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 206 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1927 June 8
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Wednesday, the Eighth of June, 1927. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Heber Reece Harper. The commencement address was given by Dr. Will Durant.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1928 June 6
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Wednesday the Sixth of June, 1928. Conferring degrees: Acting Chancellor Wilber D. Engle. The commecement address was given by Dr. Merle Smith
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1928 May 21-June 6
Program of events for the University of Denver commencement ceremony, May Twenty-first to June Sixth, 1928. Commencement address by Dr. Merle Smith.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1929 June 5
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony June Fifth, Nineteen Twenty-Nine. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Frederick Maurice Hunter. The commecement address was given by the Honorable Vierling Kersey, the Superintendent of Public Instruction State of California.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1930 June 4
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony June Fourth,1930. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Frederick Maurice Hunter. The commecement address was given by Doctor Lotus D. Coffman, President of the University of Minnesota.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 1931 June 10
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony June Tenth, 1931. Conferring degrees: Chancellor Frederick Maurice Hunter. The Commecement address was given by Bishop William F. McDowell.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 6/7/1968, 1968 June 7
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, June 7, 1968. Honorary degrees recipients: William L. Everitt, Doctor of Laws, O. Otto Moore, Doctor of Laws, Stewart L. Udall, Doctor of Laws. Conferring of Degrees: Maurice B. Mitchell, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement Program, 8/16/1968, 1968 August 16
Program for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August 16, 1968. Conferring of degrees: Maurice B. Mitchell, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement Program August 11, 1989, 1989 August 11
Program for the University of Denver doctoral, graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony, August 11, 1989. Remarks were given by: Daniel L. Ritchie, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement Program August 11, 2000, 2000 August 11
Program for the University of Denver doctoral, graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony and undergraduate commencement ceremony, August 11, 2000. Remarks were given by Robert D. Coombe, Dean, Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering. The closing remarks were given by Daniel L. Ritchie, Chancellor of the University.