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 24 Collections and/or Records:
1965 University of Denver Ski Team, 1965
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers 1965 ski team poses for a portrait. From left to right: coach Willy Schaeffler, Oivind Skauerud, Erik Jansen, Harald Bjerke, Ronald Downing, Richard McManus, Spencer Bocks, Michael Allsop, Donald Brooks, Robert Kiessel, Fredrick Chaffee, Jon Terje Overland, Steinar Fjeldheim, and Robert Kettenhofen.
1966 University of Denver Men's Ski Team and Coaches, 1966
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's ski team and coaches pose for a group portrait. Back row (l-r): Steinar Fjeldheim, J. Chris Beattie, Michael E. Davenport, Ansten Samuelstuen, Coach Willy Schaeffler, Dennis M. McCoy, Jon Terje Overland, Walter H. Falk. Front row (l-r): Harald A. Bjerke, Oivind Skauerud, David J. Durrance, Michael G. Allsop, Donald J. Brooks.
1969-1970 University of Denver Ski Team, between 1969-1970
1969-1970 University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's ski team poses for a group portrait. Back row (l-r): Assistant coach Peder Pytte, Otto Tschudi, Richard Leatherbee, Jan Erik Andersen, Patrick R. Costello, coach Willy Schaeffler, Thomas J. Malmgren, Ronald McGrath. Front row: Ole J. Wilmann, Ole-Ivar Hansen, Odd Harnmernes, Lasse Mjerskaug, Ronald Hightower, Jerry M. Blann, and Michael D. Keene.
1969-1970 University of Denver Ski Team, between 1969-1970
1969 University of Denver Men's Ski Team and Coach, 1969
1969 University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's ski team pose for a group photograph with Coach Schaeffler. From left to right: Michael Keene, Lasse Mjerskaug, Coach Willy Schaeffler, Odd Hammernes, Georg Krog, Ronald McGrath, Ole Wilmann.
1983-1984 University of Denver Ski Team, 1984 January 10
The 1983-1984 University of Denver (DU) Pioneers ski team, some holding skis and wearing ski gear, pose for a group portrait outdoors in a parking lot on the DU campus in Denver, Colorado.
1983-1984 University of Denver Ski Team, 1984 January 10
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers ski team and coaches pose for a group portrait, January 10, 1984.
DU Championship Ski Team with Chancellor Ritchie and Trophy, circa 2001
Photographic image of Chancellor Ritchie holding a skiiing tropy, standing in front of a group of students. Believed to be one of the DU championship ski teams, perhaps 2000 or 2001. At the University of Denver, circa 2001.
University of Denver Men's Ski Team, between 1955-1957
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers men's ski team poses for a group portrait outside on a mountain. Team members include: head coach Willy Schaeffler, John Murphy, Harold Riiber, Glynn Cress, Craig Lussi, Jerry ''Jack'' McClellan, Steve Lack, Peder Pytte, Henning Arstal, Larry Lewis, Bamse Woronovsky, Tony Perry, Kent Holcomb, and Emery Woodall.
University of Denver Ski Team, between 1975-1989
University of Denver (DU) Pioneers ski team with coach (far right, middle row) pose for a team photograph.