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Willard Avery Receives Honorary Degree At University Of Michigan Commencement In Yost Field House, June 1947 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Willard Avery Receives Honorary Degree At University Of Michigan Commencement In Yost Field House, June 1947 image
Year:
1947
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 16, 1947
Caption:
RECEIVES HONORARY DEGREE: Willard Avery (left), president and chairman of the board of the Murray Corporation of America, is shown receiving an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from University President Alexander G. Ruthven (right) at Saturday's commencement exercises. Avery was cited for his "constructive imagination" in business and his efforts to promote better labor-management relations.

University of Michigan Literary College Graduates Receive Their Degrees At Ferry Field Ceremony, May 1943 Photographer: Eck Stanger

University of Michigan Literary College Graduates Receive Their Degrees At Ferry Field Ceremony, May 1943 image
Year:
1946
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 24, 1946
Caption:
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS: Graduates of the Literary College come to the speaker's platform for their degrees at commencement exercises Saturday evening at Ferry Field. President Alexander G. Ruthven presented the certificates, assisted by Herbert Watkins, University secretary and assistant vice-president. Sunny weather prevailed for the occasion.

University Officials Remove A Box Interred In The Cornerstone Of University Hall, September 1950 Photographer: Eck Stanger

University Officials Remove A Box Interred In The Cornerstone Of University Hall, September 1950 image
Year:
1950
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, September 28, 1950
Caption:
More than 79 years ago, the small box being handed by University Plant Superintendent Walter M. Roth to President Alexander G. Ruthven, above, was interred in the cornerstone of University Hall. University officials yesterday afternoon removed the box from the wreckage of the building, now being leveled to make way for a new Literary College structure.