Marine geologist Joshua Irving Tracey (Class of 1906) received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1947 Commencement exercises.

A three day Convocation was held in honor of the 175th Anniversary of the founding of Dickinson College. Important members of society, such as two Pennsylvania senators, Thomas Campbell Clark, Attorney General of the United States, former governor of Pennsylvania Arthur H. James, and Pulitzer...

Commencement exercises for the 1947-48 academic year were held at the Alumni Gymnasium.

Frederick Moore Vinson, politician, Secretary of the Treasury under President Harry S. Truman from 1945-46, and the Chief Justice of the United States from 1946-53, received an honorary degree as part of the College's 1948 Commencement exercises.

A special Convocation ceremony was held in Bosler Hall at 11:30 am. Both students and honorary recipients received their degrees.

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1948-1949 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 5 in the Alumni Gymnasium.

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.

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1949-1950 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 4 in the Alumni Gymnasium. Honorary degree recipient Captain Francis Lee Albert gave the Baccalaureate sermon.

Boyd Lee Spahr (Class of 1900), acting president of Dickinson from 1945-46 and namesake of the Boyd Lee Spahr Library (later the Waidner-Spahr Library), received an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree as part of the College's 1950 Commencement exercises.

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.

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.

A Special Convocation ceremony was held in Bosler Hall at 11:30 am featuring an address by A. Victor Murray, President of Cheshunt College, Oxford, who was then awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology.