Eisenhower Visits Campus, 1963. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the first PMC Honorary 1st Captain. John Lance Geoghegan presents General Eisenhower with a plaque and the sabre that is symbolic of the rank.
In 1991, Widener University purchased the building, located on 13th and Potter Streets, that was formerly occupied by the Bible Presbyterian Church. Widener renamed the building Lathem Hall, in honor of the Presbyterian Church and its founder Dr....
Dr. Abraham Lance Lathem was born on May 26, 1866 in Murdockville, Pennsylvania. Undergoing a conversion experience at age 10, Lathem dedicated his life to living the Bible. He attended Washington and Jefferson College, Western Theological...
John Lance Geoghegan, Vietnam War 1959–1975. Geoghegan (PMC 1963) serves in Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry. He dies in combat during the Battle of Ia Drang in November 1965. He is portrayed in the book We Were Soldiers Once, and Young that...
