Address given by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame, at the 174th Commencement Exercises of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, May 16, 1980, 1980/0516

Item

Identifier: CPHS 142/15.06

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Scope and Contents

"One of the most perceptive tourists ever to visit America made his trip to our shores about 150 years ago, in 1831."

Reprint of speech on voluntarism. Enclosed is the address Father Hesburgh delivered in Toronto in April 1980 and used the text as an early draft for the Commencement Address he presented at RPI, Troy, New York, 14 pages.

Dates

Creation: 1980/0516

Language of Materials

English, Spanish, French, Latin, Italian.

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