Dickinson alumnus Dr. Horace E. Rogers ('24) was appointed Chairman of the Chemistry Department on September 22, 1958. Professor Rogers, who had worked in the Chemistry department at Dickinson College for 33 years prior to this appointment, took over from the late Dr. Ernest Albert Vuilleumier.
Professor Candadai K. Tirumalai received the Ganoe Award, which is awarded by the senior class to their most inspirational professor, at Commencement on June 2, 1974.
Monsieur Pierre Emile Benignus received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree as part of a special convocation. It was awarded in honor of his missionary service with Melanesian tribes.
On Tuesday, February 29th, 1944, President Boyd Lee Spahr, the then current President of Dickinson College, conferred Dickinson College degrees to four Dickinson College students studying at Franklin and Marshall College.
The four students, George Benedict Jr., William Henry Keen, Robert William Long, and Ralph Eugene Lower, each received a Bachelor of Philosophy during Franklin and Marshall College's Mid-Winter Commencement in 1944 after receiving military training there.
Dickinson College finalized their study abroad program with the Mendeleev Institute in Moscow, Russia on October 10th. The ceremonial signing that took place solidified the three year agreement between the Institute and Dickinson and allowed for students to study in the College's Russian language summer immersion program. The program permitted 24 students to attend the Institute for a month long intensive immersion with the Russian language. It also allowed two faculty members to teach at the Institute.
College exercises for the 1854-1855 academic year commenced.
Commencement exercises for the 1918-19 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall. Speakers included Bishop Luther B. Wilson, Bishop Rogers Israel, and the Hon. Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy. Fifty-two students were graduated, a number much smaller than usual because of World War I. The Dickinson Players performed Shakespeare's "As You Like It" as part of the commencement festivities. Because of the effort of overcoming the war, this commencement was nicknamed the "Victory Commencement."
At the 1971 Commencement exercises, Dorsey Green, representing Wheel and Chain, and Jim Wolford, representing Omicron Delta Kappa, announced the creation of the Howard Lane Rubendall Scholarship Fund honoring President Rubendall's decade of leadership. Wheel and Chain and ODK raised the funds for the scholarship program.
After "having obtained leave to use the Presbyterian church," Dickinson College held its first Commencement exercises. Eight orations were delivered and nine degrees were conferred. The students "performed all these exercises with a propriety and spirit which did them great honor, reflected much credit on their teachers, and gave ground to hope that the sons of Dickinson College will at least equal, in useful and shining talents, those of any other seminary."
Commencement exercises for the 1791-92 academic year were held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1809-10 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1810-11 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1811-12 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1812-13 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1822-23 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
John Sergeant, lawyer and Pennsylvania Congressman from 1837-41, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1826 commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1825-26 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1827-28 academic year are held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations. James Buchanan (Class of 1809), then a lawyer in Lancaster, PA, was scheduled to speak, but was "prevented by illness."
Commencement exercises for the 1828-29 academic year are held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1836-37 academic year are held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1837-38 academic year are held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Reverdy Johnson, politician, judge, and United States Attorney General from 1849-50, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1839 commencement exercises.
Commencement exercises for the 1838-39 academic year are held, with all members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Commencement exercises for the 1839-40 academic year are held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.