Entries drawn from the college history timeline
Major Wilson, instructor in medicine at the Carlisle Barracks, addressed a meeting of the Mohler Scientific Club on recent trends in army medicine. He demonstrated blood transfusion equipment and standard-issue sulfa drugs.
Bishop Olvier James Hart addressed the College as part of its 1943 Commencement exercises. Rev. Hart also received an honorary degree from the College.
The Reverend Bishop Francis John McConnell delivers the James Henry Morgan Lectures on February 7th and 8th in Bosler Hall. The topic of McConnell's lecture was "The Ancient Greeks and Their Modern Messages."
Fred Pierce Corson, pastor and President of Dickinson College from 1934-44, addressed the College during its 1944 Commencement exercises and received his second honorary degree.
William Harvey Perkins addressed the College as part of its 1945 Commencement exercises. Dr. Perkins also received an honorary degree from the College.
Chaplain Albert C. Oliver, a Colonel in the United States Army during World War II, gave a talk in Bosler Hall on March 8, 1946 about his experience as a prisoner of war held by the Japanese.
Paul Swain Havens, President of Wilson College, addressed Dickinson as part of its 1946 Commencement exercises. Dr. Havens also received an honorary degree from the College.
Dr. Lyman H. Butterfield of Princeton University delivered the inaugural lecture of the Boyd Lee Spahr Lectures in Americana. His talk was on "Dr. Rush and the Beginnings of John and Mary's College over Susquehanna."
Colgate Whitehead Darden, Jr., Chancellor of the College of William and Mary, President of the University of Virginia, and Governor of Virginia from 1942-46, addressed the College as part of its 1947 Commencement exercises. Governor Darden also received an honorary degree from the College.
Pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick addressed the College as part of its 1948 Commencement exercises. Rev. Fosdick also received an honorary degree from the College.
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.
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.
Mr. L. E. Tsao discussed China’s position post-World World II and the Korean War. Tsao served as a United Nations Secretariat, editor of an economic magazine, a humanitarian, and the President of University of Peiping. He discussed that America could not be separated from Asia due to war that...
The director spoke to the freshman and sophomore class during chapel the previous week about “An American Tradition Comes into being”. She emphasized and stated students must realize that the United States has inherited world leadership, but the majority of the citizens do not want it. Woods...
Elizabeth Bowen was coming to speak about her book titled The Novel on Noth Sides of the Atlantic and other literary figures importance. She was coming to the United States to speak to civic and college groups. The Dickinsonian noted some her notable works such as The Death of the Heart...
Two Dickinson students were chosen to represent Dickinson College as delegates at the Second West Point West Point Student Conference on Student Affairs to discuss The Far East Policy of the United States. Lawrence J. Lichtenstein and Moorad G. Mooradian were the students designated by Dr....
One of the student delegates that attended the conference, Moorad Mooradian, described the accomplishments of the Second West Point Conference on United States Affairs at the Military Academy. The conference was sponsored by the Academy at West Point and the Carnegie foundation. According to...
Harold Edward Stassen, Governor of Minnesota from 1939-43 and President of the University of Pennsylvania from 1948-53, addressed the College as part of its 1951 Commencement exercises. Dr. Stassen also received an honorary degree from the College.
Douglas McKay, Secretary of the Interior of the United States, addressed the College as part of its 1953 Commencement exercises. Mr. McKay also received an honorary degree from the College.
Goodrich Cook White, President of Emory University, addressed the College as part of its 1954 Commencement exercises. Dr. White also received an honorary degree from the College.
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Leonard Carmichael addressed the College as part of its 1955 Commencement exercises. Dr. Carmichael also received an honorary degree from the College.
Otto Kraushaar, President of Goucher College from 1948-67, addressed Dickinson College as part of its 1956 Commencement exercises. Dr. Kraushaar also received an honorary degree from the College.
Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States from 1953-57, addressed the College as part of its 1957 Commencement exercises. Mr. Brownell also received an honorary degree from the College.
Arthur B. Langlie, Governor of Washington from 1941-45 and 1949-57, addressed the College as part of its 1958 Commencement exercises. Governor Langlie also received an honorary degree from the College.
