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University of Denver

 Organization

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 folder

Found in 205 Collections and/or Records:

University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-fifth Year, 1959 August 14

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Identifier: U138.0002.0012.00001
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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.

Dates: 1959 August 14

University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-first year, 1955 June 10

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Identifier: U138.0002.0003.00001
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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.

Dates: 1955 June 10

University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-first Year, 1955 August 19

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Identifier: U138.0002.0004.00001
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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.

Dates: 1955 August 19

University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-fourth Year, 1958 June 6

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Identifier: U138.0002.0009.00001
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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.

Dates: 1958 June 6

University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-fourth Year, 1958 August 15

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Identifier: U138.0002.0010.00001
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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.

Dates: 1958 August 15

University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-second Year, 1956 June 8

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Identifier: U138.0002.0005.00001
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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.

Dates: 1956 June 8

University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-third Year, 1957 June 14

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Identifier: U138.0002.0007.00001
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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.

Dates: 1957 June 14

University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-third Year, 1957 August 23

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Identifier: U138.0002.0008.00001
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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.

Dates: 1957 August 23

University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program,Eighty-fifth Year, 1949 August 26

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Identifier: U138.0001.0045.00003
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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.

Dates: 1949 August 26

University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Program, Inaugural Ceremony and Commencement Exercises, 1953 August 28

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Identifier: U138.0001.0054.00001
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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.

Dates: 1953 August 28