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Founders' Day Convocation (2015 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

Award-winning children’s book illustrator, author and Holocaust survivor Anita Lobel gave the address, “Walls, Bridges, Crossings: Getting There!” on Feb. 25, 2015, at the convocation celebrating the 165th anniversary of Illinois Wesleyan's founding.

Founders' Day Convocation (1997 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1996 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1993 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1992 Program And Video), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

A performance by Roger Roloff '69 is included in this recording but his remarks are not.

Founders' Day Convocation (1991 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

The recording includes the part of the 1991 Founders Day Convocation featuring Honorary Degree presentations to Dr. Theodore R. Williams (Class of 1960) and Governor Jim Edgar; Edgar's speech on education in Illinois is also included.

Founders' Day Convocation (1990 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

This recording features the rededication of Buck Memorial Library and Dr. Thomas Everhart's speech on the influences of technology in education.Digitized from a cassette in Spring 2018.

Founders' Day Convocation (1989 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

The recording features Ariel Dorfman's speech "Missing Continents: The Challenge of Disappearances" and some of his poems.

Founders' Day Convocation (1988 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1987 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1986 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1985 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1982 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1979 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1973 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1972 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

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Founders' Day Convocation (1969 Program And Audio), Illinois Wesleyan University

Founders’ Day

This recording contains the entire Founders' Day Convocation of March 18, 1969. The main address was given by William Arrowsmith, University of Texas Professor of Classics and University Professor in Arts and Letters. Honorary Doctorates were awarded to Ulysses Kay, Herbert H. Lehman College, CUNY, Professor of Music ; and to astronauts Frank Borman, William A. Anders and James A. Lovell, Jr. (the latter two in absentia). Professor Kay's composition "Like as a Father" was played at this event. It was commissioned by the Collegiate Choir for the 1956 Symposium of Contemporary Music.

The dedication of the Mark Evans Observatory …