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University of Denver

 Organization

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 folder

Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:

J.E. Slater Commencement Address University of Denver August 13, 1976, 1976 August 13

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Identifier: U138.0004.0008.00002
Abstract

Text of the commencement address by J. E. Slater, delivered at the University of Denver, August 13, 1976.

Dates: 1976 August 13

"Justice in America- The Ideal and the Reality", 1976 August 13

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Identifier: U138.0004.0008.00003
Abstract

Text of the summer commencement address "Justice in America - The Ideal and the Reality" by Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, delivered at the University of Denver, August 13, 1976.

Dates: 1976 August 13

"Living Democracy", 1948 June 6

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Identifier: U138.0001.0044.00007
Abstract

Text of the baccalaureate address "Living Democracy" by James F. Price, delivered at the University of Denver, June 6, 1948.

Dates: 1948 June 6

"Looking Ahead in Education", 1954 August 20

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Identifier: U138.0002.0002.00002
Abstract

Text of the commencement address "Looking Ahead in Education" by Samuel Miller Brownell, Commissioner of Education, Department of Heath, Education, and Welfare, U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C., delivered at the University of Denver, August 20, 1954.

Dates: 1954 August 20

"On Human Resources and Sustaining the Nation's Future", 1990 June 9

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Identifier: U138.0006.0003.00002
Abstract

Text of the commencement address by Hon. Arthur Allen Fletcher, Chairman, U.S. Commission of Civil Rights, delivered at the University of Denver, June 9, 1990. In his speech, Arthur Allen Fletcher encouraged graduates to assume a leadership role building a brand new America. An America that far exceeds the one they inherited.

Dates: 1990 June 9

"One Moment", 1954 June 11

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Identifier: U138.0002.0001.00003
Abstract

Text of the commencement address "One Moment" by President of Student Senate Allen Keith Jackson delivered at the University of Denver, June 11, 1954.

Dates: 1954 June 11

"Science and the Art of Living", 1947 June 7

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Identifier: U138.0001.0043.00003
Abstract

Text of the commencement address "Science and the Art of Living" delivered at the University of Denver by C.F. Rassweiler, Saturday, June 7, 1947.

Dates: 1947 June 7

Text of the Baccaleaureate Sermon, 1941 June 8

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Identifier: U138.0001.0035.00003
Abstract

Baccalaureate address by Chancelor Caleb F. Gates, Jr., delivered at the University of Denver June 8, 1941.

Dates: 1941 June 8

"The Air Age and You", 1943 June 4

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Identifier: U138.0001.0038.00008
Abstract

The text of the Commencement address "Democracy Faces the Future" by C. A. Dykstra, delivered at the University of Denver, August 27, 1943.

Dates: 1943 June 4

The Chancellor's Welcome, 1993 June 5

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Identifier: U138.0006.0017.00002
Abstract

Text of the commencement address by the Chancellor of the University, Daniel L. Ritchie, delivered at the University of Denver, June 5, 1993.

Dates: 1993 June 5