Visiting speaker, U Thant, who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971. At the time of his appointment as Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant had been Permanent Representative of Burma to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador (1957-1961). He visited the university on the occasion of the University Seminar on Peaceful Changes, 1966. In this picture, Thant is at the podium and is difficult to see behind the watermark on the photograph.

Date created

• 1966

Type

• Image

Creator

• University at Albany

Master Format

• TIF

Identifier

• nam_ua_390_pm_017980

Subject

• Piers (supporting elements)
• Thant, U, 1909-1974
• University Seminar on Peaceful Changes
• Buildings -- Uptown Campus
• Speeches, addresses, etc.
• Light fixtures 1950-1970
• Orators
• United Nations. Secretary-General
• University Archives Photographs
• Interior views

License

• Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0

  

ITEM CONTEXT

Collection

University Photograph Collection

Scope and Contents

Collecting area

• This collection is part of the University Archives