Academic Ceremonies

    Entries drawn from the college history timeline

Thu., Jun. 30, 1887

Commencement exercises for the 1886-87 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Thu., Jun. 30, 1887

Educator William Lambert Gooding (Class of 1874), received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1887 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Thu., Jun. 28, 1888

Commencement exercises for the 1887-88 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Thu., Jun. 28, 1888

James William Marshall (Class of 1848), bureaucrat and interim United States Postmaster General in 1874, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1888 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Thu., Jun. 27, 1889

Commencement exercises for the 1888-89 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Thu., Jun. 27, 1889

James Addams Beaver, Governor of Pennsylvania from 1887-91 and acting president of Pennsylvania State University from 1906-08, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1889 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Thu., Jun. 27, 1889

James Fowler Rusling (Class of 1854), author, Civil War veteran, and Trustee of Dickinson College from 1861-1883, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1889 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Thu., Jun. 27, 1889

New York politician Stewart Lyndon Woodfrod receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1889 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Thu., Jun. 19, 1890

Commencement exercises for the 1889-90 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Thu., Jun. 19, 1890

Delaware politician Nathaniel Barratt Smithers (Class of 1840) received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1890 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Thu., Jun. 19, 1890

Thomas May Peirce, founder of what would later become Peirce College, received an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree as part of Dickinson's 1890 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Jun. 18, 1891

Commencement exercises for the 1890-91 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Jun. 18, 1891

Caleb Thomas Winchester, author, literary critic, and professor Wesleyan University, received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of the College's 1891 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Tue., Jun. 18, 1891

Author and journalist Willis Fletcher Johnson receives an honorary Master of Arts degree as part of Dickinson's 1891 Commencement exercises, his first of two honorary degrees from the College.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jun. 5, 1892

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1891-1892 academic year was held at 10:30am during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 5 at the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Wed., Jun. 8, 1892

Commencement exercises for the 1891-92 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 8, 1892

Moncure Daniel Conway (Class of 1849), author, clergyman, abolitionist, and namesake of two separate buildings (both named Conway Hall), receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree as part of Dickinson's 1892 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jun. 11, 1893

The Baccalaureate Service for the 1892-1893 academic year was held at 11:00am during the 110th commencement weekend on Sunday, June 11, at the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Wed., Jun. 14, 1893

Commencement exercises for the 1892-93 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 6, 1894

Commencement exercises for the 1893-94 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 6, 1894

Charles Brown Lore (Class of 1852), politician and Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 1893 to 1909, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1894 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 6, 1894

Charles William Super (Class of 1866), President of Ohio University from 1884-96 and 1899-1901, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1894 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Sun., Jun. 2, 1895

The Baccalaureate exercises for the 1894-1895 academic year were held during commencement weekend on Sunday, June 2 at the William Clare Allison Memorial Church.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies, Religious Activities
Wed., Jun. 5, 1895

Commencement exercises for the 1894-95 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies
Wed., Jun. 5, 1895

Daniel Hartman Hastings, Governor of Pennsylvania from 1895-99, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1895 Commencement exercises.

Event Type: Academic Ceremonies

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