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 11 Collections and/or Records:
1953-1954 University of Denver Ski Team, 1954
1958 University of Denver Men's Hockey Coach Murray Armstrong, 1958
Contact sheet with two images of University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's hockey coach Murray Armstrong. Top image: Murray Armstrong poses with the trophy for the eleventh annual National Collegiate Hockey Championships for 1958. Bottom image: Similar image with brighter lights and less contrast and focus of Murray Armstrong posing with the trophy.
1978-1979 University of Denver Women's Field Hockey Team, between 1978-1979
2000-2001 University of Denver Women's Basketball Team, between 2000-2001
2000-2001 University of Denver (DU) Pioneers women's basketball team poses for a photograph holding a trophy. Front row (left to right): assistant coach Ellen Grosso, Stephanie Hart, Ashley Atkinson, Katie Davenport, Nikki Weddle, Melissa Garcia, Jamie Rhoads, Sarah Cyran, and Misty Staton. Back row: assistant coach Tracy Tripp, Martha Dibella, Ragan Nesblett, Stacey Koralewski, Michaela Pavlickova, and Kellie Carwell.
2000-2001 University of Denver Women's Basketball Team, between 2000-2001
2000-2001 University of Denver (DU) Pioneers women's basketball team poses for a photograph holding a trophy. Front row (left to right): assistant coach Ellen Grosso, Stephanie Hart, Ashley Atkinson, Katie Davenport, Nikki Weddle, Melissa Garcia, Jamie Rhoads, Sarah Cyran, and Misty Staton. Back row: assistant coach Tracy Tripp, Martha Dibella, Ragan Nesblett, Stacey Koralewski, Michaela Pavlickova, and Kellie Carwell.
University of Denver Men's Ice Hockey Coach Murray Armstrong with Trophy, 1958
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's ice hockey coach Murray Armstrong poses with the trophy for the eleventh annual National Collegiate Hockey Championships for 1958.
University of Denver Men's Ice Hockey Coach Murray Armstrong with Trophy, 1958
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's ice hockey coach Murray Armstrong poses with the trophy for the eleventh annual National Collegiate Hockey Championships for 1958.
University of Denver Ski Team Members and Coach, 1954
1954 University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's ski team members and coach Willy Schaeffler pose for a team picture with trophies. Identified are Gunnar Jansen, Will Olsen, Paul Wegeman, Glynn Cress, Ole Gotaas, and Dale Thompson.
University of Denver Ski Team Members and Coach, 1954
1954 University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's ski team members and coach pose for a team picture with trophies. Front row: David C. Shaw, Dale F. Thompson, Francis Wallace, Willis S. Olson, and Glynn Cress. Back row: head coach Willy Schaeffler, Marvin L. Crawford, John G. L'Orange, Gunnar Jansen, Russell Crook, John R. Cress, and Alvin Paul Wegeman.
University of Denver Swim Team Coach James Bain and Men's Baseball Coach Jack Rose, 1987 March 4
1987 University of Denver (DU) Pioneer's swim team coach Jim Bain poses with a plaque commemorating fifteen years of coaching from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. Men's baseball coach Jack Rose poses on Bain's right with a plaque celebrating twenty-five years of coaching from the American Baseball Coaches Association.