President and Poet Convocation Ceremony
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Photograph by Patrick DeLeon ’64, 1963 |
When President Kennedy came to Amherst on October 26, 1963, it was a major media event. An entire room was set aside just for media personnel. This photograph shows cameras and other media equipment set up on scaffolding in the Cage to record the Convocation honoring the President, which took place before the groundbreaking ceremonies.
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Photograph by Don Witkoski, 1963 |
The audience, and some of the media, at the Convocation honoring President John F. Kennedy
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Archibald MacLeish speaking at the Convocation ceremony
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Photograph by Dick Fish, 1963 |
President John F. Kennedy at the Convocation ceremony
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Photograph by Dick Fish, 1963 |
President John F. Kennedy at the Convocation ceremony
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College President Plimpton ’39 bestows an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree on President Kennedy. Assisting are Professor Vincent Morgan -- placing the hood -- and College Dean C. Scott Porter ’19.
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Photograph by Dick Fish, 1963 |
President John F. Kennedy at the Convocation ceremony
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Poet Archibald MacLeish and Kennedy applaud