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| During World War II in 1943, onlookers watch a military band with brass perform outside a university building. — Courtesy Bentley Historical Library |
This month in history (27 years ago)In delivering the 1984 commencement address to graduating U-M seniors, longtime CBS newsman-anchorman Walter Cronkite said that while the challenges ahead are immense, the greater the challenge, the sweeter the victory. Cronkite continued, “It is not a time for the fainthearted. Marshal your courage and your convictions. Pick up your cudgels and man (and woman) the barricades; seize with joyous enthusiasm, the opportunity to carry on the fight that inspired your revolutionary forefathers on this continent — the dream of a world of liberty and justice for all.”
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April 4, 2011
Old school: U-M in History
Today's Headlines
- Non-union staff nominees sought for police oversight panel
- Pam Davis-Kean named director of ISR’s Survey Research Center
- $17.9M grant accelerates U-M mental health research
- Board of Regents to meet July 18 at University Hall
- Parking, transportation updates in advance of Ann Arbor Art Fair
- Runge to retire from Michigan Medicine
- Matthaei Botanical Gardens invites public to name beaver family
- International Institute names von Moltke interim director
- State budget supports U-M’s education, economic development efforts
- $10.5M biomaterials center to fight resource discrimination
