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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

View inside Union Station when it opened in fall 1984.

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

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

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.

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...