Item is a photograph taken during the presentation of a $21,000 grant to Dalhousie University by IBM. The photograph shows Keith Johnston, Vice-President of IBM Canada Ltd., Eastern Region; Dr. Henry D. Hicks, President of Dalhousie University; W. Blair Dymond, Manager of IBM's Atlantic provinces data processing division; Dr. W. R. Smith of Dalhousie's departments of mathematics and physiology and biophysics; and Dr. Guy R. MacLean, Vice-President academic and research.
Item consists of three photographs of Henry Hicks speaking at a podium during a convocation ceremony. The three photographs have been printed together on one piece of paper, along with captions below each photograph.
Item is a copy of The Alumni News (Volume 20, Number 1, published by the Dalhousie Alumni Association. Numbering for this new series restarted in 1943. Issue includes an article by Prof. W.A. MacKay about the law school and an announcement about Henry Hicks' appointment as Dalhousie's new president.