Dignitaries at Wilfrid Laurier University fall 1988 convocation ceremony
Description
- Creator
- Hertel, James, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Colour photograph of four people attending the 1988 Wilfrid Laurier University fall convocation ceremony. Left to right: Maureen Forrester, University Chancellor; Unknown; Woldemar Neufeld, honorary degree recipient; John Weir, University President and Vice-Chancellor. Forrester, Neufeld and Weir are wearing academic gowns.
- Notes
- Fall Convocation 1988 was held in the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.
Woldemar Neufeld (1909-2002) was an internationally recognized artist. Born in Russia, he immigrated to Canada in 1924, settling in Waterloo, Ontario. He graduated from Waterloo College School in 1930. Neufeld married to Margaret "Peggy" Conrad (1914-2008), a Waterloo College graduate, in 1939.
Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University. Laurier Brantford opened in 1999. - Date of Original
- Oct. 30, 1988
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 18cm
Image Height: 12.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Forrester, Maureen ; Neufeld, Woldemar ; Weir, John A.
- Corporate Name(s)
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- Local identifier
- U57_4478.3
- Collection
- Wilfrid Laurier University photograph collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4501 Longitude: -80.48299
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- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Date
- 1988
- Copyright Holder
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- Recommended Citation
- Wilfrid Laurier University Archives & Special Collections
- Reproduction Notes
- U57 Disc34
- Contact
- Wilfrid Laurier University LibraryEmail:libarch@wlu.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON Canada N2L 3C5
