On Thursday, April 25th, 1963, Old West was certified as a registered national historic landmark and a memorial plaque was unveiled. Mr. Daniel Beard, Assistant Director of the National Park Service, presented the certificate. The Hon. George A. Goodling, Member of Congress, spoke at the ceremony.
On Saturday, May 21st, 1983, the Emil R. Weiss Center for the Arts was dedicated. Emil R. Weiss, '53, Dickinson Trustee, spoke at the ceremony.
On Saturday, April 1st, 2000, the East Asian Studies Reading Room in the Waidner-Spahr Library was dedicated. Howard Kyongju Koh, M.D., and Hesung Chun Koh '51, Ph.D. spoke at the dedication ceremony.
The Waidner-Spahr Library officially opened on Friday, October 23rd, 1998. The opening celebration included tours of the new building as well as a reading by Assistant Professor of English and Writer-in-Residence Susan Perabo.
On Saturday, November 4th, 1967, the Boyd Lee Spahr Library was dedicated. A procession from the Holland Union Building to the library proceeded the dedication. Boyd Lee Spahr, LL.D., was present at the ceremony.
On Thursday, September 30th, 1971, the Florence Jones Reineman Wildlife Sanctuary Field Station was dedicated. The Honorable Nathaniel P. Reed, Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior, performed the dedication.
On Friday, February 25th, 1955, the cornerstone was laid for the future Morgan Hall. Former Dickinson President Fred P. Corson gave an address honoring President James Henry Morgan. The cornerstone was then filled with special objects and a litany was prayed for the stone.
On Saturday, October 13th, 1973, McKenney Hall was dedicated. Its namesake, W. Gibbs McKenney, Esq. '39, Dickinson Trustee, was present at the dedication ceremony.
On Thursday, April 9th, 1998, 31 South West Street was dedicated as the Max Kade Center for the Study of Contemporary German Culture. The ceremony featured readings by the German author Hans Joachim Schadlich, the Israeli poet Asher Reich, and the Romanian-German writer Herta Muller.
On Saturday, October 25th, 1980, the Kline Life/Sports Learning Center was dedicated.
On Saturday, October 17th, 1987, the Benjamin D. James Center was dedicated for the use of the geology, psychology, and environmental science departments. Dr. Benjamin D. James, '34, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Education, spoke at the ceremony. Tours of the building, which was located at the corner of N. College and W. Louther streets, were available following the dedication ceremony.
On Thursday, February 2nd, 1989, the interfaith chapel was rededicated in the relocated and renovated Durbin Oratory of Old West. As part of the interfaith service, the Torahs were placed in an Ark in the new chapel.
On Saturday, June 4th, 1966, the Holland Union Building was dedicated. Homer C. Holland, '13, performed the unveiling.
On Saturday, October 20th, 1984, the newly-renovated Denny Hall was rededicated.
On Tuesday, June 6th, 1905 the second Denny Memorial Building was dedicated. It contained eleven recitation rooms with adjoining offices and three large halls for the literary societies. The Allison tower, an addition to the original building plan, contained the college bell that had formerly hung in Old West.
On Tuesday, June 6th, 1905 Conway Hall was dedicated as the new home of the Collegiate Preparatory School of Dickinson. The building contained offices, recitation rooms, society halls, waiting halls, dining halls, a chapel, and dormitories and was thoroughly lit by electricity and heated by steam. The entire cost of the building was provided by Andrew Carnegie in honor of his friend Moncure Daniel Conway, Dickinson '49. Mr. Conway spoke at the dedication ceremony.
On Monday, June 8th, 1896 the Denny Memorial Building was officially opened and dedicated as a hall of science. His Excellency Governor Daniel H. Hastings gave an address at the ceremony. Two halls inside the building, the A. Herr Smith Memorial Hall for the Union Philosophical Society and the Eliza E. Smith Memorial Hall for the Belles Lettres Literary Society, were also dedicated.
On Saturday, October 8th, 1966 Dana Hall was dedicated as the new home for the Biology Department. Charles A. Dana, chairman of the Dana Foundation, which contributed a large proportion of the funds for constructing Dana Hall, performed the unveiling.
On Thursday, April 24, 1958 the new Allison Memorial Methodist Church on the corner of the Benjamin Rush campus was dedicated. Inside the church was the Dickinson College Chapel, which was also dedicated. Bishop John Wesley Lord, '27, gave an address at the ceremony.
A renovated Bosler Hall is rededicated as a center for the study of languages and education and a home for the Instructional Media Center. As part of the ceremony, the student-produced film "Dickinson Today" is shown.
On Sunday, April 27, 2003, the Milton B.
In this ceremony, Drayer Hall was opened as the new residence hall for women. A portrait of Mary Dickinson was presented to the women of the college.
The College celebrates Founders' Day with the dedication of the Charles Nisbet Campus, a processional, a presentation of portraits depicting famous Dickinsonians, and an address from United States Senator Richard S. Schweiker (R-PA).
The Charles Nisbet Campus was named and dedicated to complement the Benjamin Rush and John Dickinson campuses. Events include dedicatory remarks, unveiling of a plaque, and readings from Dr. Nisbet's writings.
On Sat., May 22, 1971, a dedication ceremony was Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium, featuring different performances that utilized the multi-functional capabilities of the new space. The building was built from concrete and glass, and had a capacity of 1,000, the largest on campus. The auditorium was named for Anita Tuvin Schlechter, the daughter of the donor, Louis Alfred Tuvin, class of 1910, and designed by the Architects Collaborative of Cambridge, Massachusetts.