Year/Speaker(s) |
|
Info |
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| 1930 |
Clyde
Furst |
|
Furst was Secretary of the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching. |
|
| 1931 |
Edmund
W. Sinnott |
|
From 1921-28, Sinnott was Dean of the
Division of Agricultural Sciences at
C.A.C. In 1931, the division became
the Division of Arts and Sciences and
in 961 it became the College of Liberal
Arts and
Sciences. He later taught botany at Barnard College, and then was Sterling
Professor of Botany at Yale. |
|
| 1932 |
Judge
Arthur F. Ells |
|
Ells was from Litchfield, Conn. |
|
| 1933 |
Donald
A. Adams |
|
Adams, the first professor of business law at
Yale University, owned a New Haven insurance firm
and was Rotary International president in 1925-26. |
|
| 1934 |
Harry
Allen Overstreet |
|
A psychologist, Overstreet was the head of the
philosophy department of City College of New York
from 1911 to 1939. |
|
| 1935 |
Ralph
Henry Gabriel |
|
A professor at Yale University, Gabriel was the
author of "The
Pageant of America," a pictorial history of the United States
in 1925. He also was a
founder and past president
of the American Studies Association. |
|
| 1936 |
Albert
N. Jorgensen |
|
Jorgensen was inaugurated
as president of Connecticut State College on June
12, and spoke at commencement June 14. Both ceremonies
were held in Hawley Armory. |
|
| 1937 |
Albert
N. Jorgensen |
|
The ceremony held on what was called "the
front campus" -- the lawn in front of Beach Hall facing Route
195. |
|
| 1938 |
Albert
N. Jorgensen |
|
Jorgensen's address for 1938 was titled "Individual
Worth and the Sanction of Reason". |
|
| 1939 |
Albert
N. Jorgensen |
|
This was the last graduation for Connecticut State
College, which became the University of Connecticut
on July 1.
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