Ruth Sleeper, director of the School of Nursing & Nursing Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, is awarded an honorary degree.
1960Hilda Geiringer, Honorary Degree Recipient
Hilda Geiringer, Wheaton Professor of Mathematics, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1960Henry P. Van Dusen Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture
Henry P. Van Dusen, President of Union Seminary, delivers “The Christian World Movement Today,” the second Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture.
1961Elizabeth S. May Named Acting President
Dr. Elizabeth Stoffregen May, a distinguished economist and Dean of the College, was named Acting President upon Dr. Meneely’s unexpected death in 1961.
1961Austin House
Designed by Alex Cvijanovic of Walter Gropius’ The Architects Collaborative (TAC) of Cambridge, MA, this modern house is nestled in the woods adjacent to the fields surrounding the Old Observatory. Holcombe Austin, Professor of Philosophy from 1941 to 1972 (emeritus,… Read More »
1961 - 1963Pratt’s Store & Marty’s Coffee House
Pratt’s Store (originally Rogerson’s Store) stood just east of the Wheaton Inn. Although it was only steps away, students had to ask permission to leave the Seminary campus to visit the store. Pratt’s Store housed Norton’s post office from the… Read More »
1961Haviland Court
The landscaping facing East Main Street between Young, McIntire and Clark Halls, known as Haviland Court, was made possible by a gift from Mrs. Edward S. Haviland, the mother of Magdalena Vanderlyn Quinby, class of 1931.
1961Katharine Morrison McClinton, Honorary Degree Recipient
Katharine Morrison McClinton, author on art and decoration, is awarded an honorary degree.
1961Lillian Hellman, Honorary Degree Recipient
Lillian Hellman, playwright, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1961Mildred Peterson McKay, Honorary Degree Recipient
Mildred Peterson McKay, New Hampshire state librarian, is awarded an honorary degree.
1961Dr. Rosemary Park Speaks at Commencement
Dr. Rosemary Park, president of Connecticut College, and daughter of Wheaton president, J. Edgar Park, speaks at commencement.
1961Paul Tillich Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture
Theologian Paul Tillich of Harvard University delivers the third Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture, “Expression in the Life of Religion.”
1962 - 1975William C. H. Prentice
William C.H. Prentice (1915- ), a psychology professor and administrator from Swarthmore College, held the Wheaton presidency from 1962 until 1975, completing the building program necessary to accommodate an enrollment that grew to 1200, and completing Wheaton’s first successful capital… Read More »
1962Watson Fine Arts Center
Watson Fine Arts Center, built in 1962, did not follow the Hornbostel & Bennett plan which won the 1938 Fine Arts Center Competition, but was designed by Howard L. Rich, Rich & Tucker Association. Wheaton’s first Fine Arts Center was… Read More »
1962Gwendolyn Margaret Carter Speaks at Commencement
Gwendolyn Margaret Carter, Sophia Smith professor of government at Smith College, speaks at commencement and is awarded an honorary degree.
1962Martha Graham, Honorary Degree Recipient
Martha Graham, choreographer, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1962Agnes Rindge Claflin, Honorary Degree Recipient
Agnes Rindge Claflin, Professor of Art at Vassar, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1962Susanne Knauth Langer, Honorary Degree Recipient
Susanne Knauth Langer, logician and musician, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1962Eleanor Roosevelt Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Eleanor Roosevelt delivers the fourth Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture series on the theme of “World Leadership.”
1963Peter Anthony Bertocci Speaks at Commencement
Peter Anthony Bertocci, Borden Parker Bowne professor of philosophy at Boston University, speaks at Wheaton’s 128th commencement. In addition to his professorship at Brown, Bertocci was also the President of the Metaphysical Society of America. In 1956, Bertocci sent a… Read More »