Folder 12: Traditional Events: Graduation

Pictured from left to right: J. King, Edward Chittum, Reid M. Spencer, Frank Batten, and Governor A. Linwood Holton, Jr.

Parents and friends anxiously await the start of the 1970 Commencement exercises at Foreman Field.

The 1970 Commencement exercises at Foreman Field in progress.

Graduates anxiously wait during the 1970 Commencement exercises at Foreman Field.

Dean Donald K. Marchand readies supplies immediately prior to commencement exercises.

Two female graduates at the 1970 Old Dominion University Commencement exercises.

Old Dominion University Rector, Frank Batten, makes remarks at the 1970 Old Dominion University Commencement exercises.

The honorable A. Linwood Holton, Jr. addresses the graduating seniors at the 1970 Old Dominion University Commencement exercises. A crew from WTAR-TV is filming the address.

Holton, Jr. addresses the graduating seniors at the 1970 Old Dominion University Commencement exercises.

An Old Dominion University graduate with her grandson at the 1970 Old Dominion University Commencement exercises.

The procession of graduates during the the 1970 Commencement exercises at Foreman Field.

The procession of graduates during the the 1970 Commencement exercises at Foreman Field.

A smiling graduate about to shake hands with President Bugg during the 1970 Old Dominion University Commencement exercises.

A graduate shaking hands with President Bugg during the 1970 Old Dominion University Commencement exercises.

A graduate shaking hands with President Bugg during the 1970 Old Dominion University Commencement exercises.