Dixon University Center Dedication photo album and pamphlet, 1994-10-20
Scope and Contents
Photo album: color photos of attendees of The Dedication of Dixon University Center. The 32 photos lack captions, however the pamphlet lists the day’s speakers: Philip D. Rowe, Jr., Chairman, Board of Governors Capital Facilities Committee; Roger R. Blunt, Chairman, Board of Directors, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges; James H. McCormick, Chancellor, State System of Higher Education; Dick Thornburg, Governor of Pennsylvania (1979-1987); Robert P. Casey, Governor of Pennsylvania; F. Eugene Dixon, Jr., Chairman, Board of Governors, State System of Higher Education.
The pamphlet gives a brief history and description of the buildings.
Dates
- 1994-10-20
Creator
- From the Collection: Pennsylvania. State System of Higher Education (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Dixon University Center was once the home of the Harrisburg Academy, whose leaders built the five historic structures on the grounds today. In 1987, the Center's Board of Directors--a community corporation--invited the State System of Higher Education (the 14 publicly owned universities) to lead the University Center at Harrisburg consortium and insure continuation of its higher education mission.
In 1993, the PASSHE Board of Governors acknowledged the leadership and generosity of its founding chairman, F. Eugene Dixon, Jr., by renaming the Center in his honor.
Extent
3 Linear Inches
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Slippery Rock University Archives and Special Collections Repository
315 Bailey Library
Slippery Rock University
Slippery Rock PA 16057
724-738-4295
rockarchives@sru.edu