Chancellor Konrad Adenauer: Academic Convocation., 1953.

File — Box: 7, Folder: 24

Identifier: 60529

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Audio recordings of events or programs at or associated with Georgetown University including conferences and visits by politicians, diplomats, and clergy. Speakers include Konrad Adenauer, Eugene McCarthy, and Henry Kissinger, as well as University administrators and faculty such as Edward B. Bunn, S.J., Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., Carroll Quigley, Jan Karski, and Joseph T. Durkin, S.J.

Dates

1953.

Collection-level Access Restrictions

All published documents housed in the University Archives are open for use. Unpublished documents are governed by the following use restrictions: unpublished material dating from 1971 and later may only be consulted with the permission of the office which created it; unpublished material dating from 1970 or before may be used with the permission of the Archivist or the creating office, unless otherwise restricted.

Extent

From the Collection: 15 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Held in Gaston Hall. Academic convocation and honorary degree ceremony in honor of West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer. Begins with the reading of the University Charter by Secretary of the Corporation and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Brian A. McGrath, S.J. President Edward B. Bunn, S.J, then delivers a welcoming address in which he terms Adenauer a "symbol as well as a leader" of post-World War II German development. The honorary degree citation is read in Latin by the Graduate School Dean Gerard F. Yates, S.J. This is followed by Adenauer's address in German, then English, beginning around the 17 minute 45 mark, He concludes by announcing the setting up of a full scholarship to be awarded to a graduating Georgetown student for one year's study at any German University.