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 204 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eightieth Year, 1944 June 10
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, June Tenth, 1944. Honorary degree recipients: Lowell Thomas, Doctor of Literature; Reuben Gilbert Gustavson, Doctor of Humane Letters; Mary C. Walker, Doctor of Humane Letters. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington. The commencement address was given by Lowell Thomas.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eighty-fifth Year, 1949 June 11
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Eleventh,1949. Honorary degree recipients: Dr. Oliver Cromwell Carmichael, Doctor of Humane Letters; Mr. Fowler Berry McConnell, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees in course: Chancellor Alfred C. Nelson. The commencement address was given by Doctor Oliver Cromwell Carmichael.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eighty-first Year, 1945 June 9
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, June Ninth, 1945. Honorary degree recipient: T.Z. Koo, Doctor of Humane Letters. Program includes a tribute for the men and women of the University of Denver who are serving in the Armed Forces Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Ben M. Cherrington. The commencement address was given by Dr. T.Z. Koo.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eighty-fourth Year, 1948 June 12
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Twelfth, 1948. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor James F. Price. The commencement address was given by Doctor Charles Dollard.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eighty-fourth Year, 1948 August 27
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August Twenty-seventy, 1948. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor James F. Price. The commencement address was given by Dr. George Willard Frasier.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eighty-ninth Year, 1953 June 13
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eighty-second Year, 1946 June 8
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremony, June Eighth, 1946. Honorary degrees recipients: Reverend Paul Roberts, Doctor of Humane Letters; John Lucian Savage, Doctor of Science; Harold Stephenson Sloan, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees in course: Chancellor Caleb F. Gates. The commencement address was given by John Franklin Shaforth Rear Admiral, United States Navy.
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eighty-seventh Year, 1951 June 8
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eighty-seventh Year, 1951 August 22
University of Denver (Colorado Seminary) Commencement Program, Eighty-sixth Year, 1950 June 10
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June Tenth, 1950. Honorary degree recipients: Dr. Robert Livingston Johnson, Doctor of Humane Letters; Mr. Walter Paul Paepcke, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of degrees: Chancellor Albert C. Jacobs. The commencement address was given by Chancellor Albert C. Jacobs.