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 Commencement Program June 9, 1990, 1990 June 9
University of Denver Commencement Program June 9, 2006, 2006 June
Program for the University of Denver doctoral, graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony, June 9, 2006 and undergraduate commencement ceremony, June 10, 2006. Honorary degree recipients: Heraldo Munoz, Doctor of Public Service; Mr. Phillip C. Yeager, Doctor of Public Service; John W. Hickenlooper, Doctor of Public Service; Carl Williams, Doctor of Higher Education. The remarks were given by John W. Hickenlooper. The Chancellor of the University was Robert D. Coombe.
University of Denver Commencement Program May 29, 1976, 1976 May 29
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, May 29, 1976. Honorary degree recipient: Mortimer J. Adler. Conferring the degrees: Maurice B. Mitchell, Chancellor of the University. The commencement address given by: Mortimer J. Adler
University of Denver Commencement Program May 31, 1980, 1980 May 31
University of Denver Commencement Program May 31, 1988, 1988 May 31
Program for the University of Denver doctoral, graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony, May 31, 1988. Honorary degree recipient: William D. Ford, Doctor of Laws. Closing remarks were given by: Dwight M. Smith, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement Program Ninety-Second Year, 1956 August 17
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Seventeenth, 1956. Honorary degree recipient: Isadore Samuels, Doctor of Public Service. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Chester M. Alter. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Chester M. Alter
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventieth Year, 1934 June 6
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June sixth, 1934. Commencement Address "Our New Atlantis" by Mr. L. Ward Bannister. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Frederick Maurice Hunter.
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventy-Eighth Year, 1942 May 29
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, May Twenty-Ninth,1942. Honorary degree recipients: Charles Emmett Greene, Doctor of Laws; Mary Florence Lathrop, Doctor of Laws; Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell, Doctor of Science. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates, Jr. The commecement address was given by Doctor Thurston J. Davies.
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventy-fifth Year, 1939 June 7
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. The commecement address was given by Dr. Herbert E. Bolton.
University of Denver Commencement Program, Seventy-first Year, 1935 June 5
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June fifth, Nineteen Thirty-five. Commencement Address "The Scene Changeth" by Judge Orie L. Phillips. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Frederick Maurice Hunter.