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 148 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-third Year, 1957 August 23
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Twenty-third, 1957 at Ten o'Clock. Honorary degree recipients: Wilbur McClure Alter, Doctor of Laws; Abraham David Hannath Kaplan, Doctor of Public Service; Willis McDonald Tate, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program,Eighty-fifth Year, 1949 August 26
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Twenty-sixth,1949. Honorary degree recipients: Mr. Saul Caston, Doctor of Music; Mr. Burnham Hoyt, Doctor of Fine Arts. Conferring of degrees in course: Chancellor Alfred C. Nelson. The commencement address was given by Dr. Alfred C. Nelson.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Program, Inaugural Ceremony and Commencement Exercises, 1953 August 28
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Thirteenth,1953. Honorary degrees recipients: William Clyde Martin, Doctor of Divinity; Robert Hugh McWilliams, Doctor of Public Service; Clara Mitchell Van Schaack, Doctor of Humanities. Conferring of degrees and awards: Chancellor Chester M. Alter. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Summer Commencement, Seventy-Ninth Year, 1943 August 27
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate summer commencement ceremony, August 27, 1943. Honorary degrees recipients: Alta Elizabeth Dines, Doctor of Humane Letters; Clarence Addison Dykstra, Doctor of Laws; Wilbur Emery Hammaker, Doctor of Laws; John Franklin Shafroth, Doctor of Laws. Conferring degrees in course: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr. The commencement address was given by Doctor Clarence Addison Dykstra.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1979 June 2
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June 2, 1979. Honorary degree recipients: Edward E. Pringle, Doctor of Laws; Normand Lockwood, Doctor of Humane Letters. Closing remarks by: Ross Pritchard, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1979 August 17
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August 17, 1979. Closing remarks by: Ross Pritchard, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1910 May 26
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Thursday, 26th May, 1910.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1924 June 4
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, Wednesday, the Fourth of June, 1924. The Commencement address was given by: Bishop Inving Johnson. Conferring Degrees: Chancellor Heber Reece Harper.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1925 June 3
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, Wednesday, the Third of June, 1925. Honorary degree recipient: Charles C. Butler, Doctor of Laws. The Commencement address was "The Crux of Modern Warfare" given by Professor J. Holland Rose. Conferring Degrees: Chancellor Heber Reece Harper.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1926 June 9
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, Wednesday, the Ninth of June, 1926. Conferring Degrees: Chancellor Heber Reece Harper. The commecement address was given by President Arthur E Morgan, Antioch College.