Holt, Hamilton, 1872-1951

At the conclusion of welcoming ceremonies at the Orlando Air Force Base, Florida, President Harry S. Truman and his party and the official welcoming committee embark in open automobiles for Rollins College at Winter Park where the President will receive an honorary degree. Dr. Hamilton Holt and Governor Fuller Warren rode in the car with the President. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman arrives at the Orlando Air Force Base, is accorded military honors, and is greeted by a group of local dignitaries, including Dr. Hamilton Holt, President of Rollins College at Winter Park, where Mr. Truman will receive an honorary degree. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman and Dr. Hamilton Holt (right), President of Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, standing at the entrance of the Knowles Memorial Chapel. President Truman has just been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities and will be dropping a commemorative stone from his boyhood home in Grandview, Missouri, into place at the Rollins College Walk of Fame.

President Harry S. Truman, Dr. Hamilton Holt and Governor Fuller Warren enroute in car to Winter Park, Florida. From: Album from rear Adm Robert L. Dennison.

President Truman pulls a rope which drops a commemorative stone from his boyhood home in Grandview, Missouri, into place at the Rollins College Walk of Fame. Watching is Dr. Hamilton Holt (right), President of Rollins College, who, a few minutes before, had conferred the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities on Mr. Truman. Rollins College is in Winter Park, Florida. (Similar to 66-2052 and 68-1782. Also in album - 98-1582 to 98-1588)