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Inauguration of W. Deming Lewis as Tenth President of Lehigh University, October 1965

 Collection
Identifier: SC MS 0045

Scope and Contents

Box 1 contains material from the inauguration planning committee including lists, budgets, luncheon menus, printed cards, etc.; plans for presenting the new University Mace; material on the honorary degree recipients (including printed texts of their speeches) and other details of the day.

Box 2 contains a folder prepared for "The Press" and the notebook compiled by Sam Connor (director of Public Information).

Box 3 contains congratulatory letters and framed citations from Learned Societies and other colleges and universities.

Dates

  • Creation: 1965

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

W. Deming Lewis became the 10th president of Lehigh University in 1964. During his presidency, women were admitted to Lehigh, new majors in the sciences were established, and buildings Whitaker Laboratory, the Mart Science and Engineering Library, and Sinclair Laboratory were completed. He served until 1982.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (3 Boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Includes plans, budgets, menus, lists, printed invitations and cards; also plans for presenting the new University Mace; texts of speeches given by honorary degree recipients Lord Shawcross, Jerome B. Wiesner and Nathan Marsh Pusey; folder prepared for "The Press" by Sam Connor; and many framed citations from learned societies and other colleges and universities.

Arrangement

The materials in this collection are arranged by format.

Related Materials

L 378 K L527in2 On generating the power of the intellect : addresses presented at the inauguration of Dr. W. Deming Lewis as the tenth president of Lehigh University on October 10, 1965 Pusey, Nathan Marsh, 1907-

Title
Inauguration of W. Deming Lewis as Tenth President of Lehigh University, October, 1965
Status
Completed
Author
Special Collections Staff
Date
1990-03-12
Description rules
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Script of description
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

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