Kent State University semicentennial collection, 1956-1961 (bulk 1959-1960)

Kent State University. Semicentennial Committee.

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Kent State University celebrated its 50th anniversary during the 1959-1960 academic year. In order to prepare and promote the events and activities surrounding the anniversary, President George Bowman appointed a Semicentennial Committee in 1956. The committee, chaired by School of Journalism Head, Professor William Taylor, prepared a series of reports that outlined themes, symbols and a calendar of events for the year. Official souvenirs were created for the celebration including a medallion, a...

Shriver, Phillip R. (Phillip Raymond), 1922-

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Phillip Raymond Shriver was born in Cleveland, Ohio on August 16, 1922. Shriver received his B.A. from Yale in 1943, M.A from Harvard in 1946, and Ph.D. from Columbia in 1954. He married Martha Damaris Nye on April 15, 1944. From 1947 to 1965, Shriver was a member of the history faculty at Kent State University, serving as Dean of the College of Arts and Science from 1963 to 1965. In 1965, Shriver was named President of Miami University and served until 1981. During his tenure, Miami continued t...

Taylor, William D., 1903-1975

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Bowman, George A.

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George Arvene Bowman was born May 11, 1893, in Galion, Ohio. Due to the death of his father and illness of his mother, Bowman was raised by his grandfather in Edison, Ohio. He finished high school in 1911 and received a certificate which permitted him to teach elementary school in Ohio for one year. In September 1911, he began teaching at the one-room Gardner School. He then worked for the Edison School system from 1912 to 1914. Here he held the successive positions of teacher, principal and sup...

Kent state university

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The 20th Commemoration of the Kent State shootings, held in 1990, remains one of the largest-attended of all the annual gatherings. Preparations had begun a few years in advance, culminating in the creation of the May 4 20th Anniversary Commission, at the behest of President Michael Schwartz, in 1989. The Commission's recommendations included the establishment of a platform party and a list of speakers and events. In addition, the May 4 Memorial, designed by Bruno Ast, was formally dedicated at ...