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Former President Harry S. Truman Receives Honorary Degree from University of Hawaii

93-101
Accession Number
93-101
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 350879172
Keywords
Ex-presidents
Universities and colleges
HST Keywords
Truman - Awards - Receive - Honorary Degrees - University of Hawaii; Truman - Trips - other - Post Presidential - Hawaii
People Pictured
Sinclair, Gregg M. (Gregg Manners), 1890-1976
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Associated Press

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Description

Ex-President Harry S. Truman, wearing cap, gown, and heavy suntan, smiles as he shakes hands with University of Hawaii President Gregg M. Sinclair (left), after receiving honorary Doctor of Humanities degree at Honolulu today. The half hour convocation was attended by some 5,500 students and faculty members. Truman will end a one-month Hawaiian vacation with his wife and their daughter, Margaret, next Tuesday when they sail for San Francisco. From: Houston Post.

Date(s)
March 24, 1953