Priestley Award recipient Karl T. Compton (third from left) poses with Professor Vuilleumier (second from left) and President Edel (far right) next to Priestley's burning glass on April 22, 1954.
Karl Taylor Compton receives the Priestley Award from President William Edel on April 22, 1954.
Far left: Chemistry Professor Ernest A. Vuilleumier ; Third from left: C. Scott Althouse
A group of alumni, faculty, trustees, and honorary degree recipients stand on the porch of Drayer Hall on June 13, 1954. Trickett Hall, as well as several other Dickinson School of Law buildings, are visible in the background.
The back row from right to left is Ernest Vuilleumier (carrying the mace), Boyd Lee Spahr ('00), President William Wilcox Edel ('15), Herbert Wing, Sam Witwer ('30), William F. Hutstader, Robert E. Woodside ('26), Sidney D. Kline ('24), Lewis Guy Rohrbaugh ('07), and Robert F. Rich ('07).
The front row from right to left is Goodrich Cook White, George Henry Ketterer ('08), Lewis Strauss, Janet A. Kelley ('24), Lewis H. Rohrbaugh ('07), and Sheridan Bell
President William Edel (Class of 1915) and Vice President Gilbert Malcolm (Class of 1915) stand in the Class of 1915 Gateway with the President's House in the background.
Left to Right: Malcolm ; Edel
Professor David I. Gleim carries the college mace as he leads the academic procession at a Commencement around 1955. President William Edel ('15) and Boyd Lee Spahr ('00) are directly behind Professor Gleim.
Tom Beckley, a member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps, receives his commission certificate from President William Edel during Commencement. The event is held in the Alumni Gymnasium on June 12, 1955.
A student receives her diploma from President William Edel ('15) in the Alumni Gymnasium during Commencement on June 12, 1955.
Honorary degree recipient Robert Calder Gates ('15) speaks with President William Edel (right) during Commencement on June 12, 1955.
View of College Librarian May Morris (Class of 1909) with President William Wilcox Edel (Class of 1915) at an event in 1956. Morris retires as a librarian in 1956.
Dr. Edward Teller (second from left) receives the Priestley Award from President Edel (far left) on March 28, 1957 for his work in thermonuclear energy.
Second from right: National Cylinder Gas Company Vice President W. Roberts Wood, presenting cash grant.
Far right: Atomic Energy Commission chairman Lewis L. Strauss
View of Sumner Mathias Drayer (center) at the unveiling of his portrait, standing beside President William Wilcox Edel (Class of 1915).
Drayer is a prominent member of the Board of Trustees and was awarded a degree by appointment as a member of the Class of 1902.
President William Edel ('15) and Charles R. Ream, the Men's Lacrosse Coach, hold the National Championship Trophy in 1958.
Education professor Edgar Finck, left, with College president William Edel standing next to the chair presented to Finck upon his being awarded the Henry Ford Chair of Education, in February 1958.
President William Edel speaks with a group of international students in May 1958.
President William Wilcox Edel is a member of the Class of 1915.
The photograph illustrates the presentation of President Edel's portrait by classmate and trustee, David M. Wallace (right).
Former President William W. Edel (left) helps President Gilbert Malcolm get into the robes of office in 1959. Edel and Malcolm are members of the Class of 1915.
Students join Arts Award recipient Robert Frost on the steps of Old West in May 1959. President William Edel '15 sits to the left of Frost.
Arts Award recipient Robert Frost takes a tour of the campus with Dean of the College Frederic Ness (Class of 1933) (left) and College President William Edel (right) in May 1959.
Arts Award recipient Robert Frost sits on the steps of Old West with Dickinson College President William Edel '15 (left) and Dean of the College Frederic Ness '33 (right) in May 1959.
Students join Arts Award recipient Robert Frost on the steps of Old West in May 1959. President William Edel '15 sits to the left of Frost.
When President William Wilcox Edel retired in 1959, the Board of Trustees elected Gilbert Malcolm as president. The photograph depicts Malcolm (left) and Edel on June 7, 1959. Both Edel and Malcolm were members of the Class of 1915.
William Creighton Reed, Jr., (Class of 1959) receives his commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from Brigadier General Edgar C. Doleman, the United States Army War College commandant, on June 7, 1959 during the Dickinson College commencement ceremony.
Dickinson College President William Edel and ROTC Instructor Captain Scandling, John D. are standing in the background.
Eero Saarinen, holding his 1959 Arts Award in Architecture, poses with his wife and Dickinson College President William Edel.
William Wilcox Edel was a member of the Class of 1915 and College President from 1946 to 1959. In the photograph Edel is with his second wife, Joscelyne.
