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Marlin Edgar Olmstead Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 7, 1905

Marlin Edgar Olmstead, Pennsylvania Congressman from 1897-1913, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1905 Commencement exercises.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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1905 Commencement

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 7, 1905

Commencement exercises for the 1904-05 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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Nathan C. Shaeffer Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 8, 1904

Educator Nathan C. Schaeffer received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1904 Commencement exercises.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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1904 Commencement

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 8, 1904

Commencement exercises for the 1903-04 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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1903 Commencement

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 10, 1903

Commencement exercises for the 1902-03 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type
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Marcus Alonzo Hanna Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 4, 1902

Marcus Alonzo Hanna, Senator from Ohio from 1897-1904 and political manager for William McKinley, receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1902 Commencement exercises.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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1902 Commencement

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 4, 1902

Commencement exercises for the 1901-02 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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Willis Fletcher Johnson Receives Second Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 5, 1901

Author and journalist Willis Fletcher Johnson receives an honorary Doctor of Letters degree as part of Dickinson's 1901 Commencement exercises, his second honorary degree from the College.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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Francis Dunlap Gamewell '81 Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 5, 1901

Francis Dunlap Gamewell (Class of 1881), Methodist missionary and hero of the Boxer Rebellion, receives an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree as part of Dickinson's 1901 Commencement exercises.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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1901 Commencement

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 5, 1901

Commencement exercises for the 1900-01 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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A. Victor Murray Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Tue., Sep. 19, 1950

A. Victor Murray, President of Cheshunt College, Cambridge, was awarded an honorary doctorate of sacred theology as part of a special convocation ceremony. At the ceremony he gave an address titled "The Redemption of Science".

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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A. Victor Murray Delivers Address

Date of Event
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
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Rufus Edmonds Shapley '60 Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 6, 1900

Lawyer and political humorist Rufus Edmonds Shapley (Class of 1860) receives an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1900 Commencement exercises.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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1900 Commencement

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 6, 1900

Commencement exercises for the 1899-1900 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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Samuel Cushman Caldwell '58 Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 7, 1899

Educator, lawyer, and journalist Samuel Cushman Caldwell (Class of 1858) received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1899 Commencement exercises.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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John Franklin Goucher '68 Receives Second Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 7, 1899
John Franklin Goucher (Class of 1868), minister, missionary, educator, and namesake of what would become Goucher College, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (his second honorary degree from the College) as part of Dickinson's 1899 Commencement exercises.
Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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1899 Commencement

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 7, 1899
Commencement exercises for the 1898-99 academic year were held, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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Richard Henry Pratt Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 8, 1898

Richard Henry Pratt, Army Lieutenant and founder of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1898 Commencement exercises.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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Louis Emory McComas Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 8, 1898
Louis Emory McComas (Class of 1866), politician and judge, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1898 Commencement exercises.
Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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1898 Commencement

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 8, 1898
Commencement exercises for the 1897-98 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.
Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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Elijah Barrett Prettyman '48 Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 9, 1897
Elijah Barrett Prettyman (Class of 1848), educator and early administrator at what later became Towson University, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1897 Commencement exercises.
Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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1897 Commencement

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 9, 1897

Commencement exercises for the 1896-97 academic year were held at Bosler Memorial Hall, with various members of the graduating class delivering orations.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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Horatio Collins King '58 Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 10, 1896

Horatio Collins King (Class of 1858), author, lawyer, and recipient of the Medal of Honor for service in the Civil War, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1896 Commencement exercises.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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William Jacob Holland Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 10, 1896

William Jacob Holland, minister, zoologist, paleontologist, museum administrator, and Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh from 1891-1901, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of Dickinson's 1896 Commencement exercises.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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Charles Francis Himes '55 Receives Honorary Degree

Date of Event
Wed., Jun. 10, 1896

Charles Francis Himes (Class of 1855), professor, amateur photographer, and Dickinson College administrator, received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree as part of the College's 1896 Commencement exercises.

Event Type
Academic Ceremonies
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