Madame Chiang Kai-Shek receives honorary doctorate from Archbishop John Cantwell and President Edward J. Whelan, S.J.

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Identifier	Centennial_00112
Title	Madame Chiang Kai-Shek receives honorary doctorate from Archbishop John Cantwell and President Edward J. Whelan, S.J.
Creator	Unknown
Date Created	1943
Subject (Topic)	Degrees, Academic--California--Los Angeles; College presidents--California--Los Angeles; Priests--California--Los Angeles; Jesuits
Subject (Name)	Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003; Cantwell, John Joseph, 1874-1947; Whelan, Edward J.; Loyola University of Los Angeles
Type	Image
Form/Genre	Photographs
Physical Description	1 photograph: black and white
Institution	Department of Archives and Special Collections, William H. Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
Country of Creation	US
Copyright Statement	http://library.lmu.edu/collections/digitallibraryprogram/copyrightandreproductionpolicy/
Copyright Holder	Loyola Marymount University
Collection Identifier	Loyola Marymount University Archives
Item/Call Number	Photo Prints 2
Historical Background	Madame Chiang Kai-shek, the wife of the president of Chinese Republic, received an honorary doctorate degree of laws from Loyola University. Reverend Edward J. Whelan, S.J., the ninth President of Loyola University (1942-1949), presented the degree to Madame Chiang. His Excellency, Most Reverend John J. Cantwell, Archbishop of Los Angeles, then placed the academic hood of the new degree over Madame Chiang's shoulders.
Cited In	Starr, Kevin. Loyola Marymount University, 1911-2011: A Centennial History. Los Angeles: Loyola Marymount University, 2011.
Image Caption	"Archbishop Cantwell and Rector-president Whelan bestowed an honorary doctorate on Madame Chiang Kai-shek in recognition of China's role as an American ally as well as the role played by her ancestors in helping Jesuit missionaries" --Starr, K., Loyola Marymount University 1911-2011.
Additional Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Metacollection Identifier	http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu
Project note	Centennial

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Madame Chiang Kai-Shek receives honorary doctorate from Archbishop John Cantwell and President Edward J. Whelan, S.J.

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