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Pritchard, Ross, 1924-2020

 Person

Biography

In 1978, Pritchard was installed as the 14th Chancellor of the University at the August 10 Summer Commencement ceremony. Pritchard officially started July 3, 1978. In 1984, the Board of Trustees fire Pritchard as Chancellor. Pritchard died in Fayetteville, Arkansas, on July 8, 2020, reportedly of Alzheimer’s disease.

Citation:
Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg. 187).

Board of Trustees Minutes – Volume S: page 121.

Breck, A.D. (1996). From the rockies to the world (pg. 193).

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Box 5: Ross Pritchard papers, 1940s, 1970s-1980s

 File — Box M130.0005: [Barcode: U186018619785]
Identifier: M130.0005
Abstract

Pritchard's Papers

Dates: 1940s, 1970s-1980s
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / M130, Colorado Women's College (1888-1982) Records

Chancellor's Concluding Remarks to the Class of 1980, May 30, 1980, 1980 May 30

 Item
Identifier: U138.0005.0001.00002
Abstract

Text of the commencement address by the Chancellor's of the University, Ross Pritchard delivered at the University of Denver, May 30, 1980.

Dates: 1980 May 30
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U138, University of Denver Commencement Records / Box 5: Commencement Programs / Commencement - June 1980

Commencement Address, June 2, 1979, 1979 June 2

 Item
Identifier: U138.0004.0014.00002
Abstract

Text of the commencement address by the Chancellor of the University Ross Pritchard, delivered at the University of Denver, June 2, 1979.

Dates: 1979 June 2
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U138, University of Denver Commencement Records / Box 4: Commencement Programs / Commencement - 1979

Commencement Program for the University of Denver August 14, 1981, 1981 August 14

 Item
Identifier: U138.0005.0004.00001
Abstract

Program for the University of Denver doctoral, graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremony, August 14, 1981. Closing remarks by: Ross Pritchard, Chancellor of the University.

Dates: 1981 August 14
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U138, University of Denver Commencement Records / Box 5: Commencement Programs / Commencement - August 14, 1981

Pritchard, Dr. Ross - Photos, 1978-1982

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0037
Abstract Images of University of Denver Chancellor Ross Pritchard: 33 black and white prints, including Pritchard speaking at convocation; with Irving Kornfield and Steven Antonoff; with Robert Hetyel; with wife Emily; with Charles Kuvalt and Dorothy Goodstein at Chancellors' Society dinner; speaking at a faculty meeting; with Melvin Calvin and Gareth Eaton at a lecture preceding groundbreaking ceremony for the Seeley Mudd building; with Allan Phipps; and several headshots and portraits of Pritchard....
Dates: 1978-1982
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Biographical Files / Box 140

Pritchard, Ross, between 1984-1989

 File
Identifier: U201.03.0011.0028
Abstract

Black and white print of portrait of University of Denver Chancellor Ross Pritchard.

Dates: between 1984-1989
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Representative / Box 11: Best of U201

Pritchard, Ross - Photos, 1978-1983

 File
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0038
Abstract Images of University of Denver Chancellor Ross Pritchard: 14 black and white prints; including Pritchard with William Coors at construction site of new law building; with Melvin Calvin and Walter Koch at groundbreaking of Seeley Mudd building; speaking at a business executives' symposium; with Jeanette King and Rose Dodelzak; and with Frank Ricketson. 2 sets of black and white negatives with contact sheets. 8 sets of black and white negatives without contact sheets; including Pritchard with...
Dates: 1978-1983
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Biographical Files / Box 140

Program of the Inaugural and Commencement Ceremonies University of Denver August 18, 1978, 1978 August 18

 Item
Identifier: U138.0004.0013.00001
Abstract

Program for the University of Denver Inaugural ceremony for the charge and investiture of Ross Pritchard as the Fourteenth Chancellor of the University of Denver as well as for the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral commencement ceremony, August 18, 1978. Honorary degree recipient: Allan O. Pfnister, Doctor of Laws, former executive vice chancellor and acting chancellor of the University of Denver. Remarks by: Ross Pritchard, Chancellor of the University.

Dates: 1978 August 18
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U138, University of Denver Commencement Records / Box 4: Commencement Programs / Commencement - August 1978

Public Relations Caption for Coors Foundation Gift, 1983 May 25

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Identifier: U201.02.0140.0038.00002.00002
Abstract

University of Denver Public Relations caption written by Adolph "Bud" Mayer on DU Public Relations letterhead describing photo of Chancellor Ross Pritchard receiving gift from William Coors by the Adolph Coors Foundation to help defray operating costs on the Park Hill Campus. Pritchard and Coors are standing in front of the new law school building being built on that campus.

Dates: 1983 May 25
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Biographical Files / Box 140 / Pritchard, Ross - Photos

Ross Pritchard, Melvin Calvin, and Walter Koch at Seeley Mudd Building Groundbreaking, 1979

 Item
Identifier: U201.02.0140.0038.00001
Abstract

Melvin Calvin and Walter Koch, chair of the Board of Trustees at the University of Denver, pose with shovels at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Seeley Mudd Science Building on the University Park campus of the University of Denver while Chancellor Ross Pritchard picks up his shovel.

Dates: 1979
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Biographical Files / Box 140 / Pritchard, Ross - Photos

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