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Captain Richard E. Cassidy Gives Commission To Ensign At NROTC Graduation, October 1943 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Captain Richard E. Cassidy Gives Commission To Ensign At NROTC Graduation, October 1943 image
Year:
1943
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 25, 1943
Caption:
NAVY MEN GIVEN COMMISSIONS: Capt Richard E. Cassidy gave commissions as ensigns in the United States Navy to 25 members of the NROTC at a ceremony held Saturday morning at Ferry Field. Capt. Cassidy is shown here giving a commission to a member of the group. The exercises were part of the regular Saturday morning review of the Navy V-12 group.

NROTC Graduation At Ferry Field, October 1943 Photographer: Eck Stanger

NROTC Graduation At Ferry Field, October 1943 image
Year:
1943
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 25, 1943
Caption:
NAVY ENSIGNS PASS IN REVIEW AT GRADUATION: Twenty-five members of the NROTC who received commissions as ensigns Saturday passed in review before Capt. Richard E. Cassidy and members of his staff during graduation ceremonies held Saturday at Ferry Field. Here the class of 25 that was commissioned is shown at the head of a group of marching men.

University of Michigan Commencement Procession Outside Of Angell Hall, May 1943 Photographer: Eck Stanger

University of Michigan Commencement Procession Outside Of Angell Hall, May 1943 image
Year:
1943
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 29, 1943
Caption:
Members of the University Class of 1943 walked in procession down State St. today on their way to Hill auditorium, where degrees were granted and the graduating seniors heard Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven address the class. A military note was given the black-robed procession by the ROTC color guard which led the parade and by the occasional uniform seen among the men of the class. A member of the University NROTC is pictured in the group above.

University Of Michigan Commencement In Yost Field House, May 1942 Photographer: Eck Stanger

University Of Michigan Commencement In Yost Field House, May 1942 image
Year:
1942
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 1, 1942
Caption:
CLASS OF '42 IS GRADUATED: University of Michigan granted diplomas to 1,961 seniors Saturday in Yost field house. The scene was photographed as Rev. H. O. Yoder of Trinity Lutheran church spoke the invocation to Michigan's first war class in this generation. The first two rows were occupied by ROTC officers who were given the oath of allegiance by Pres. Alexander G. Ruthven as they became second lieutenants in the reserve corps.
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Media

Sesquicentennial Interview: Anthony Preketes

This interview was conducted in 1974 as part of the I Remember When television series produced by the Ann Arbor Public Library.

U-M at War: ROTC Moves Into New Headquarters, December 1942

U-M at War: ROTC Moves Into New Headquarters, December 1942 image
Year:
1942
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, December 10, 1942
Caption:
Army and University trucks worked yesterday moving files and furniture for the department of Military Science and Tactics, as officers and men moved the ROTC headquarters from the old boiler house on campus into the former Zeta Psi house on State St. The first floor will be given over to ROTC rooms, while officers and instructors in the department will have offices on the second and third floors. The same house was used for a unit of the SATC during the first World war.

Demolition Of University Of Michigan Building - 512 South State Street, April 1954 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Demolition Of University Of Michigan Building - 512 South State Street, April 1954 image
Year:
1954
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, April 30, 1954
Caption:
DESTROY OLD U-M BUILDING: This old building at 512 S. State St. is in the process of being torn down by a wrecking crew to make room for expansion of the Michigan Union. The old Zeta Psi fraternity house, built about 1900, it was purchased by the University in 1943 and has since been used at various times as an ROTC unit, headquarters for the journalism department and home of the Student Legislature.