Title
Commencement, 1969, addresses, photo 3
Description
This image shows part of the 1969 commencement ceremony at Appalachian State University (1969-current). A speaker addresses the audience and graduates behind a podium in the Varsity Gymnasium, built 1968, with several other speakers seated in the background, including President William Howard Plemmons (1955-1969), and Dr. Nicholas Erneston, fourth from right. The band can be seen seated in a semicircle in the foreground. Seated from left to right are Unknown, Unknown, and Dr. Graydon Eggers (Chairperson of the Department of English).
Subject
Commencement
Faculty
Plemmons, W. H. (William Howard), 1904-1984
Appalachian State University
Source
General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 5, Commencement (1969), C14.2.1.5.
Publisher
University Archives, Appalachian State University
Comments
Harvey Durham
The speaker is President William H. Plemmons. The man fourth from the right is not O.K. Webb but rather is Dr. Nicholas Erneston. Seated from left to right are Unknown, Unknown, Dr. Graydon Eggers (Chairperson of the Department of English), Dr. William C. Strickland (Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences), Dr. Nicholas Erneston (Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts), Dr. Ben Horton (Dean of the College of Education), Dr. Cratis Williams (Dean of the Graduate School) and Unknown.