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Related pages:
- A general history of Commencement at the University of Pennsylvania, by Mark Frazier Lloyd
(from the 1995 program) - A general history of Academic Costume at the University of Pennsylvania, by Mark Frazier Lloyd
(from the 1996 program) - Trustees Resolutions on the Red and Blue Ph.D. Gown
(from the Trustees Minutes for 10 May 1963 and 14 February 1964) - Trustees update on the wearing of the Red and Blue Gown
(from the Trustees Minutes for 22 March 2007)
Selected University of Pennsylvania Commencement Programs are available on-line in PDF (Portable Document File) format. Included are the opening pages or entire programs for June commencements from 1925 to the present as well as entire programs for selected earlier years.
View, search and print these PDF files with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
For a full list of programs, see the Inventory of the Commencement and Convocation Program Collection (19 pages, 45 kb).
The Commencement programs of 1999 through 2005 measured 8.5 by 11 inches. They were perfect bound and of uniform length, each extending to 80 pages. |
The Commencement programs of 1993 through 1998 measured 8.5 by 11 inches. They were perfect bound and of uniform length, each extending to 96 pages. |
The Commencement programs of 1990 through 1992 measured 8 by 11 inches. They were bound by saddle stitch. The 1992 edition was the largest, extending to 84 pages. |
1925 - 1989
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* Program cover autographed by the Honorary Degree recipients
** Scanned from photocopy of original
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