Northwestern University Centennial Celebration, 1951-1952.

As Northwestern University approached its centennial year of 1951, plans were begun for both a celebration and a fund-raising campaign. Specific work on the Centennial Celebration was initiated early in September, 1949, when university President J. Roscoe Miller appointed A. C. Van Dusen (Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Summer Sessions) as Assistant to the President for the Centennial Celebration. The University formally announced the Centennial Campaign at the end of October, 1949. This drive was under the direction of Jay J. Gerber, Vice President and Director of Public Relations. The Centennial Celebration consisted of five formal convocations, six academic conferences, and a wide variety of other events and meetings more or less directly concerned with University.