Commencement, 1951
Three professors stand in front of Bosler Hall on the Academic Quad and address a group of students on June 3, 1951.
Three professors stand in front of Bosler Hall on the Academic Quad and address a group of students on June 3, 1951.
President William Edel '15 (center) and Honorary Degree recipients pose for a group photograph at Commencement on June 3, 1951.
The Faculty procession at Commencement on June 13, 1954.
A group of students stand on the Academic Quad in front of Old West at Commencement on June 13, 1954.
A group of alumni, faculty, trustees, and honorary degree recipients stand on the porch of Drayer Hall on June 13, 1954. Trickett Hall, as well as several other Dickinson School of Law buildings, are visible in the background.
The back row from right to left is Ernest Vuilleumier (carrying the mace), Boyd Lee Spahr ('00), President William Wilcox Edel ('15), Herbert Wing, Sam Witwer ('30), William F. Hutstader, Robert E. Woodside ('26), Sidney D. Kline ('24), Lewis Guy Rohrbaugh ('07), and Robert F. Rich ('07).
The front row from right to left is Goodrich Cook White, George Henry Ketterer ('08), Lewis Strauss, Janet A. Kelley ('24), Lewis H. Rohrbaugh ('07), and Sheridan Bell
William Londsdale Taylor, professor of Political Science, speaking at Commencement exercises.
Professor David I. Gleim carries the college mace as he leads the academic procession at a Commencement around 1955. President William Edel ('15) and Boyd Lee Spahr ('00) are directly behind Professor Gleim.
Tom Beckley, a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, receives his commission certificate from President William Edel during Commencement. The event is held in the Alumni Gymnasium on June 12, 1955.
Students enter the Alumni Gymnasium for Commencement on June 12, 1955.
A student receives her diploma from President William Edel ('15) in the Alumni Gymnasium during Commencement on June 12, 1955.
Honorary degree recipient Robert Calder Gates ('15) speaks with President William Edel (right) during Commencement on June 12, 1955.
The Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps Commissioning Ceremony is held inside the Alumni Gymnasium during Commencement on June 12, 1955. This occasion apparently marks the first time that the ceremony had been held at Dickinson.
A group standing at Commencement on June 2, 1957 and the man in the center is identified as Charles C. Sellers.
Several recent graduates sit on the steps of Old West and look at a diploma.
Left to right (top row): Doris Wigel, Kiki KoKolis, and Sylvia Rambo
Left to right (bottom row): William Roger and Dorcas Adrian Roschy
William Creighton Reed, Jr., (Class of 1959) receives his commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from Brigadier General Edgar C. Doleman, the United States Army War College commandant, on June 7, 1959 during the Dickinson College commencement ceremony.
Dickinson College President William Edel and ROTC Instructor Captain Scandling, John D. are standing in the background.
Geology professor Winthrop Difford holds the College Mace at Commencement on June 5, 1960, with the procession of graduates in the background.
Nancy H. Cross and John Curley raising the Class of 1960 flag at Commencement on June 5, 1960.
View of the Faculty procession at Commencement on June 4, 1961. The Commencement exercises are held in the Alumni Gymnasium in 1961.
Dickinson College professors prepare on the Academic Quad for the Faculty procession at Commencement on June 4, 1961. Chemistry Professor David Gleim is the mace bearer.
The honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 4, 1961.
Honorary degree recipients are sitting in the front row and they are, from left to right, Rev. Dr. John W. Mckelvey, Colonel Richard H. Ellis, Bishop W. Vernon Mddleton, President Malcolm, Ambassador Wiley T. Buchanan Jr., and Judge Charles Klein.
Sponsors are sitting in the back row and they are, from left to right, Rev. Dr. F. La Mont Henninger, Dr. Edward C. Raffensperger, Dr. Howard L. Rubendall, Rev Dr. Edward G. Latch Jr., and Dean Morris L. Shafer.
President Howard Rubendall '31 (far right) stands with several honorary degree recipients during Commencement on June 4, 1961.
President Howard Rubendall speaks with several students at Commencement on June 4, 1961.
Left to Right: Edward Phillips, President Howard Rubendall ('31), Stephan Marini, and Macy Potamkin
Boyd Lee Spahr, Class of 1900 and a member of the Board of Trustees, sits in the audience at Commencement in the Alumni Gymnasium on June 4, 1961.
View during Commencement exercises on June 3, 1962.
View as students receive their diplomas during Commencement on June 3, 1962.