Patricia A. King, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, speaks at Commencement.
1992Roger Wilkins Speaks at Commencement
Roger Wilkins, Professor of History at George Mason University, speaks at Commencement.
1992Jonathan Kozol Receives Otis Social Justice Award
Jonathan Kozol, author of Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, receives the second Otis Social Justice Award. A panel presentation entitled “Schools and Society: Partnerships That Make the Grade” included Betsy. A Nelson 1959 of Boston Partners in Education, Donald… Read More »
1993Adrienne Bevis Mars, Honorary Degree Recipient
Adrienne Bevis Mars, philanthropist and Wheaton trustee, is awarded an honorary degree.
1993Donna Shavlik, Honorary Degree Recipient
Donna Shavlik, author and Director of the Office for Women in Higher Education, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1993Wendy Wasserstein, Honorary Degree Recipient
Wendy Wasserstein, author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1993Carl Sagan Speaks at Commencement
Carl Sagan, Professor of Astronomy & Planetary Studies at Cornell University, speaks at Commencement.
1994Edwin P. Fredie, Honorary Degree Recipient
Edwin P. Fredie, headmaster of Milton Academy, is awarded an honorary degree.
1994Nancy Smith Mairs, Honorary Degree Recipient
Nancy Smith Mairs 1964, author and poet, is awarded an honorary degree.
1994Robert D. Reischauer, Honorary Degree Recipient
Robert D. Reischauer, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1994Barker Discovers Supernova
Professor of Astronomy Tim Barker and his student assistants discover a supernova.
1994Connie Chung Povich Speaks at Commencement
Constance “Connie” Chung Povich, a broadcast journalist, speaks at Commencement.
1995Dudley R. Herschbach, Honorary Degree Recipient
Dudley R. Herschbach, Nobel Prize Laureate and Harvard Professor of Chemistry, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1995Sarah Lawrence Lightfoot, Honorary Degree Recipient
Sarah Lawrence Lightfoot, author and Harvard Professor of Education, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1995Hersey Memorial Garden
The former Rice Garden on the bank between the Wallace Library and Rice Steps was re-landscaped in 1995 with gifts from the families of Mrs. Linda Bartlett Hersey and Priscilla King Gray, both of the class of 1955.
1995Christine Todd Whitman Speaks at Commencement
Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey, speaks at Commencement.
1996Ambassador Colette Avital, Honorary Degree Recipient
Ambassador Colette Avital, Israel’s Consul General in New York City, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1996Nancy Ann Gattuso Holman, Honorary Degree Recipient
Honorary Nancy Ann Holman, Washington State Superior Court Justice, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1996David A. Macaulay, Honorary Degree Recipient
David A. Macaulay, author and illustrator, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1996Sidell Stadium
Trustee Jack Sidell donated a 500 seat stadium to be situated on Clark Field; ground was broken in February of 1996. President and chief executive officer of the Boston-based UST Corp., Mr. Sidell was elected to the Board of Trustees… Read More »