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1950The Lyons’ Den

The College purchased this property on Taunton Avenue, including the laundromat next door and the small house on the corner of Howard Street, in 1988. It remained empty for several years, then reopened briefly as the “Crown Victoria.” During spring… Read More »

1980Perdita Constance Huston Speaks at Commencement

Perdita Constance Huston, Peace Corps Regional Director, speaks at Commencement.

1980Paul Edward Gray, Honorary Degree Recipient

Paul Edward Gray, President of MIT and Chairman of the Wheaton Board of Trustees, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1980Jessamyn West, Honorary Degree Recipient

Jessamyn West, author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1981Lacrosse Team Excels

The Lacrosse team qualifies for a national competition.

1981Students Protest Nuclear Proliferation and Cuts to Financial Aid

Busloads of Wheaton students join 7,000 others in Washington, D.C., to lobby against nuclear proliferation and federal cuts to student financial aid

1981Maya Angelou Speaks at Commencement

Maya Angelou, author, poet, and actress, speaks at Commencement.

1981Molly Luce Burroughs, Honorary Degree Recipient

Molly Luce Burroughs, painter, is awarded an honorary degree.

1981Richard Lewis Thornburgh, Honorary Degree Recipient

Richard Lewis Thornburgh, Governor of Pennsylvania, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1981Virginia Judson Thornburgh, Honorary Degree Recipient

Virginia Judson Thornburgh 1961, activist for the disabled and first lady of Pennsylvania, is awarded an honorary degree.

1982Garry Trudeau Speaks at Commencement

Gary Trudeau, political satirist and Doonesbury cartoonist, speaks at Commencement.

1982Maurice L. Clemence, Honorary Degree Recipient

Maurice L. Clemence, director and CFO of the Kendall Company and Wheaton trustee emeritus, is awarded an honorary degree.

1982Alice Huang, Honorary Degree Recipient

Alice Huang, Director of Laboratories of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital in Boston, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1982Louise Nevelson, Honorary Degree Recipient

Louise Nevelson, sculptor, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1983Wheaton Hosts Conference on the Balanced Curriculum

Three hundred educators from across the country gather at Wheaton to learn more about “gender-balancing” the college curriculum.

1983First Black Alumnae Weekend Held

The first Black Alumnae Weekend is held.

1983Barbara Walters Speaks at Commencement

Barbara Walters, TV journalist and interviewer, speaks at Commencement.

1983Nancy Hemenway Barton, Honorary Degree Recipient

Nancy Hemenway Whitten Barton 1941, artist and weaver, is awarded an honorary degree.

1983Walter A. Haas, Jr., Honorary Degree Recipient

Walter A. Haas, Jr., CEO and President of Levi Strauss & Co. and Wheaton Trustee, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1983Evelyn Murphy, Honorary Degree Recipient

Evelyn Murphy, Deputy Governor of Massachusetts, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

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