Banks, Samuel Alston

President Samuel and Judy Banks, c.1980

President Samuel Banks walks with his wife, Judy, in the academic quad. Old West is in the background. 

John Barth, Arts Award, 1980

Author John Barth (right) stands with President Banks after he accepts the Arts Award in September 1980.

W. Frank Blair, Priestley Award, 1977

W. Frank Blair (right), 1977 Priestley Award recipient, with President Samuel Banks.

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, 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, 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, 1982

View of Commencement exercises inside the Kline Center as students receive their diplomas on May 23, 1982. President Samuel Banks and Professor George Allan are standing on the platform.

Commencement, 1983

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

Convocation, 1979

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.

Convocation, 1983

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...

Dean Allan and President Banks at Commencement, 1985

Dean George Allan and President Samuel Banks prepare to award a diploma during Commencement on May 19, 1985.

Denny Hall dedication ceremony, 1984

President Samuel Banks standing at the podium during the dedication ceremony of Denny Hall.

Lester T. Etter, 1986

President Banks presents trustee Lester T. Etter with an award in 1986. Etter is a member of the Class of 1934.

Zelda Fichandler, Arts Award, 1976

Zelda Fichandler receives the 1976 Arts Award. Stage producer and director, she is best known as co-founder and longtime artistic director of the Arena Stage Theater in Washington, DC. President Banks is standing behind Fichandler.

Victor Blake Hann, 1983

Victor Blake Hann receives the 1928 Class Award from President Samuel Banks at the 1983 reunion.

Julius Held receives Honorary Degree, 1983

Julius Held receives an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from President Banks at Commencement on May 22, 1983.

HUB Union Station, 1984

View inside Union Station when it opened in fall 1984.

Pictured are Professor Bob Winston, President Sam Banks, and Professor Kenneth Rosen.

Inauguration of Samuel Banks, 1975

President Banks speaks during his inauguration on September 20, 1975.

Inauguration of Samuel Banks, 1975

President Banks (left) talks with Theodore Friend, President-Elect of Swarthmore College, during Banks' inauguration on September 20, 1975.

John Kemeny, Priestley Award, 1976

Dr. John Kemeny (left) holds the Priestley Award he received on March 8, 1976. President Samuel Alston Banks (center) stands next to Dr. Kemeny.

Kline Center dedication ceremony, 1980

President Sam A. Banks, Joseph T. Simpson, Daniel F. Tully, and trustee William S. Masland revealing the plaque for the Kline Life/Sports Learning Center on October 25, 1980.

Kline Center dedication ceremony, 1980

President Samuel A. Banks speaking at the dedication ceremony for the Kline Life/Sports Learning Center held on Saturday, October 25th, 1980 during Homecoming Weekend.

Kline Center groundbreaking ceremony, 1979

View of the Kline Center groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, May 18, 1979.

This photo features President Banks, outgoing President of the Board of Trustees Samuel W. Witwer ('30), as well as Chairman of the Special Planning Committee and incoming President of the Board of Trustees William...

Donald Knuth, Priestley Award, 1981

Dr. Donald Knuth (right) receives the Priestley Award from President Banks on March 10, 1981.

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