President Lyndon B. Johnson at Glassboro State College Graduation: Bunce Hall

By Carly Shaffer '18, intern, Rowan University Libraries Digital Scholarship Center

Featured here is a photograph of President Lyndon B. Johnson speaking at the June 4, 1968 commencement of Glassboro State College. Over 5,000 people attended the commencement ceremony, including public school children. This photograph was captured at the steps of Bunce Hall, adjacent to the University Green. Rev. Robert B. Howe (front of flag), College President Thomas Robinson, and Dean Stanton Langworthy are also seen in this photograph.

President Lyndon B. Johnson's June 4, 1968, Glassboro State College commencement speech is available within President Johnson's 1968-1969 papers (See here Hosted by HathiTrust, scroll right to page 757) See citation below.

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Bunce Hall
Glassboro State College Graduation at Bunce Hall
Bunce Hall, Glassboro State College


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Carly Shaffer '18, intern, Rowan University Libraries Digital Scholarship Center, “President Lyndon B. Johnson at Glassboro State College Graduation: Bunce Hall,” The Glassboro Memory Mapping Project, accessed April 25, 2024, https://gmm.glassborohistory.org/items/show/84.

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  • Johnson, L. B. (Lyndon Baines)., United States. Office of the Federal Register., United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson). (1970). Lyndon B. Johnson: 1968-1969 (in two books) : containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the president. Washington: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/miua.4731573.1968.001?urlappend=%3Bseq=757
Published on Mar 23, 2018. Last updated on Feb 10, 2022.