Boise State University; College presidents; Governors;
Three presidents who represented six decades of leadership meet with Idaho Governor John V. Evans at the Founders' Dinner during Boise State University's 50th anniversary celebrations in 1982. From the left are President Eugene B. Chaffee,...
The head table at the reunion dinner for the Boise Junior College Class of 1934. From left to right: Dwight Dickey, Mrs. Dickey, Elsie Buck, Mary Hershey, President Eugene B. Chaffee, Lois Chaffee, Camille Power, unidentified, and Ada Hatch. The...
Boise State University;Ground breaking ceremonies;Dormitories
President Eugene Chaffee turns the first shovel of dirt at the groundbreaking for a new dormitory building, later named Chaffee Hall. At far left is student body president Bill Ilett. Behind them is Morrison Hall. See also photo AR 10053.
Pre-game or post-game festivities? Included in the picture are Charles O. Brown (left) and Clyde Potter (second from right). Potter was longtime business manager of Boise Junior College;Brown retired as head of building and grounds in 1967 after...
Boise State University; Broncos; Homecomings; Mascots
One of Boise Junior College's early traditions was the burning of the bronco, nicknamed Elmer. BJC president Eugene Chaffee described Elmer in his book An Idea Grows: A History of Boise College(page 47): "He began as a wooden or paper mache...
New faculty for the 1963-64 school year at Boise Junior College. Front row, left to right: Nancy S. Davidson, Clareene Wharry, Nancy L. Fleming, Robert B. Sylvester, Donald J. Sieber, E.B. Casteel. Middle row: Nelson E. Reeves (at far left),...
Library and university officials receive the book Kabuki, by Zoe Kincaid, the first book purchased with a gift from BJC alumnus Yasuhara Shimamura, who came to Boise Junior College from Japan. Left to right: Former BJC president Eugene B. Chaffee,...
Left to right: Vice president W.L. Gottenberg, President Eugene B. Chaffee, and Acel Chatburn, director of student affairs, surveying the Boise Junior College campus.
Left to right: Genevieve Turnipseed, Lucille Forter, Hattie Gesner, and President Eugene Chaffee relax at a social event at Boise Junior College. Mrs. Turnipseed was director or dormitories, Mrs. Forter was voice teacher, and Miss Gesner managed...
Boise State University;Construction equipment;Ground breaking ceremonies;
L to R: State Senator E.D. Baird, architect Frank Hummel, BJC trustee J. J. Chapman, and BJC President Eugene Chaffee standing by a steam shovel during ground breaking ceremonies for the Administration Building, March 1940.
Head table dignitaries for the Harry W. Morrison Day luncheon hosted by the Boise City Chamber of Commerce. Seated, left to right, are Episcopal Bishop Norman L. Foote, Harry W. Morrison, and Idaho Governor Robert E. Smylie. Among those standing...
Head Coach Lyle Smith (far left), and Junior College President Eugene Chaffee (second left), on the sideline with the football team during the 1949 Potato Bowl in Bakersfield California.
