SSC - Honorary Degrees., 1939.

File — Box: 2, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This finding aid is under construction.

Dates

1939.

Extent

From the Collection: 15 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains material re honorary degrees conferred at the Sesquicentennial Convocation. Includes list of honorary degree recipients and text of citations. Honorary degrees were awarded to: John M. McNamara, D.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore; William B. Bankhead, Speaker of the House of Representatives; Herbert R. O’Conor, Governor of Maryland; J. Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Francis P. Donnelly, S.J.; Brigadier General Leigh C. Fairbank; Joseph Scott, John L. Sheridan; Harold M. Stephens, Associate Supreme Court Justice; Thomas E. Murray, Jr.; Charles T. Fisher, Jr.; Joseph M. Corrigan; Irvin Abell; Lyman J. Briggs; Frank J. Hogan; and John G. Brunini. Also present, text of speech by Bankhead.