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University of Denver

 Organization

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 folder

Found in 332 Collections and/or Records:

Draft University of Denver Commencement Program: Eighty-eighth Year, University Arena, June Fourteenth, 1952, 1952 June 14

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Identifier: U138.0001.0050.00002
Abstract

Draft program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Fourteenth, 1952. Honorary degree recipients: Edith Abbot, Doctor of Humanities; Hans Albrecht Bethe, Doctor of Science; Charles Eliezer Hillel Kauvar, Doctor of Divinity; Quigg Newton, Doctor of Public Service; Young Berryman Smith, Doctor of Laws; Robert R. Williams, Doctor of Science. Conferring of degrees in course: Chancellor Albert C. Jacobs.

Dates: 1952 June 14

Draft University of Denver Commencement Program: Eighty-fourth Year, University Stadium, June twelfth, 1948, 1948 June 12

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Identifier: U138.0001.0044.00002
Abstract

Draft program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Twelfth, Nineteen Forty-eight. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor James F. Price.

Dates: 1948 June 12

Draft University of Denver Commencement Program: Eighty-ninth Year, University Park Campus, June Thirteenth, 1953, 1953 June 13

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Identifier: U138.0001.0052.00002
Abstract Draft program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Thirteenth, 1953. Honorary degrees recipients: Ben Mark Cherrington, Doctor of Public Service a founder and for 25 years director of the D.U. Social Science Foundation; Frank Dickinson, Doctor of Humane Letters Dean meritus of the D.U. College of Arts and Sciences; William Maurice Ewing, Doctor of Science; William West Grant, Doctor of Laws; Loy Wesley Henderson, Doctor of Public...
Dates: 1953 June 13

Draft University of Denver Commencement Program June 7, 1947, 1947 June 7

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Identifier: U138.0001.0043.00006
Abstract

Draft program for the University of Denver Commencement Program June 7, 1947.

Dates: 1947 June 7

Draft University of Denver Commencement Program June 8, 1946, 1946 June 8

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Identifier: U138.0001.0041.00006
Abstract

Draft program of the University of Denver commencement program June 8, 1946.

Dates: 1946 June 8

Draft University of Denver Commencement Program June 10, 1950, 1950 June 10

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Identifier: U138.0001.0046.00003
Abstract

Draft of the University of Denver Commencement Program June 10, 1950.

Dates: 1950 June 10

Draft University of Denver Commencement Program June 11, 1954, 1954 June 11

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Identifier: U138.0002.0001.00004
Abstract

Draft program from the University of Denver Commencement June 11, 1954.

Dates: 1954 June 11

Draft University of Denver Commencement Program June 12, 1948, 1948 June 12

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Identifier: U138.0001.0044.00008
Abstract

Draft University of Denver Commencement Program from June 12, 1948.

Dates: 1948 June 12

Draft University of Denver Commencement Program: Seventy-Eighth Year, Denver Chapel, August Twenty-first, 1942, 1942 August 21

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Identifier: U138.0001.0037.00003
Abstract

Draft program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, August Twenty-first, 1942. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr.

Dates: 1942 August 21

Draft University of Denver Commencement Program: Seventy-fifth Year, Denver City Auditoriun, June seventh, 1939, 1939 June 7

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Identifier: U138.0001.0033.00002
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1939 June 7