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University Day Schedule
No full textThe schedule of the festivities celebrating the change from Christian Brothers College to Christian Brothers University included speeches, band performances, and a greeting from the mayor, with the cheerleaders and Bucky symbolically charging through an old CBC banner
Crowd at University Day
No full textThe CBC cheerleading squad were near the front of the crowd in the theater on University Day, when Christian Brothers College became Christian Brothers University
Christian Brothers University Sign
No full textThis stood on the corner of Central and East Parkway next to the University Theater until the campus was enclosed with wrought iron fencing in 1992. While the plan was to move it to the Central entrance, the granite crumbled when the move was attempted
University Day - Unveiling the Buccaneer
No full textAt 11:15 a.m. on University Day, the CBU cheerleaders, pom-pon squad, and mascot burst through a CBC banner. As the school band played and cheerleaders led the crowd in a CBU chant, the new CBU banner was unfurled
Maurelian Gate
No full textCBU's entrance at 650 East Parkway was reimagined as the Maurelian Gate as part of Memphis in May's 1990 tribute to France.
Beginning in 1977, the Memphis in May International Festival has celebrated the cultures of different countries each year. The tribute to France was of particular import to CBU because of the French origins of the De La Salle Christian Brothers
Brother Theodore at the University Day Program
No full textPresident Brother Theodore Drahmann presides over University Day, when Christian Brothers College became Christian Brothers University. Brother Theodore served as President of the college--and university--from 1980-1993
Soccer Champions
No full textPresident Brother Theodore Drahmann congratulated Christian Brothers' winning NAIA soccer team
Telecommunications and Engineering Leaders Meeting
No full textFrom left to right, Russell ‘Deek’ Hensley, Dr. Siripong Malasri, Dr. Bryan Carne, and Dr. Juan Carlos Olabe appear to be having a meeting. They were likely discussing engineering or telecommunications.
Hensley was the executive director of Christian Brothers College’s telecommunications center. Dr. Siripong Malasri, throughout his time at Christian Brothers University, was a professor and chairman of the civil engineering department, chairman of the environmental engineering department, chair of the packaging program, and the dean of the school of engineering. Dr. Bryan Carne earned his doctorate in electrical engineering and was appointed BellSouth Distinguished Visiting Professor of Telecommunications and Information Systems at CBC. Dr. Juan Carlos Olabe was chairman of the electrical engineering department at Christian Brothers University.
In 1989, the same year the photo was taken, Hensley and his work study students helped the Memphis Museums spread awareness for a program videoing the floor of the Mediterranean Sea, Dr. Malasri and Dr. Olabe were writing and publishing several engineering papers, and Dr. Carne was appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor
Bell Tower and Colonnade
No full textThe front lawn of Christian Brothers College stretched from the Maurelian Hall dormitory toward the south, highlighting the Bell Tower, the front entrance, and two colonnades of CBC's familiar arches
Mother Teresa, President, Archbishop Daniel Buechlein
No full textA candid photo shows Mother Teresa (left) smiling and shaking hands with Christian Brothers College’s then president Brother Theodore Drahmann (right) while The Archbishop of Indianapolis, Daniel Buechlein, is in the center watching their greeting.
In 1989, Mother Teresa received the Peace and Justice Award from CBC for her dedication to underprivileged people. Mother Teresa had won the Nobel Peace Prize 1978, and her missionaries established a homeless women’s shelter in Memphis during the 1980s. Sister M. Sarita accepted the award for Mother Teresa