University of Denver
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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"
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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.
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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 Fifty-Fourth Year, 1918 May 22
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Fourth Year, Wednesday the Twenty-second of May, 1918. Honorary degree recipients: Frederick Johnson Chamberlin, Master of Arts; Nina McCarthy Weiss, Master of Arts; George Hilborn Stuntz, Doctor of Divinity; Irving Peake Johnson, Doctor of Law; Samuel Alexander Lough, Doctor of Laws. Conferring Degrees: Henry Augustus Buchtel, The Chancellor.
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Ninth Year, 1923 June 6
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Ninth Year, Wednesday, the Sixth of June, 1923. The Commencement address by: Governor William E, Sweet. Conferring Degrees: Chancellor Heber Reece Harper.
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Second Year, 1916 June 8
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Second Year, Thursday the eighth of June, 1916. Honorary degree recipients: James Edwin Huchingson, Master of Arts; Charles Allen Bradley, Doctor of Science; Harry Vallandigham Kepner, Doctor of Science; James Herbert Kelley, Doctor of Letters; Robert Edward Dickenson, Doctor of Divinity; Carlos Merton Cole, Doctor of Laws. Conferring Degrees: Henry Augustus Buchtel, the Chancellor.
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Seventh Year, 1921 June 9
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Seventh Year, Thursday the ninth of June, 1921. Conferring Degrees: Wilber D. Engle, the acting Chancellor. No Honorary Degrees were given out. The Commecement Address was given by the Rev. Bishop Irving P. Johnson, D.D., LL.D.
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Sixth Year, 1920 June 10
University of Denver Commencement Program Fifty-Third Year, 1917 June 7
Programs for the University of Denver undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony Fifty-Third Year, Thursday the seventh of June, 1917. Conferring Degrees: Henry Augustus Buchtel, The Chancellor.
University of Denver Commencement Program June 2, 1984, 1984 June 2
Program for the University of Denver doctoral, graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony, June 2, 1984. Honorary degree recipients: Dr. Linus Carl Pauling, Doctor of Letters; Mr. Francis S. Van Derbus, Doctor of Humane Letters; Dr. Robert Crocker Good, Doctor of Humane Letters and former member of the faculty of DU's Graduate School of International Studies from 1953 to 1958. Closing remarks by: Dwight M. Smith, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement Program June 3, 1995, 1995 June 3
University of Denver Commencement Program June 3, 2000, 2000 June 3
Program for the University of Denver doctoral, graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony, June 3, 2000. Honorary degree recipients: A.J. Kauvar, Doctor of Humane Letters; Bill Owens, Doctor of Public Service, he was sworn in as Colorado's 40th Governor in January 1999; Reverend Michael J. Sheeran, S.J., Doctor of Humane Letters. Remarks were given by Bill Owens, Governor, State of Colorado. The closing remarks were given by Daniel L. Ritchie, Chancellor of the University.
University of Denver Commencement Program June 3, 2005, 2005 June
Program for the University of Denver doctoral, graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony, June 3, 2005 and undergraduate commencement ceremony, June 4, 2005. Honorary degree recipients: Carol M. Moore, Doctor of Humane Letters; Michael B. Enzi, Doctor of Public Service. The remarks were given by Daniel L. Ritchie, Chancellor of the University of Denver.