Inauguration of W. Deming Lewis as Tenth President of Lehigh University, October 1965
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
Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.
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.
Subject
- Shawcross, Hartley William (Person)
- Wiesner, Jerome B. (Jerome Bert), 1915-1994 (Person)
- Pusey, Nathan M. (Nathan Marsh), 1907-2001 (Person)
- Connor, Samuel (Person)
- Lehigh University. Administration (Organization)
- Lehigh University. Presidents (Organization)
- Lehigh University. Honorary degree recipients (Organization)
- Lehigh University. Heraldry (Organization)
- 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
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository
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