President Herbert Lincoln Spencer

September 23, 1935

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President Herbert Lincoln Spencer
  • Title
  • President Herbert Lincoln Spencer
  • Date
  • September 23, 1935
  • Identifier
  • PCW000073
  • Description
  • In this photograph, President Herbert L. Spencer (left) walks in the 1935 Matriculation Day procession. Dr. Spencer was President of the Pennsylvania College for Women from 1935 to 1945. He came to PCW after serving as Dean of the University of Pittsburgh, where he received a master's degree in 1929 and his doctorate in 1933. He received his undergraduate degree from the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University). He was an archeologist with a known interest in photography as well. After leaving PCW, he became the President of Bucknell University. He was also the first man to receive an honorary degree from PCW- a Doctor of Laws in 1946.
  • Place of Publication
  • College Campus
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Pittsburgh, (Pa.)
    Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Women college students--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
    Pennsylvania College for Women
    Spencer, Herbert L.
    College presidents--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
  • Geographic Subjects
  • College Campus
  • Source
  • Chatham University Chronological Photograph Files
  • Contributor
  • Chatham University
  • Collection
  • Chatham University Chronological Photograph Files
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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