Florida Atlantic University -- Commencement

Students walking to graduation ceremony

Students walking to graduation ceremony

FAU graduate arranging her hair with a hair brush in one hand and a compact with a mirror in it in the other.

First President of Florida Atlantic University, Kenneth R. William, 1962-1972 (on the right) and his wife Selma and an unidentified couple at the first graduation class ceremony for the university.

Graduating class entering the church for the official graduation ceremony. Note: In the first row, the first women of five is Virginia Antrip Snyder who later became a female private eye and the inspiration for the main character of the TV series "Murder She Wrote" staring Angela Lansbury.

Photo of the interior of the graduation ceremony. Man standing in front of the podium as the graduates file in to the First Presbyterian Church of Boca Raton.

Photo from the back of the church of the graduation procession of the first graduating class of Florida Atlantic University. Held at the First Presbyterian Church of Boca Raton.

Photo taken from the back after the graduation procession was completed. First graduating class of Florida Atlantic University. The ceremony was held at the First Presbyterian Church of Boca Raton.

Gathering after the graduation ceremony and before the official professional group photo of the first graduating class of Florida Atlantic University

FAU graduates gathering for the processional in a hallway on Boca Raton campus.