Nancy Oakes Lewis, dean of Pembroke College, is awarded am honorary degree.
1960Esther Cloudman Dunn, Honorary Degree Recipient
Esther Cloudman Dunn, professor of English at Smith College, is awarded an honorary degree.
1960Bertha Sheppard Adkins, Honorary Degree Recipient
Bertha Sheppard Adkins, Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1960Margaret Clapp, Honorary Degree Recipient
Margaret Clapp, President of Wellesley College, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1960Ruth Sleeper, Honorary Degree Recipient
Ruth Sleeper, director of the School of Nursing & Nursing Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, is awarded an honorary degree.
1960Hilda Geiringer, Honorary Degree Recipient
Hilda Geiringer, Wheaton Professor of Mathematics, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1961Elizabeth S. May Named Acting President
Dr. Elizabeth Stoffregen May, a distinguished economist and Dean of the College, was named Acting President upon Dr. Meneely’s unexpected death in 1961.
1961Katharine Morrison McClinton, Honorary Degree Recipient
Katharine Morrison McClinton, author on art and decoration, is awarded an honorary degree.
1961Lillian Hellman, Honorary Degree Recipient
Lillian Hellman, playwright, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1961Mildred Peterson McKay, Honorary Degree Recipient
Mildred Peterson McKay, New Hampshire state librarian, is awarded an honorary degree.
1962 - 1975William C. H. Prentice
William C.H. Prentice (1915- ), a psychology professor and administrator from Swarthmore College, held the Wheaton presidency from 1962 until 1975, completing the building program necessary to accommodate an enrollment that grew to 1200, and completing Wheaton’s first successful capital… Read More »
1962Gwendolyn Margaret Carter Speaks at Commencement
Gwendolyn Margaret Carter, Sophia Smith professor of government at Smith College, speaks at commencement and is awarded an honorary degree.
1962Martha Graham, Honorary Degree Recipient
Martha Graham, choreographer, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1962Agnes Rindge Claflin, Honorary Degree Recipient
Agnes Rindge Claflin, Professor of Art at Vassar, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1962Susanne Knauth Langer, Honorary Degree Recipient
Susanne Knauth Langer, logician and musician, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1963Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Honorary Degree Recipient
Adelyn Dohme Breeskin, Director of Washington Gallery of Modern Art, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1963Madeleine Doran, Honorary Degree Recipient
Madeleine Doran, Shakespeare scholar, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1963Cora DuBois, Honorary Degree Recipient
Cora DuBois, Professor of Anthropology at Radcliffe, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1963Elizabeth Armstrong Wood, Honorary Degree Recipient
Elizabeth Armstrong Wood, physicist, is awarded an honorary degree.
1964Nathan Marsh Pusey Speaks at Commencement
Nathan Marsh Pusey, President of Harvard University, speaks at Commencement.