Honors and Awards


John Glover Award Medal, 1962

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00069
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00068, AC 00070-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Gold medal featuring inscriptions and laurels, produced for the John Glover Award by the Royal Mint, 1959. This medal presented to Edward Uhler Condon in 1962. It was returned to the college by the American Philosophical Society in 1974 after Edward Condon's death. The Glover Memorial Lectures are usually presented in alternate years. This lectureship in science was established in 1958 in memory of John Glover of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, the inventor of the Glover Tower, and in memory of his son and grandson, Henry and Lester Glover, by the late Dr. John D. Yeagley and Mrs. Yeagley of York, Pennsylvania.

John Glover Award Medal, 1959

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00068
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00067, AC 00069-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Gold medal featuring inscriptions and laurels, produced for the John Glover Award by the Royal Mint, 1959. This gold plated replica medal was presented to the college, along with an original solid gold medal and 17 other gold plated replica medals, by John Yeagley. The replicas were meant to be presented to future Glover Lecturers. The Glover Memorial Lectures are usually presented in alternate years. This lectureship in science was established in 1958 in memory of John Glover of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, the inventor of the Glover Tower, and in memory of his son and grandson, Henry and Lester Glover, by the late Dr. John D. Yeagley and Mrs. Yeagley of York, Pennsylvania.

John Glover Award Medal, 1959

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00067
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00066, AC 00068-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Gold medal featuring inscriptions and laurels, produced for the John Glover Award by the Royal Mint, 1959. This original solid gold medal was presented to the college, along with 18 gold plated replica medals, by John Yeagley. The replicas were meant to be presented to future Glover Lecturers. The Glover Memorial Lectures are usually presented in alternate years. This lectureship in science was established in 1958 in memory of John Glover of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, the inventor of the Glover Tower, and in memory of his son and grandson, Henry and Lester Glover, by the late Dr. John D. Yeagley and Mrs. Yeagley of York, Pennsylvania.

Class of 1902 Award Pocket Watch, 1928

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00075
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00073-00074, AC 00076-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Silver pocket watch given to John W. McConnell as the first recipient of the Class of 1902 Award in 1928. Endowed by the class of 1902, the award is given annually to a member of the junior class who has contributed the most good to the college. The award winner is chosen by his or her peers.

Format

Class of 1902 Award Women's Watch, 1959

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00590
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00073-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Woman's small silver watch given to Nancy Cross (Price) as the award recipient of the 1959 Class of 1902 Award. Endowed by the class of 1902, the award is given annually to a member of the junior class who has contributed the most good to the college.  The award winner is chosen by his or her peers. 

Format

William Wood Gerhard Commemorative Medal, c.1925

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00077
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00073-00076, AC 00078-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Bronze medal featuring  an image of William Wood Gerhard and his birth and death dates on the front, with the words "THE PHILADELPHIA PATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY HONORS ZEAL IN RESEARCH" on the back. 

Bologna Italy Plaque, 1981

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00080
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00073-00079, AC 00081-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Bronze Plaque featuring the Achigymnasium Bononiense mounted on blue velvet in a navy blue case.  Given to Dickinson College by the City of Bologna. 

Coro Stelutis plaque, 1988

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00081
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00073-00080, AC 00082-00083, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Bronze plaque with Bolognese skyline, mounted on blue velvet in a navy blue case.  The plaque was a gift from Coro Stelutis, a choir group from Bologna, Italy to President A. Lee Fritschler in 1988. 

Coro Stelutis Plaque, 1988

Artifact/Collection Number
AC 00083
Location
Shelf 3 (housed with AC 00058-00071, AC 00073-00082, AC 00088, AC 00507, AC 00590, AC 00607, AC 00735, AC 00887)

Gold plaque inscribed to President A. Lee Fritschler mounted on blue velvet in a faux snakeskin box.  A gift to President Fritschler from Coro Stelutis.