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1992Roger Wilkins Speaks at Commencement

Roger Wilkins, Professor of History at George Mason University, speaks at Commencement.

1992Stephen Jay Gould, Honorary Degree Recipient

Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

1992Linda Wertheimer, Honorary Degree Recipient

Linda Wertheimer, National Public Radio Commentator, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

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 »

1993Carl Sagan Speaks at Commencement

Carl Sagan, Professor of Astronomy & Planetary Studies at Cornell University, speaks at Commencement.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 »

1996Catharine R. Stimpson Speaks at Commencement

Catharine R. Stimpson, feminist scholar, author, and editor of Skins, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree.

1996Ambassador Colette Avital, Honorary Degree Recipient

Ambassador Colette Avital, Israel’s Consul General in New York City, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.

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