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| Oklahoma artist, Acee
Blue Eagle, presents the Emperor with a
Pawnee war bonnet and gives him the name "Great
Buffalo High Chief," observed by a
smiling Oliver Willham, President of Oklahoma
A. and M. College, and Endalkatchew Mekonnen, Chief of
Protocol. |
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| Emperor of Ethiopia,
Haile Selassie, addresses the press shortly
after his arrival at the Stillwater Airport on 18 June
1954. |
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| Emperor of Ethiopia,
Haile Selassie, addresses the press shortly
after his arrival at the Stillwater Airport on 18 June
1954. |
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| At the banquet in
Oklahoma A. and M.'s Student Union: Governor
Johnston E. Murray; Princess Sebla Desta; Oliver Willham,
President of A&M; the Emperor; Willie Murray; and partially
hidden, Prince Sahle Selassie. |
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| The plaque presented
to the Emperor by A&M's Vice President,
Al E. Darlow "in behalf of the citizens of
Oklahoma." The Emperor had the plaque
mounted in the cornerstone of the administration
building of the Imperial Ethiopian College of Agriculture
and Mechanical Arts at Alemaya. During the Cold War,
the plaque purportedly was destroyed by Cuban troops occupying
Alemaya. |
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| The scroll presented
to the Emperor by President Willham at the
formal dinner. |
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| Henry G. Bennett,
president of Oklahoma A&M, met with Emperor
Haile Selassie in 1950. Their meeting resulted in the
Ethiopian government asking for technical assistance
under the Point Four Program and the Emperor’s
visit to Stillwater in
1954. |
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