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 144 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Eighth Year, 1922 June 7
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Eighth Year, Wednesday, the Seventh of June, 1922. Honorary degree recipient: Jesse Homer Newlon, Doctor of Laws. Conferring Degrees: Wilber D. Engle, the Acting Chancellor. The Commecement Address was givenb y David Starr Jordan, M.S., M.D., Ph.D., LL.D.
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Fourth Year, 1918 May 22
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Fourth Year, Wednesday the Twenty-second of May, 1918. Honorary degree recipients: Frederick Johnson Chamberlin, Master of Arts; Nina McCarthy Weiss, Master of Arts; George Hilborn Stuntz, Doctor of Divinity; Irving Peake Johnson, Doctor of Law; Samuel Alexander Lough, Doctor of Laws. Conferring Degrees: Henry Augustus Buchtel, The Chancellor.
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Ninth Year, 1923 June 6
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Ninth Year, Wednesday, the Sixth of June, 1923. The Commencement address by: Governor William E, Sweet. Conferring Degrees: Chancellor Heber Reece Harper.
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Second Year, 1916 June 8
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Second Year, Thursday the eighth of June, 1916. Honorary degree recipients: James Edwin Huchingson, Master of Arts; Charles Allen Bradley, Doctor of Science; Harry Vallandigham Kepner, Doctor of Science; James Herbert Kelley, Doctor of Letters; Robert Edward Dickenson, Doctor of Divinity; Carlos Merton Cole, Doctor of Laws. Conferring Degrees: Henry Augustus Buchtel, the Chancellor.
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Seventh Year, 1921 June 9
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Seventh Year, Thursday the ninth of June, 1921. Conferring Degrees: Wilber D. Engle, the acting Chancellor. No Honorary Degrees were given out. The Commecement Address was given by the Rev. Bishop Irving P. Johnson, D.D., LL.D.
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Sixth Year, 1920 June 10
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Third Year, 1917 June 7
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Third Year, Thursday the seventh of June, 1917. Conferring Degrees: Henry Augustus Buchtel, The Chancellor.
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.