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:
Chancellor Smith with Chancellor's Leadership Core, 1986 October
Photographic image from contact sheet of Chancellor Smith posing with students in the Chancellor's Leadership Core in October of 1986.
Chancellor Smith with President George H.W. Bush, circa 1985
Photographic image of Chancellor Dwight Smith shaking hands with President George H.W. Bush. An unidentified man looks on. Circa 1985.
Chancellor Smith with Richard Lamm, 1987
Photographic image of Chancellor Dwight Smith, Governor Richard (Dick) Lamm, and donor Leo Block. Chancellor Smith is wearing academic regalia. On the University of Denver campus, 1987.
Chancellors Mitchell, Alter, and Ritchie, circa 1995
Photographic image of [left to right] Chancellors Maurice B. Miller, Chester M. Alter, and Daniel Ritchie, in front of what appears to be a framed painting of Chancellor Alter at the University of Denver, circa 1995.
Chancellors Ritchie, Alter, and Smith, circa 1995
Photographic image of [left to right] Chancellors Daniel Ritchie, Chester Alter, and Dwight Smith dressed in tuxedos at the University of Denver, circa 1995.
Chemistry Professor Dwight Smith in Laboratory, circa 1970
Photographic image of Professor Dwight Smith working with chemistry equipment in a laboratory, on the campus of the University of Denver, circa 1970.
Cherrington, Ben M. - Chancellor - Photographs, 1951-1976
Cherrington, Ben M. - Chancellor Photographs 2, 1951-1976
Cherrington, Ben Mark, between 1943-1946
2 black and white prints of portraits of University of Denver Chancellor and director of the Social Science Foundation Ben Mark Cherrington.
Chester Alter and Daniel Ritchie in Red Vests, 1993
Color print of University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie and former chancellor Chester Alter in the chancellor's traditional red vests at a holiday party.