Inauguration of Samuel Banks, 1975
President Banks speaks during his inauguration on September 20, 1975.
President Banks speaks during his inauguration on September 20, 1975.
President Banks (left) talks with Theodore Friend, President-Elect of Swarthmore College, during Banks' inauguration on September 20, 1975.
A student returns the mermaid (a replica, which was crafted in the late 1960s, after the original was placed in the college archives) to President Banks at the Homecoming football game on October 4, 1975.
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.
Dr. John Kemeny (left) holds the Priestley Award he received on March 8, 1976. President Samuel Alston Banks (center) stands next to Dr. Kemeny.
President Samuel Banks stands at the podium at Commencement on May 16, 1976.
United States Senator Adlai Stevenson III (center) receives an honorary Doctor of Laws from President Banks while trustee Samuel Witwer ('30) looks on at Commencement on May 16, 1976.
W. Frank Blair (right), 1977 Priestley Award recipient, with President Samuel Banks.
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 S. Masland.
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.
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.
Noel Potter, a geology professor, speaks at Commencement on May 20, 1979.
On Potter's left is President Samuel A. Banks and on Potter's right is Eliot F. Porter, a honorary degree recipient. Behind Porter is Dean George Allan.
Charles Coleman Sellers (center) receives a honorary degree from President Samuel A. Banks as Dean George Allan looks on. Sitting behind President Banks is George F. Kennan.
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.
President Samuel Banks walks with his wife, Judy, in the academic quad. Old West is in the background.
This image is #30 of the oversized photograph collection.
Author John Barth (right) stands with President Banks after he accepts the Arts Award in September 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.
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.
Dr. Donald Knuth (right) receives the Priestley Award from President Banks on March 10, 1981.
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.
Students celebrate after receiving the President's Cup from President Banks at the Homecoming football game on October 16, 1982.
Victor Blake Hann receives the 1928 Class Award from President Samuel Banks at the 1983 reunion.
Professor Truman Bullard, Professor William Masland, and President Banks sit during Commencement on May 22, 1983.
Julius Held receives an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from President Banks at Commencement on May 22, 1983.