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- Dan Ryan giving the commencement address at WMU graduation ceremony on July 24, 1964. President James Miller, in academic regalia, seated in the background with other WMU faculty. Ryan, a Kalamazoo College graduate, was a member of the Kalamazoo Gazette staff for over 18 year, the last five as editor.
- Date Created:
- 1964-07-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Ralph Willis, head of WMU Maintenance Department, receiving a special citation for 25 years of service to the University from President Miller during the Summer Session commencement on July 24, 1964. Ralph Willis served as the supervisor of custodians since 1947. He was responsible for the physical arrangements for Western's commencement programs for 17 years. In the background sit faculty in academic regalia. The photo appeared in the September 1964 WMU Newsletter.
- Date Created:
- 1964-07-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- President James Miller presenting a diploma to a female student at the June 6, 1964 Commencement at Western Michigan University. Faculty in academic robes sit in the foreground.
- Date Created:
- 1964-06-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Dr. Robert Sargent Shriver Jr. receiving an honorary Doctory of Laws degree at the June 1965 Commencement. Dr. James Miller and Dr. Dale Faunce are standing to either side of Shriver. The photograph appeared in Western Michigan University Magazine Vol. 23 No. 3. Shriver was the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and founded the Job Corps.
- Date Created:
- 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- President James Miller conferring an honorary Doctor of Humanities to Russell C. Williams at Commencement on June 6, 1964. Behind James Miller and Russell Williams sits faculty in academic regalia. A blinded World War II Veteran, Williams was the first Chief of the Blind Rehabilitation Section of the Veterans Administration's Department of Medicine and Surgery. Williams had been serving as a counselor for blinded soldiers at Valley Forge, and also participated in both blind rehabilitation training programs at Valley Forge and Avon Old Farms.
- Date Created:
- 1964-06-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Dr. Maurice Seay, center, receiving honorary Doctor of Laws degree from WMU president James Miller during the August 12, 1966, commencement as WMU vice presidents Dr. Russell H. Seibert and Dr. John J. Pruis place Dr. Seay's new doctoral hood about his shoulders. Dr. Seay was Dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University.
- Date Created:
- 1966-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Dr. Ray R. Eppert receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from President James Miller at the June commencement 1961. A cropped version of the photograch appeared in the News Magazine of Western Michigan University, Vol. 19 No. 4. Eppert was president of the Burroughs Corporation.
- Date Created:
- 1961-06-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Dr. Maurice Seay receiving honorary Doctor of Laws degree from WMU president James Miller during the August 12, 1966, commencement as WMU vice presidents Dr. Russell H. Seibert and Dr. John J. Pruis place Dr. Seay's new doctoral hood about his shoulders. Dr. Seay was Dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University.
- Date Created:
- 1966-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Dan Ryan, addressing Summer Session graduates at the 1964 commencement on July 24. Dan Ryan, editor of the Kalamazoo Gazette, gave the summer commencement address. President James Miller and Leonard Gernant wearing academic regalia sit in the background.The photo appeared in the September 1964 WMU Newsletter. Ryan, a Kalamazoo College graduate, was a member of the Kalamazoo Gazette staff for over 18 year, the last five as editor.
- Date Created:
- 1964-07-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
- Notes:
- Dr. Paul Sangren and honorary degrees recipients L. C. Mohr, Theodore L. Brownyard, Cleo Hartwig, and Earl J. McGrath at Western Michigan College of Education Commencement, June 1951. Commencement speaker Dr. Earl J. McGrath, US commissioner of Education, was awarded a degree of Doctor of Laws. Miss Cleo Hartwig, nationally known sculptress and a graduate of Western Michigan College, received a degree of Master of Fine Arts. L. C. Mohr, superintendent of schools at South Haven, received a degree of Doctor of Education. Theodore L. Brownyard, chemist in the Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department receive a Doctor of Science. The photograph appeared in the Summer 1951 Western Michigan College News Magazine Vol. 9 No. 4.
- Date Created:
- 1951-06-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Western Michigan University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Western Michigan University Archives Photograph Collection
