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.

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.

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

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)

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

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

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

A student stands with a jug of water at Commencement on May 19, 1996.

The Class of 1998 enters the academic quad during Commencement on May 17, 1998.

Panoramic view of the Class of 1999 sitting at Commencement on May 16, 1999 sitting in front of Old West.

View of the Commencement ball in June 1938.

The Commons Club poses for a photograph in Memorial Hall in December 1949.

Top Row: John Cassen, William Berggren, Edward Jacobs, Raymond Wiss, Robert Johannes, Albert Benedict, Eugene Steiner

Second Row: Adrian...