Text transcribed from caption: FORDHAM UNIVERSITY HONORS TRUMAN #c-3573 NEW YORK -- President Truman pulls the rope of a bell presented to Fordham University by Admiral Nimitz after it had been removed from the Japanese aircraft carrier Junyo. Ceremony took place during century celebration of the university at which the President received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. Shown with Mr. Truman are (left to right): Bernard Cardinal Griffin, Archbishop of Westminster, England, who also received an honorary degree; Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York; Rev. Robert I. Gannon, S.J., president of Fordham, and Admiral William D. Leahy, the President’s chief of staff. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PNI-NY-MES-5C-6-C)

International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)

1946
May 11, 1946

still image

negatives

negative : black-and-white ; 8 x 10 inches

Religious News Service--Archives.
Fordham University.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Griffin, Bernard.
Catholic Church--Bishops.
Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967.
Fordham University--Presidents.
Cannon, Robert I.
Leahy, William D.

Presidents--United States.
Commencement ceremonies--New York (State)--New York.
Degrees, Academic--New York (State)--New York.
Bishops--New York (State)--New York.
Bells--New York (State)--New York.

United States.
New York (State)
New York.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
North and Central America--United States--New York--New York

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, image no. C-3573; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

RNS-RG1_C-3573

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