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, Ninetieth Year, 1954 June 11
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-fifth year, 1960 June 10
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June tenth,1960 at seven-thirty o'Clock. Honorary degree recipients: Louis Tomlinson Benezet, Doctor of Laws; Jean Sala Breitenstein, Doctor of Laws; Pyke Johnson, Doctor of Public Service; Alton Ellegood Lowe, Doctor of Laws; Aksel Nielsen, Doctor of Public Service. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-fifth Year, 1959 June 10
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Tenth,1959 at Seven-thirty o'Clock. Honorary degree recipients: Emerson Buckley, Doctor of Humanities; Harold Ford Carr, Doctor of Laws; John Arthur Chapman, Doctor of Humanities; Warwick Miller Downing, Doctor of Laws; Ben Ivan Funk, Doctor of Public Service; Robert William Selig, Doctor of Public Service. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-fifth Year, 1959 August 14
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Fourteenth, 1959 at Ten o'Clock. Honorary degree recipient: Ina Teresa Aulls, Doctor of Humane Letters. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-first year, 1955 June 10
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Tenth, 1955. Honorary degree recipients: Otto Karl Bach, Doctor of Humanities; Lucius Ward Bannister, Doctor of Laws; Adolph Kiesler, Doctor of Public Service; Clarence Frederick Lea, Doctor of Laws; Amos Alonzo Stagg, Doctor of Public Service. Conferring of degrees and awards: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-first Year, 1955 August 19
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Nineteenth, 1955. Honorary degree recipients: Frederica LeFevre Bellamy, Doctor of Public Service. Conferring of degrees: chancellor Chester M. Alter. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-fourth Year, 1958 June 6
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Sixth, 1958 at Seven-thirty o'Clock. Honorary degree recipients: Robert Wilbur Steele, Doctor of Laws; Alfred Hamlin Washburn, Doctor of Science; Malcolm Glenn Wyer, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-fourth Year, 1958 August 15
Program from the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August fifteenth, 1958 at Ten o'clock. Honorary degree recipients: Florence Windsor Hutsinpillar, Doctor of Humane Letters; Maurice B. Mitchell, 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, Ninety-second Year, 1956 June 8
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Eighth, 1956. Honorary degree recipients: Haslett Platt Burke, Doctor of Laws; Walker Van Riper, Doctor of Science; George Carl Wilsnack, Doctor of Science. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-third Year, 1957 June 14
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Fourteenth,1957 at Seven-thirty o'Clock. Honorary degree recipients: Heber Reece Harper, Doctor of Public Service; Edwin Carl Johnson, Doctor of Laws; Eugene Donald Millikin, Doctor of Laws; William Edgeworth Morgan, Doctor of Laws; Henry Leonard Weiss, Doctor of Divinity. Conferring of Degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.