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Title
Composer Les Baxter receiving honorary doctorate, 1959
Date Created and/or Issued
1959
Publication Information
Pepperdine University Libraries
Contributing Institution
Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection
Pepperdine University Commencement Collection
Rights Information
Copyright to photographs in this collection, in most cases, is retained by Pepperdine University. Images are intended for educational and research use, and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. Organizations and individuals seeking to use images for publication must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. Such parties should contact Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives.
Description
Pepperdine College alumnus Les Baxter, famed composer and band leader, receives an honorary doctorate at the 1959 graduation ceremony as President M. Norvel Young looks on.
Type
image
Format
Photograph
Identifier
d504badc-5571-47dc-bba9-a546fcf5e63e
https://pepperdine.quartexcollections.com/documents/detail/83036
https://images.quartexcollections.com/pepperdine/thumbnails/preview/d504badc-5571-47dc-bba9-a546fcf5e63e
cgw00274
Subject
College administrators
Composers
Graduation ceremonies
Baxter, Les, 1922-1996
Young, M. Norvel (Matt Norvel), 1915-1998
Pepperdine University
Universities & colleges
George Pepperdine College
Source
Pepperdine University Commencement Collection 0022

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