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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.