Constantine Papadakis (1946-2009) served as president of Drexel University from Aug. 1, 1995, until his death on April 5, 2009. He presided over Drexel’s growth into the realms of medicine and law, doubled undergraduate enrollment, and increased the endowment from $90 million to $650 million.
~Shaun Kirkpatrick
Constantine Papadakis
Friday will be the last day for you to see the exhibition The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel. Come downstairs in Hagerty and check it out, a new exhibition begins on Monday!
Join us for a reception TODAY from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower. It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.
Join us tomorrow, September 23rd, for a reception for the exhibition “The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel“, curated by Shaun Kirtpartrick. This exhibit highlights some of the many images and items the Drexel Archives holds from the terms of the university’s past leaders.
The reception will be held in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower level of Hagerty Library. It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.
Richard David Breslin (b. 1937/38) served as president of Drexel University from Sept. 1, 1988, until 1994, including its centennial year of 1991.
~Shaun Kirkpatrick
Richard Breslin
The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel, a exhibition of notable documents and photographs are on display downstairs in Hagerty.
Join us for a reception for this exhibition on Wednesday September 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower. It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.
The reception for the exhibition, “The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel,” currently on display in the W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets).
The reception will be on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, from 4 to 6 p.m. on the lower level of Hagerty Library. It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.
William S. Gaither (b. 1932) served as the president of Drexel University from May 1984 through his resignation on Oct. 21, 1987, a period of difficulty but also of Drexel growth as a research university and as a residential campus.
~Shaun Kirkpatrick
William Gaither
The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel is on display on the lower level in Hagerty.
Join us for a reception for this exhibition on Wednesday September 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower. It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.
William Walsh Hagerty (1916-1986) served as president of Drexel from September 1, 1963, to his retirement in 1984 — at nearly 21 years, Drexel’s longest presidency. Like his predecessor James Creese, Hagerty also oversaw a long period of expansion for Drexel; most notably, the school’s transformation from an institute of technology into Drexel University in 1970.
~Shaun Kirkpatrick
William Hagerty, 1983
Come and learn more about Drexel’s Presidents through an exhibition The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel, on display in the lower level of Hagerty.
Join us for a reception for this exhibition on Wednesday September 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower. It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.
James Creese (1896-1966) presided over the Drexel Institute of Technology from December 1945 to September 1963 — Drexel’s second-longest serving president.
~Shaun Kirkpatrick
James Creese
See the exhibition The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel on display on the lower level of Hagerty.
Join us for a reception for this exhibition on Wednesday September 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower. It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.
George Peters Rea (1894-1978) presided over Drexel Institute of Technology from August 1, 1942, to August 31, 1944, during the worst years of World War II.
Robert C. Disque (1883-1968) served as the most frequent temporary head of Drexel Institute of Technology, as the chair of interim administrative committees after the deaths of Kenneth Matheson in 1931 and Parke Kolbe in 1942, and as interim president after the resignation of George Rea in 1944.
~Shaun Kirkpatrick
George Rea
The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel, can be seen on display in the lower level of Hagerty.
Join us for a reception for this exhibition on Wednesday September 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower. It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.
Doctor Parke Rexford Kolbe (1881-1942) served as president of Drexel Institute from 1932 until his death in February 1942, guiding the school through the Great Depression and the start of World War II.
~ Shaun Kirkpatrick
President Kolbe with Archduke Otto of Austria, 1941
The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel is an exhibition currently on display downstairs at Hagerty.
Join us for a reception for this exhibition on Wednesday September 23rd from 4 to 6 p.m in W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets) on the lower. It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.
Please make plans to attend a reception for the exhibition “The Past Personified: a Presidential History of Drexel,” currently on display in the W.W. Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets). The reception will take place on Wednesday, September 23, 2009, from 4 to 6 p.m. on the lower level of Hagerty Library. It is open to all and includes complimentary homemade refreshments.
