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 201 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-fourth Year, 1958 June 6
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Sixth, 1958 at Seven-thirty o'Clock. Honorary degree recipients: Robert Wilbur Steele, Doctor of Laws; Alfred Hamlin Washburn, Doctor of Science; Malcolm Glenn Wyer, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-fourth Year, 1958 August 15
Program from the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August fifteenth, 1958 at Ten o'clock. Honorary degree recipients: Florence Windsor Hutsinpillar, Doctor of Humane Letters; Maurice B. Mitchell, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-second Year, 1956 June 8
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.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-third Year, 1957 June 14
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Fourteenth,1957 at Seven-thirty o'Clock. Honorary degree recipients: Heber Reece Harper, Doctor of Public Service; Edwin Carl Johnson, Doctor of Laws; Eugene Donald Millikin, Doctor of Laws; William Edgeworth Morgan, Doctor of Laws; Henry Leonard Weiss, Doctor of Divinity. Conferring of Degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Ninety-third Year, 1957 August 23
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Twenty-third, 1957 at Ten o'Clock. Honorary degree recipients: Wilbur McClure Alter, Doctor of Laws; Abraham David Hannath Kaplan, Doctor of Public Service; Willis McDonald Tate, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program,Eighty-fifth Year, 1949 August 26
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Twenty-sixth,1949. Honorary degree recipients: Mr. Saul Caston, Doctor of Music; Mr. Burnham Hoyt, Doctor of Fine Arts. Conferring of degrees in course: Chancellor Alfred C. Nelson. The commencement address was given by Dr. Alfred C. Nelson.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Program, Inaugural Ceremony and Commencement Exercises, 1953 August 28
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Thirteenth,1953. Honorary degrees recipients: William Clyde Martin, Doctor of Divinity; Robert Hugh McWilliams, Doctor of Public Service; Clara Mitchell Van Schaack, Doctor of Humanities. Conferring of degrees and awards: Chancellor Chester M. Alter. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Chester M. Alter.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Summer Commencement, Seventy-Ninth Year, 1943 August 27
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate summer commencement ceremony, August 27, 1943. Honorary degrees recipients: Alta Elizabeth Dines, Doctor of Humane Letters; Clarence Addison Dykstra, Doctor of Laws; Wilbur Emery Hammaker, Doctor of Laws; John Franklin Shafroth, Doctor of Laws. Conferring degrees in course: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr. The commencement address was given by Doctor Clarence Addison Dykstra.
University of Denver Commencement 1995, 1995 August 11
Program for the University of Denver doctoral, graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony, August 11, 1995. Honorary degree recipient: Yasuo Takeyama. Remarks were given by Sheila P. Wright, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies. Closing remarks were given by Daniel L. Ritchie, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement 1996, 1996 August 16
Program for the University of Denver doctoral, graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony, August 16, 1996. Honorary degree recipients: Clayton F. Freiheit, Doctor of Humane Letters, Phillip D. Winn, founder of the University of Denver's Bridge Project, Richard D. Lamm, Director of the Center for Contemporary Issues, University of Denver. Remarks by: Richard D. Lamm, closing remarks by: Daniel L. Ritchie, Chancellor of the University.