Two honorary degree recipients stand with the chairman of the Board of Trustees and President Knowles

Item Information

Title:
Two honorary degree recipients stand with the chairman of the Board of Trustees and President Knowles
Description:
Caption: "Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.) conferred honorary degrees upon U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Richard Cardinal Cushing at its 64th Annual Commencement Exercises at Boston Garden Sunday, June 20. Some 2,370 degree candidates and 15,000 relatives and friends of the graduates heard Senator Kennedy deliver the commencement address. The Senator was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Public Administration and Cardinal Cushing received the honorary Doctor of Laws. Left to right: Senator Kennedy; Cardinal Cushing; Dr. Byron K. Elliott, chairman of N.U.'s Board of Trustees; and Dr. Asa S. Knowles, president of the University."
Photographer:
Jet Commercial Photographers (Boston, Mass.)
Date:
June 20, 1965
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Northeastern University Library
Archives and Special Collections
(A103) A4846-36 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Northeastern University Photograph collection (A103)
Series:
Series 7: Events > Subseries: Commencement > Honorary Degree Recipients > 6/20/1965
Subjects:
College administrators--Massachusetts--Boston
Politicians--United States
Legislators--United States--Massachusetts
Universities and colleges--Administration
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)--Administration
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)--Degrees, Academic
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)--Presidents
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.)
Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Trustees
Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970
Elliott, Byron K.
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Knowles, Asa S. (Asa Smallidge), 1909-
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Extent:
1 black & white print : 8 x 10 inches
Link to Item:
http://hdl.handle.net/2047/d20165614
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Notes:
Collection finding aid: https://archivesspace.library.northeastern.edu/repositories/2/resources/761
Notes (acquisition):
Jet Commercial Photographers.
Selected resources in this collection were acquired through transferals from Northeastern's Office of University Photography, Jet Commercial Photographers, Northeastern University publications, unprocessed archival collections and other contract photographers.
Identifier:
A000972