963 at Ten o'clock. Honorary degree recipients: Muhammad Zafrulla Khan, Doctor of Laws, former president of the General Assembly of the United Nations. John Arthur Love, Doctor of Laws, holder of two degrees from the University of Denver (BA '38, LLB '41). Chester M. Alter, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, 1964 August 14
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral Commencement ceremony, August 14, 1964 at Ten o'clock. Honorary degree recipients: Andrew Wellington Cordier, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chester M. Alter, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program: August Nineteenth, 1966, 1966 August 19
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral Commencement ceremony, August Nineteenth,1966 at Ten o'clock. Honorary degree recipient: Joseph Royall Smiley, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Wilbur C. Miller, Acting Chancellor of the University. The commencement Address was given by Joseph R. Smiley, Ph.D., LL.D, President, University of Colorado.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program: August Twentieth, 1965, 1965 August 20
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eightieth Year, 1944 June 10
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, June Tenth, 1944. Honorary degree recipients: Lowell Thomas, Doctor of Literature; Reuben Gilbert Gustavson, Doctor of Humane Letters; Mary C. Walker, Doctor of Humane Letters. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington. The commencement address was given by Lowell Thomas.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eighty-fifth Year, 1949 June 11
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Eleventh,1949. Honorary degree recipients: Dr. Oliver Cromwell Carmichael, Doctor of Humane Letters; Mr. Fowler Berry McConnell, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees in course: Chancellor Alfred C. Nelson. The commencement address was given by Doctor Oliver Cromwell Carmichael.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eighty-first Year, 1945 June 9
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, June Ninth, 1945. Honorary degree recipient: T.Z. Koo, Doctor of Humane Letters. Program includes a tribute for the men and women of the University of Denver who are serving in the Armed Forces Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington. The commencement address was given by Dr. T.Z. Koo.