Recipients of Honorary Degrees at Springfield College (June 10, 1956)
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This is a photograph of the recipients of Honorary Degrees at Springfield College at the June 10, 1956 Commencement Ceremonies. Recipients are standing in a line in full Academic Regalia. From left to right they include, Eldon V. Johnson of Springfield, doctor of laws; Dr. Donald Stone, President of Springfield College; Mrs. Laurence L. Doggett, wife of President-emeritus Doggett, doctor of humanics; President (at the time Senator of Massachusetts) John F. Kennedy, doctor of laws; Clarence E. Pickett of Philadelphia, doctor of humanics; and Paul A. Sampson of Springfield, doctor of humanics.
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