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 Commencement Program May 29, 1976, 1976 May 29
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, May 29, 1976. Honorary degree recipient: Mortimer J. Adler. Conferring the degrees: Maurice B. Mitchell, Chancellor of the University. The commencement address given by: Mortimer J. Adler
University of Denver Commencement Program Ninety-Second Year, 1956 August 17
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Seventeenth, 1956. Honorary degree recipient: Isadore Samuels, Doctor of Public Service. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Chester M. Alter
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventieth Year, 1934 June 6
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June sixth, 1934. Commencement Address "Our New Atlantis" by Mr. L. Ward Bannister. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Frederick Maurice Hunter.
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventy-Eighth Year, 1942 May 29
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, May Twenty-Ninth,1942. Honorary degree recipients: Charles Emmett Greene, Doctor of Laws; Mary Florence Lathrop, Doctor of Laws; Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, Doctor of Science. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr. The commecement address was given by Doctor Thurston J. Davies.
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventy-fifth Year, 1939 June 7
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony June seventh, 1939. Honorary degree recipients: Anne Evans, Doctor of Fine Arts; Mary Dean Reed, Doctor of Humanities; Florence Rena Sabin, Doctor of Science. Conferring degrees: Chancellor David Shaw Duncan. The commecement address was given by Dr. Herbert E. Bolton.
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventy-first Year, 1935 June 5
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June fifth, Nineteen Thirty-five. Commencement Address "The Scene Changeth" by Judge Orie L. Phillips. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Frederick Maurice Hunter.
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventy-fourth Year, 1938 June 8
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony June eighth, 1938. Honorary degree recipient: Sam Gilbert Bratton, Doctor of Laws, Edmund Melville Wylie, Doctor of Divinity. Conferring degrees: Chancellor David Shaw Duncan. The commecement address was given by the Honorable Sam G. Bratton.
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventy-Ninth Year, 1943 June 4
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, June Fourth, 1943. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr. The commencement address was given by Brigadier General Harvey S. Burwell.
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventy-second Year, 1936 June 10
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, June tenth, Nineteen Thirty-six. Commencement Address "This Cold, Cold World!" by Bishop Ralph S. Cushman. Conferring degrees: Chancellor David Shaw Duncan.
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventy-Seventh Year, 1941 June 11
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, June Eleventh, 1941. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr. The commencement address was given by Doctor Henry P. Van Dusen.