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A series of images from the UAB Archives
UAB’s First Commencement Ceremony, June 7, 1970
June 2020 Image of the Month
President Joseph F. Volker (left) presents a diploma to one of UAB's first graduates.  The new university awarded diplomas to 478 graduates during an evening ceremony held in the city auditorium on Sunday, June seventh.  Ronald T. Acton received a PhD in Microbiology, becoming the first person to receive a degree from UAB, and President Volker received the university's first honorary degree.

Image ID: P7.2.11, #0022

Mervyn H. Sterne Library

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Birmingham, AL

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Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences

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Alabama Museum of the Health Sciences

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