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1986Bruce Marks, Honorary Degree Recipient

Bruce Marks, Artistic Director of the Boston Ballet, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1987Coeducation Begins

In January, President Emerson announces the Trustees’ recommendation, in principle, to admit male students.

1987Kollett Hall

The Academic Computing Center, which had its origins in a small classroom in Knapton Hall, was moved to the Charles Anderson Dana wing of the Science Center in 1987. In 1997 it was named the Kollett Academic Computing Center. In… Read More »

1987 - 1993Wheaton Divests From Apartheid

The board of trustees prohibits investment in South Africa after a faculty resolution in support of divestment. The prohibition is lifted in 1993 as negotiations to end apartheid in South Africa resume.

1987Ii Sook Chung, Honorary Degree Recipient

Ii Sook Chung, president of Ewha Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea, is awarded an honorary degree.

1987Elizabeth H. Dole Speaks at Commencement

Elizabeth H. Dole, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1987Jean Guttery Fritz, Honorary Degree Recipient

Jean Guttery Fritz, author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1987Graham Gund, Honorary Degree Recipient

Graham Gund, Architect, Developer, and Art Collector, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1988Wheaton’s First Coeducational Class Arrives

Wheaton’s first coeducation class, consisting of 412 women and men, arrive on campus in September.

1988Marian Wright Edelman Speaks at Commencement

Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund, speaks at Commencement.

1988Leon A. Gorman, Honorary Degree Recipient

Leon A. Gorman, President of L.L. Bean, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1988Beverly Sills, Honorary Degree Recipient

Beverly Sills, Diva and Director of the New York City Opera, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

198826-28 Taunton Avenue

Purchased by the College at the same time as the Polo Diner, this house was converted to a faculty and, later, a student residence.

1989Lesley Stahl Speaks at Commencement for a Second Time

Lesley Stahl 1963, CBS Washington correspondent, speaks at commencement. She was also awarded an honorary degree. Learn more about Stahl at Wikipedia.

1989“Elephant” Beech Tree Removed

Everett Courtyard’s much beloved “Elephant” Beech tree, damaged by years of footsteps wearing paths over is shallow roots, is removed.

1989Keefe Field

Trustee Harry V. Keefe made possible the renovation of the soccer field south of the Meadows complex in memory of his first wife, Jean Mulcahy Keefe, class of 1944, and in honor of her class’s 45th reunion in 1989. Ground… Read More »

1989Barney Frank, Honorary Degree Recipient

Barney Frank, U.S. Representative for Massachusetts, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1989Vartan Gregorian, Honorary Degree Recipient

Vartan Gregorian, President of Brown University, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1989Connie Chung Povich, Honorary Degree Recipient

Connie Chung Povich, TV News Journalist, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

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