Lectures and Symposia

    Entries drawn from the college history timeline

Wed., Feb. 3, 1943

Major Wilson, instructor in medicine at the Carlisle Barracks, addressed a meeting of the Mohler Scientific Club on recent trends in army medicine.  He demonstrated blood transfusion equipment and standard-issue sulfa drugs.

Event Type: Lectures and Symposia
Sun., May 23, 1943

Bishop Olvier James Hart addressed the College as part of its 1943 Commencement exercises. Rev. Hart also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Mon., Feb. 7, 1944

The Reverend Bishop Francis John McConnell delivers the James Henry Morgan Lectures on February 7th and 8th in Bosler Hall.  The topic of McConnell's lecture was "The Ancient Greeks and Their Modern Messages."

Event Type: Lectures and Symposia
Sun., May 28, 1944

Fred Pierce Corson, pastor and President of Dickinson College from 1934-44, addressed the College during its 1944 Commencement exercises and received his second honorary degree.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 3, 1945

William Harvey Perkins addressed the College as part of its 1945 Commencement exercises. Dr. Perkins also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Fri., Mar. 8, 1946

Chaplain Albert C. Oliver, a Colonel in the United States Army during World War II, gave a talk in Bosler Hall on March 8, 1946 about his experience as a prisoner of war held by the Japanese.

Event Type: Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 9, 1946

Paul Swain Havens, President of Wilson College, addressed Dickinson as part of its 1946 Commencement exercises. Dr. Havens also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Fri., Mar. 7, 1947

Dr. Lyman H. Butterfield of Princeton University delivered the inaugural lecture of the Boyd Lee Spahr Lectures in Americana.  His talk was on "Dr. Rush and the Beginnings of John and Mary's College over Susquehanna."

Event Type: Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 8, 1947

Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr., Chancellor of the College of William and Mary, President of the University of Virginia, and Governor of Virginia from 1942-46, addressed the College as part of its 1947 Commencement exercises. Governor Darden also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 6, 1948

Pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick addressed the College as part of its 1948 Commencement exercises. Rev. Fosdick also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 5, 1949

John Wesley Snyder, businessman and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Harry S. Truman from 1946-53, addressed the College as part of its 1949 Commencement exercises. Mr. Snyder also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 4, 1950

Garfield Bromley Oxnam, Methodist Episcopal bishop and president of DePauw University from 1928-36, addressed the College as part of its 1950 Commencement exercises. Bishop Oxnam also received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Tue., Sep. 19, 1950

A. Victor Murray, President of Cheshunt College, Oxford, delivered an address titled "The Redemption of Science" as part of a special convocation ceremony at Dickinson in which Murray also received an honorary doctorate of sacred theology.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Tue., Oct. 03, 1950

Mr. L. E. Tsao discussed China’s position post-World World II and the Korean War. Tsao served as a United Nations Secretariat, editor of an economic magazine, a humanitarian, and the President of University of Peiping. He discussed that America could not be separated from Asia due to war that...

Event Type: Lectures and Symposia, U.S. and World Events
Thu., Oct. 19, 1950

The director spoke to the freshman and sophomore class during chapel the previous week about “An American Tradition Comes into being”. She emphasized and stated students must realize that the United States has inherited world leadership, but the majority of the citizens do not want it. Woods...

Event Type: Lectures and Symposia
Tue., Nov. 14, 1950

Elizabeth Bowen was coming to speak about her book titled The Novel on Noth Sides of the Atlantic and other literary figures importance. She was coming to the United States to speak to civic and college groups. The Dickinsonian noted some her notable works such as The Death of the Heart...

Event Type: Lectures and Symposia
Wed., Dec. 6, 1950

Two Dickinson students were chosen to represent Dickinson College as delegates at the Second West Point West Point Student Conference on Student Affairs to discuss The Far East Policy of the United States. Lawrence J. Lichtenstein and Moorad G. Mooradian were the students designated by Dr....

Event Type: Lectures and Symposia, Student Social Life
Wed., Dec. 6, 1950

One of the student delegates that attended the conference, Moorad Mooradian, described the accomplishments of the Second West Point Conference on United States Affairs at the Military Academy. The conference was sponsored by the Academy at West Point and the Carnegie foundation. According to...

Event Type: Lectures and Symposia, Student Social Life, U.S. and World Events
Sun., Jun. 3, 1951

Harold Edward Stassen, Governor of Minnesota from 1939-43 and President of the University of Pennsylvania from 1948-53, addressed the College as part of its 1951 Commencement exercises.  Dr. Stassen also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 7, 1953

Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior of the United States, addressed the College as part of its 1953 Commencement exercises. Mr. McKay also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 13, 1954

Goodrich Cook White, President of Emory University, addressed the College as part of its 1954 Commencement exercises.  Dr. White also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 12, 1955

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Leonard Carmichael addressed the College as part of its 1955 Commencement exercises.  Dr. Carmichael also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 3, 1956

Otto Kraushaar, President of Goucher College from 1948-67, addressed Dickinson College as part of its 1956 Commencement exercises. Dr. Kraushaar also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 2, 1957

Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States from 1953-57, addressed the College as part of its 1957 Commencement exercises. Mr. Brownell also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia
Sun., Jun. 1, 1958

Arthur B. Langlie, Governor of Washington from 1941-45 and 1949-57, addressed the College as part of its 1958 Commencement exercises. Governor Langlie also received an honorary degree from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Lectures and Symposia

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