Commencements: 1933 to 1965

Year Date Location Commencement Speaker Number of Graduates
1933 18
1936 17
1937 Wednesday, June 23 Bedford Castle 13
1938 Friday, June 17 Rice-Varick Hotel F. Gordon Kimball, New Hampshire State Treasurer 44
1939 Friday, June 30 Carpenter Motor Hotel Howard F. Greene, Instructor, Boston University 24
1940 Wednesday, June 26 Carpenter Motor Hotel Walter J. Goggin, Boston University Accounting Department 40
1941 Friday, June 27 Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences/New Hampshire School of Accounting and Commerce Robert O. Blood, Governor of New Hampshire 32
1942 Friday, June 26 Carpenter Motor Hotel 51
1943 Friday, August 20 New Hampshire School of Accounting and Finance Styles Bridges, U.S. Senate 33
1944 Friday, August 4 New Hampshire School of Accounting and Finance Orville S. Poland, Associate Field Director, War Finance Division, Treasury Department 26
1945 Friday, August 3 New Hampshire School of Accounting and Finance William F. McElroy, President, Marion Electrical Instrument Company; John J. Gaines, Jr., Executive Secretary of the Manchester Taxpayers Association 28
1946 Thursday, August 1 Manchester City Library Leonard D. Ricco, Vice President, New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants; President, New Hampshire Chapter of the National Association of Cost Accountants 21
1947 Thursday, August 7 Manchester City Library Chester E. Merrow, U.S. House of Representatives 37
1948 Friday, August 13 Manchester City Library/Manchester Country Club William Loeb, Publisher, New Hampshire Morning Union 50
1949 Friday, August 12 Carpenter Motor Hotel Avery R. Schiller, President, Public Service Company of New Hampshire 43
1950 Friday, August 11 Manchester Country Club Maurice Devine, Attorney 43
1951 Friday, August 10 Manchester Country Club Gardner C. Turner, New Hampshire State Representative; Paul C. Nelson, President, Manchester P.T.A. 65
1952 Wednesday, August 13 Manchester Country Club Blaylock Atherton, Acting Governor of New Hampshire 50
1953 Tuesday, August 11 Manchester Country Club S. Lane Dwinell, President, New Hampshire Senate 51
1954 Friday, August 13 Manchester Country Club John Pillsbury, Majority Leader, New Hampshire House of Representatives 56
1955 Friday, August 12 Manchester Country Club Raymond K. Perkins, Speaker, New Hampshire House of Representatives 43
1956 Friday, August 10 Manchester Country Club Charles Griffin, Director, New Hampshire Division of Employment Security 35
1957 Thursday, August 8 Manchester Country Club Eralsey C. Ferguson, President, New Hampshire Senate 42
1958 Friday, August 8 Manchester Country Club William S. Green, Attorney 61
1959 Saturday, August 15 Manchester Country Club Thomas E. Bartlett, C.P.A., Comptroller, Manchester Savings Bank 46
1960 Sunday, August 14 Carpenter Motor Hotel Henry J. Turcotte, General Manager, Associated Grocers of New Hampshire 39
1961 Sunday, June 25 Carpenter Motor Hotel Milton Machinist, President, A. Machinist, Inc. 42
1962 Sunday, June 24 Carpenter Motor Hotel Dr. Charles F. Ritch, Jr., New Hampshire Commissioner of Education 48
1963 Sunday, June 23 Memorial High School Louis C. Wyman, U.S. House of Representatives 66
1964 Sunday, June 21 Memorial High School John C. Driscoll, Chairman, New Hampshire State Board of Education 37
1965 Sunday, June 20 Manchester Institute of Arts and Sciences Dr. Harold E. Hyde, President, Plymouth State College 48
Commencements: 1933 to 1965