1964 Mount Mary Commencement program, honorary degrees page
Title
1964 Mount Mary Commencement program, honorary degrees page
Description
List of Honorary Degrees awarded by Mount Mary in 1964, including one to Harper Lee.
In May 1964, Mount Mary College awarded an Honorary Degree to Nelle Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize winning author of To Kill A Mockingbird. In accepting the honor Ms. Lee traveled to Mount Mary and took part in commencement ceremonies, which resulted in a friendship between her and Sister John Francis Schuh, President of Mount Mary.
In May 1964, Mount Mary College awarded an Honorary Degree to Nelle Harper Lee, Pulitzer Prize winning author of To Kill A Mockingbird. In accepting the honor Ms. Lee traveled to Mount Mary and took part in commencement ceremonies, which resulted in a friendship between her and Sister John Francis Schuh, President of Mount Mary.
Relation
Date
1964-05-31
Source
School Sisters of Notre Dame North American Archives
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Identifier
https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/files/original/e09f32039ad8c24b857d62c11bfd767f.jpg
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/
Subject
Mount Mary College (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Commencement ceremonies
Programs
Lee, Harper
Type
Text
Format
JPEG
Language
eng
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Collection
Citation
“1964 Mount Mary Commencement program, honorary degrees page,” Mount Mary University Digital Collections, accessed November 23, 2024, https://digitalcollections.mtmary.edu/items/show/1316.