Commencement

Commencement, 1971

A group of students sit during Commencement exercises on May 23, 1971.

Commencement, 1971

A student walks out of Old West and receives their diploma during Commencement on May 23, 1971.

President Howard Rubendall is standing with other faculty on left and is closest to the audience.

Commencement, 1976

President Samuel Banks stands at the podium at Commencement on May 16, 1976.

Commencement, 1978

President Samuel Banks (right) stands with trustee Samuel Witwer (Class of 1930) and honorary degree recipient Walter J. Podbielniak in Memorial Hall inside Old West at Commencement on May 21, 1978.

Commencement Set-Up, 1979

Three men carry out the diplomas before Commencement on May 20, 1979.

Commencement, 1979

Hanna Gray, who receives a honorary Doctor of Laws, stands with trustee Samuel Witwer (Class of 1930) and President Samuel Banks at Commencement on May 20, 1979.

Commencement, 1979

President of the Board of Trustees Samuel Weiler Witwer (Class of 1930) and President Samuel Banks (right) present former President Howard Rubendall with a special award at Commencement on May 20, 1979.

Commencement, c.1980

View of the John Dickinson Campus during Commencement around 1980.

Commencement, 1980

A man takes a picture of a dog wearing a small cap at Commencement on May 18, 1980.

Commencement, 1981

Dickinson staff help John Brennan, a Chemistry major, put on his hood correctly before he walks down the steps of Old West during Commencement on May 17, 1981.

Commencement, 1981

An aerial view of Commencement exercises on May 17, 1981.

Commencement, 1981

A member of the audience takes a picture during Commencement on May 17, 1981.

Commencement, 1983

Professor Truman Bullard, Professor William Masland, and President Banks sit during Commencement on May 22, 1983.

Commencement, 1987

A student receives their diploma from Acting President George Allan at Commencement on May 17, 1987.

Commencement, 1988

View from Old West during Commencement exercises on May 18, 1988.

Commencement, 1988

Two recent graduates examine their diplomas after Commencement on May 18, 1988. 

From Left to Right: Leslie Tan ('88), Bruce Cohen, and Maureen Reilly Egner ('88)

Commencent, 1989

from the doorway of Old West as President A. Lee Fritschler hands a diploma to a student during Commencement on May 21, 1989.

Commencent, 1989

A student receives his diploma on the platform in front of Old West at Commencement on May 21, 1989.

Commencement, 1990

Faculty walk down the steps of Old West after graduation on May 20, 1990. The Commencement exercises were held earlier in the Kline Center.

Commencement, 1990

Students walk out the main entrance and down the steps of Old West after graduation on May 20, 1990. The Commencement exercises were held earlier in the Kline Center.

Commencent, 1991

A student leans over the stone wall surrounding the Academic Quad to talk to someone at Commencement on May 19, 1991.

Commencement, 1991

Families linger after Commencement on May 19, 1991.

Commencement, 1993

President Fritschler walks down the steps of Old West with a student during Commencement on May 23, 1993.

Commencement, 1994

View from Old West as a student receives their diploma during Commencement on May 22, 1994.

Commencement, 1995

Rebecca Leyon holds the College Mace over the head of her father, Professor Robert Leyon (Mace Bearer) at Commencement on May 21, 1995.

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