The Latino
Experience : (1940 - 1969)
1958
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Indiana University President Herman B. Wells presents
a silver tray to Cadet Colonel Wilfred J. Del Toro in recognition
of his being named Commander of the Indiana University Corp of U.S.
Army and U.S. Air Force ROTC Cadets for the 1957-1958 academic year.
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1961
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The Latin
American Music Center was founded by distinguished composer
and musicologist Juan
Orrego-Salas. The Center fosters the research and performance
of Latin American artists and their music. It also works to promote
exchanges between musicians and scholars from the United States and
Latin America, and commissions, performs, and records exemplary music
from the region. Humanities and Philosophy. |
1963
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The Center
for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) was founded
in 1963 (originally as the Latin American Studies Program) as an
umbrella organization uniting Latin Americanists from all campuses
of Indiana University. CLACS offers an undergraduate minor certificate,
a master's degree, three-year dual degree programs (Business Administration,
Library Science, and Public Affairs) and a doctoral minor and certificate.
(I.U. Archives) |
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James Scobie, the first director of the Center for Latin American
and Caribbean Studies
(I.U. Archives) |

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