Commencement

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Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s

Photo 1: Commencement day, 1984. Four faculty members stand outside the refectory in their commencement robes.

Photo 2: Commencement day, 1984. Sitting behind the podium in the Abbey church (from L to R): Mr. David Lyndgaard, Sr. Eva Hooker, CSC, Mr. Garrison Keillor, Fr. Hilary Thimmesh (speaking at the podium), Abbot Jerome Theisen, Fr. Kilian McDonnell, Mr. Robert Spaeth, and Fr. Kieran Nolan.

Scope and Contents Commencement Photographs, 1940s-1980s Photo 1: Commencement Day, 1984. Commencement speaker Garrison Keillor stands at the podium in the Abbey church to deliver his address, Fr. Hilary Thimmesh, OSB, is seated on his right. Photo 2: Commencement Day, 1984. Commencement speaker Garrison Keillor stands at the podium in the Abbey church to deliver his address, seated next to him are (L to R): Fr. Kilian McDonnell, Mr. Robert Spaeth, and Fr. Kieran Nolan. (same photo as...

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CSB Commencement 35 mm black and white negatives. 1995 or 1996. Colman O'Connell is still President; John Kinney is already Bishop. Pictures include Colman O'Connell, Rita Knuesel, John Kinney, Cindy Malone.

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CSB Commencement 35 mm black and white negatives.

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Smiling young man holds his mortarboard and looks up outdoors, while other graduates hang on to their tassels or caps. Photo by Mike Knaak. Commencement, May 1989.

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St. John's grads get breezy, conservative ceremony. St. Cloud Times. May 28, 1989. Photo by Mike Knaak (same photo as p. 92) used in newspaper.

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Graduation 35 mm color slides. Outdoors, near the end of and after the ceremony. Identifiable people include Dietrich Reinhart, Jon Hassler, Julian Plante.

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Graduation 35 mm black and white negatives. Faculty and graduates leaving the Abbey Church after Commencement ceremony. Also a picture of the Bell Banner cross. Pictures include Dietrich Reinhart, Hilary Thimmesh, Colman O'Connell, Robert Garvin, Wilfrid Theisen, Emmanuel Renner, Alberic Culhane, Scott Richardson. School of Theology graduates Jim Lyons, Roberta MacBride, Merlin Roers, Bill Murphy.

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Michael Blecker and Hubert H. Humphrey

Michael Blecker, Hubert H. Humphrey, and a third man, all in academic regalia, stand outside the lower level of a red brick building, possibly the old church (Great Hall/Quad). Commencement, 1975.

One print on photo paper. 11 x 14 inches Received from Abbey Archives, July 28, 2017