Adrienne Rich, poet, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1967August Hecksher Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
August Hecksher, director of the Twentieth Century Fund, delivers “More News From Nowhere: Political Ideas of the 1960 Generation,” the ninth Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series.
1968Wheaton Joins the Twelve-College Exchange
Wheaton joins Amherst, Bowdoin, Darmouth, Wesleyan, Williams, Connecticut, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and Vassar in a student exchange program.
1968Science Center
In 1968, science classes and laboratories were moved to the Science Center from Knapton Hall. The Wheaton College Department of Physics and Astronomy now maintains an astronomical observatory located on the roof of the Mars Center for Science and Technology.
1968Gordon Boyce Speaks at Commencement
Gordon Boyce, president of the Experiment in International Living, speaks at commencement.
1968John D. Wild Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor John D. Wild of Yale delivers the 10th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “The Thought of William James Today.”
1969Knapton Presents on Napoleon at Conference on Elba
Professor of history Jack Knapton is the only American invited to the Third International Congress of Napoleonic Studies, at Portoferraio, Elba, to commemorate the bicentennial of Napoleon’s birth.
1969Hywel D. Lewis Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Hywel D. Lewis of the University of London delivers the 11th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Persons and Freedom.”
1969Peter Davison Speaks at Commencement
Peter Davison, poet and author, speaks at Commencement.