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 252 Collections and/or Records:
Commencement Program University of Denver June 4, 1977, 1977 June 4
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June 4, 1977. Honorary Degrees: John O. Crosby, Doctor of Humane Letters, is the founder and director of the Santa Fe Opera and president of the Manhattan School of Music; and Donald J. Hall, Doctor of Laws who is the president of Hallmark Cards, Inc. of Kansas City. Closing remarks by: Maurice Mitchell, Chancellor of the University.
Commencement Program University of Denver, May 31, 1975, 1975 May 31
Commencement Week Class of 1916, 1916 June 2-8
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, week of June 2 to 8, 1916. Conferring Degrees: Henry Augustus Buchtel, the Chancellor.
Corrected Copy of the Commencement Program from the University of Denver, 10 o'clock, August 21, 1970, 1970 August 21
Modified Copy of program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August 21, 1970. Honorary degree recipient: Peter Gay, Doctor of Humane Letters, he is an alumnus, having received his bachelor of arts in 1946. Conferring of degrees: Maurice B. Mitchell, Chancellor of the University.
Corrected Copy of the Commencement Program University of Denver 10 o'clock, June 5, 1971, 1971 June 5
Corrected copy of program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June 5, 1971. Honorary degree recipients: Ross A. McFarland, Doctor of Science; Robert H. McWilliams, Doctor of Laws; Hans J. Morgenthau, Doctor of Laws; Vernon A. Stenger, Doctor of Science; Whitney M. Young, Jr. Doctor of Laws (Posthumous). Conferring of degrees: Maurice B. Mitchell, Chancellor of the University.
Corrected Copy of the University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program: Ninety-fifth Year, August Fourteenth, 1959, 1959 August 14
Corrected copy of the 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.
Corrected Copy of the University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program Ninety-second Year: University Park Campus, June Eighth, 1956, 1956 June 8
Corrected copy 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.
Corrected Copy of the University of Denver Commencement Program, 8/16/1968, 1968 August 16
Corrected copy of the program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August 16, 1968. Conferring of degrees: Maurice B. Mitchell, Chancellor of the University.