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.
1983The Balanced Curriculum
Wheaton publishes Toward A Balanced Curriculum which combines the theoretical aspects of integrating women’s studies with more practical tools such as bibliographies, course descriptions, and guidelines.
1984Sesquicentennial Celebration
The college begins a year long Sesquicentennial celebration at Commencement.
1984Mary Lyon Stamp Issued
A postage stamp depicting Mary Lyon is unveiled at Wheaton by U.S. Postmaster General William B. Bloger.
1984Jehan al-Sadat Speaks at Commencement
Jehan el-Sadat, widow of Anwar Sadat, speaks at Commencement.
1984Seiji Ozawa, Honorary Degree Recipient
Seji Ozawa, Music Director of the Boston Symphony, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1984Bryant M. Kirkland Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Reverend Doctor Bryant M. Kirkland of New York’s Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church delivers the Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Creative Response to Life in the Nuclear Age.”
1984Harvey G. Cox and Victor S. Thomas Deliver Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Harvey G. Cox, a Baptist minister, and Professor Victor S. Thomas of Harvard deliver the Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Religion and Politics: New Choices Needed.”
1985Sandra Day O’Connor Speaks at Commencement
Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, speaks at Commencement.
1985Indira Gandhi, Honorary Degree Recipient
Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1985John W. Gardner, Honorary Degree Recipient
John W. Gardner, U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, & Welfare, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1985Giovinella M. Gonthier, Honorary Degree Recipient
Giovinella M. Gonthier, U.N. Ambassador to Seychelles, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1985Grace Murray Hopper, Honorary Degree Recipient
Grace Murray Hopper, Mathematician for the U.S. Navy, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1985Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Honorary Degree Recipient
Thomas J. Watson, Jr., Past President of IBM and US Ambassador to the U.S.S.R., is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1985Donna Wood, Honorary Degree Recipient
Donna Wood, dancer, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1985 - 1999Harry V. Keefe
Trustee starting in 1985, Mr. Keefe was a graduate of Amherst College and Boston University Graduate School of Business Administration. Keefe Field and Keefe Hall were named for Harry V. Keefe.
1985Students Protest Apartheid
Students protest apartheid and demand divestment of businesses in South Africa in a nationwide college and university campaign.