Year/Speaker(s) |
|
Info |
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| 1950 |
Alben
W. Barkley |
|
Barkley, U.S. Vice President was the speak at
the ROTC Hangar. Due to the influx of G.I.s following
World War II, this was the first dual ceremony
for the increasingly large graduating class. |
|
| 1951 |
Albert
N. Jorgensen |
|
Jorgensen's fifteenth commencement address had
the title "Message to Graduates." |
|
| 1952 |
Albert
N. Jorgensen |
|
There was no title for Jorgensen's sixteenth
commencement address. |
|
| 1953 |
Albert
N. Jorgensen |
|
Jorgensen's address was "The Challenge of
Commencement Day." During the ceremony the first University
Scholars were recognized.
|
|
| 1954 |
Albert
N. Jorgensen |
|
"The State University and the American Dream" |
|
| 1955 |
Albert
N. Jorgensen |
|
"Integrity, Tolerance and Security" |
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| 1956 |
Albert
N. Jorgensen |
|
Jorgensen marked the
75th anniversary of the University with an address
titled "Public
Education: Reaffirmation or Secession?". |
|
| 1957 |
Albert
N. Jorgensen |
|
"It is for us the living...." was the
theme for Jorgensen's penultimate commencement
address. |
|
| 1958 |
Maj.
Gen. John B. Medaris |
|
Medaris was a major general commanding the Army
Ballistic Missile Agency. He worked with Wernher
von Braun to launch Explorer I in early 1958.
He delivered an address titled: "The
Challenge of the Technological Revolution". The ceremony
was held outdoors in Memorial Stadium. |
|
| 1959 |
Reuben
G. Gustavson |
|
Gustavson,
Chancellor of the University of Nebraska
and
director of Ford Foundation's Resources for the Future, posed the question, "What
About Tomorrow?",
to the graduates.
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