Honorary Degree recipients stand with their sponsors on the steps of Old West during the Founders Day Special Convocation on May 5, 1949. Vice President Gilbert Malcolm ('15) is standing on the far right of the first row.
The presentation of the college mace during a special convocation on October 13, 1951.
Left to right: Frank E. Masland, Jr. ('18), Herbert Wing, Jr., Ernest A. Vuilleumier, and President William W. Edel ('15).
A group picture taken in Memorial Hall on the occasion of the Founders Day Convocation, May 1, 1952. This special Founders Day, in honor of Dickinson women, was held to celebrate the dedication of Drayer Hall, the first residence hall built by the college for the express purpose of housing women students.
Front Row, left to right: Edith Alice Ford, Marianne Craig Moore, William Wilcox Edel, and Millicent Todd Bingham.
Back Row, left to right: Vashti Burr Whittington, Cora L. Handwork (class of 1914), Ethel Wagg Selby (class of 1915), Josephine Brunyate Meredith (class of 1901), and Mary Love Collins (class of 1902)
President William Edel (class of 1915) awards an honorary degree to Ethel Wagg Selby (class of 1915) during the Founders Day Convocation ceremony in Bosler Hall on May 1, 1952.
Honorary degree recipient Marianne Craig Moore is the third person sitting from the left.
President Howard L. Rubendall (left) and former President Gilbert Malcolm at opening Convocation in September 1961.
President Howard L. Rubendall chats with Dr. Charles A. Dana and Harvard Professor George Gaylord Simpson, an influential paleontologist, during the Founders Day Convocation on October 8, 1966.
President Howard Rubendall ('31) stands with Gregory A. Staley, the Senior Sophister, Martha L. Purvis, the Junior Sophister, and Professor Paul Angiolillo outside of Old West during Convocation on September 9, 1969.
President Howard Rubendall ('31) talks with a senior, Martha L. Purvis ('71), and two professors on the steps of Old West at Convocation on September 9, 1970.
The Class of 1974 listens to a speaker during Convocation in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on September 8, 1971.
View of the faculty procession at Convocation on September 5, 1972. Philosophy Professor Frederick Ferré holds the mace and History Professor Charles Jarvis holds the Dickinson flag.
Philosophy Professor Frederick Ferré sits at Convocation on September 5, 1972.
President Howard Rubendall ('31) leads the procession of faculty at Convocation on September 4, 1973. Physics Professor Priscilla Laws is behind the professor who is next to President Rubendall.
Howard Lane Rubendall speaks at Convocation on September 4, 1974.
View of President Banks and members of the faculty on stage in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium during Convocation on September 4, 1973.
First row: Frederick Ferré, Leonard Goldberg, Bruce Andrews, George Allan, and President Banks.
View as students and faculty sit in the Kline Center for Convocation on September 2, 1980.
A group of faculty, alumni, and trustees pose for a picture at Convocation on August 30, 1983.
Seated from left to right: Joe Brenner, Ruth S. Spangler ('35), William S. Masland, Whitfield J. Bell ('35), and Alexander Rush.
Standing from left to right: Benjamin James ('34), J. E. Masland Jr., Sidney D. Kline, and President Samuel Banks.
View inside Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium during Convocation on August 27, 1985.
Chemistry Professor Robert Leyon shows the college Mace to someone at Convocation on August 27, 1985.
President Banks stands at the podium with another man at Convocation inside Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium on September 2, 1986.
Jurgen Timm, rector of Bremen University, receives an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Acting President George Allan at a Mid-Year Convocation on January 20, 1987.
Students sit in the Kline Center and watch the Faculty procession during Convocation on August 30, 1988. Philosophy Professor Frederick Ferré holds the college mace.
Deborah J. Velat, the senior sophister, and Keri A. Casey, the junior sophister, receive a gift at convocation on August 29, 1989.
View of the faculty procession during Convocation on September 1, 1992. Chemistry Professor Robert Leyon holds the college mace.
President A. Lee Fritschler speaks in front of Old West steps during Convocation on September 1, 1992.
President Fritschler speaks in front of Old West during Convocation on August 31, 1993. Music Professor Truman Bullard and Dean George Allan sit on President Fritschler's left.
