Lazaretto Quarantine Station. Built in 1799 in response to yellow fever, cholera, and other serious epidemics, the Lazaretto serves as a quarantine hospital for immigrants entering the United States. It processes all ships and passengers arriving...
Chester-Bridgeport Ferry Opens, 1930. The ferry, with its 6 minute trip, provides travelers with a direct route between Chester and Bridgeport, New Jersey. It encourages the growth of local businesses on both shores. Louis Kapelski serves as the...
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Bernard Lee Schwartz Physical Education Center, located on the northeast corner of campus, was held on May 15, 1969. On October 9, 1971, dedication ceremonies were held for the new center, billed to be one of...
William John Wolfgram excelled academically, at every program that he attended, and demonstrated a strong dedication to military service at a young age. With his academic and military achievements, and his impressive wartime record, he serves as...
Lawrence Buck, Acting President 2001–2002. Following the retirement of President Robert Bruce, Provost Buck becomes acting president in 2001. A member of the history faculty since 1971, Dr. Buck also serves as provost beginning in 1985.
Frederick Erastus Humphreys, first military pilot. In 1907, Lieutenant Humphreys (PMC 1903) serves in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. In 1909, he is trained to fly by Wilbur Wright and is later certified by the Secretary of War as the first military...
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Chester (Pa.) -- History; Civil Rights -- African Americans History
This scrapbook is a part of the George Raymond Papers. It was created by Patricia Taylor for the Chester Branch of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). Its clippings chronicle the Chester Civil Rights movement...
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...
Robert F. Kennedy speaks at a Congress of Racial Equality rally, 1963. A strong advocate for civil rights, he serves as attorney general for his brother, President John Kennedy, and later becomes a U.S. senator. During a promising presidential...
Patrick Murphy, Operation Iraqi Freedom. Murphy (Widener School of Law 1999) serves in Iraq as a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division, where he earns the Bronze Star for service. Upon returning home, he is elected to the U.S. House of...
