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 212 Collections and/or Records:
Ben Cherrington with Globe, circa 1950
Black and white print of University of Denver Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington with an unidentified man holding a globe beneath a United Nations emblem. Cherrington was involved with the founding convention of the U.N. in San Francisco in 1944 and was an author of the United Nations Charter and a co-founder of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Ben M. Cherrington, between 1943-1946
Black and white print of portrait of University of Denver Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington.
Ben Mark Cherrington, between 1943-1946
University of Denver eighth chancellor Ben Mark Cherrington poses for a portrait. Cherrington served as chancellor from 1943 to 1946.
Board of Trustees, between 1967-1978
Group portrait of members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Denver (DU) with Chancellor Maurice B. Mitchell.
Buchtel Family VIP (Henry Augustus Buchtel)
One black and white print of headshot of Methodist minister and University of Denver Chancellor Henry Augustus Buchtel.
Caleb F. Gates Jr., between 1941-1947
Portrait of University of Denver Chancellor Caleb F. Gates Jr.
Caleb Gates Speaking at Pioneer Days, 1946
University of Denver (DU) Chancellor Caleb Gates speaks at a Pioneer Days event in front of Margery Reed Hall on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.
Chancellor Dwight Smith and President Gerald Ford, circa 1984
Photographic image of [left to right] Chancellor Dwight Smith with President Gerald Ford and an unidentified woman, at the University of Denver circa 1984.
Chancellor Dwight Smith at Chancellor's Barbecue, 1988 May
Photographic image of Chancellor Dwight Smith in a chef's hat, wearing an apron, and holding up tongs at the Chancellor's BBQ, University of Denver campus, May of 1988.
Chancellor Dwight Smith in Lab, circa 1975
Photographic image of Chancellor Dwight Smith in a laboratory, wearing a lab coat, typing on a typewriter. Chemistry equipment is visible in the background. On the campus of the University of Denver, circa 1975.