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 47002 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Leo Block Alumni Center, 1996
Exterior view of the University of Denver's Leo Block Alumni Center in Denver, Colorado. Building under construction.
University of Denver Leo Block Alumni Center, between 1997-2008
Exterior view of the University of Denver's Leo Block Alumni Center in Denver, Colorado. Flower bed in the foreground.
University of Denver Leo Block Alumni Center, between 1996-2008
Interior view of the University of Denver's Leo Block Alumni Center in Denver, Colorado. View of the 'Alumni Painting' displayed in the alumni house.
University of Denver Leo Block Alumni Center, between 1996-2008
Interior view of the University of Denver's Leo Block Alumni Center in Denver, Colorado. View of water damage in the basement of the alumni house.
University of Denver Leo Block Alumni Center, 1992-1993
Negatives and photographs of negatives depicting exterior views of the University of Denver's Leo Block Alumni Center in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Leo Block Alumni Center, 1996
Negatives and photographs of negatives depicting views of the groundbreaking ceremony for the University of Denver's Leo Block Alumni Center in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Leo Block Alumni Center, 1996
Negatives and photographs of negatives depicting views of the grand opening for the University of Denver's Leo Block Alumni Center in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Leo Block Alumni Center, 1997
Negatives and photographs of negatives depicting views of the dedication for the University of Denver's Leo Block Alumni Center's alumni gardens in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Leo Block Alumni Center, 1996
Photographs of negatives depicting views of the grand opening for the University of Denver's Leo Block Alumni Center in Denver, Colorado.
University of Denver Leo Block Alumni Center Groundbreaking, 1996-03
A group of people including Chancellor Daniel Ritchie raises a toast to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Leo Block Alumni House on the campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.