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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.

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.

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.

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.

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