Dr. Mina Rees, Mathematician and Dean of the College, Hunter College, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1964Richard P. Chapman, Honorary Degree Recipient
Richard P. Chapman was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1939 to 1970, and its chairman from 1947 to 1964. Mr. Chapman was the Director of New England Merchants Bank and a trustee of many other institutions.
1965Lucy Wilson Benson, Honorary Degree Recipient
Lucy Wilson Benson, president of the Massachusetts League of Women Voters, is awarded an honorary degree.
1965Rhea E. Eckel, Honorary Degree Recipient
Rhea E. Eckel, president of Cazenovia College, is awarded an honorary degree.
1965Mary Clabaugh Wright, Honorary Degree Recipient
Mary Clabaugh Wright, Far Eastern Scholar, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1966Dr. Anna Medora Baetjer, Honorary Degree Recipient
Dr. Anna Medora Baetjer, Professor of Occupational Health at John Hopkins, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1966Dorothy May Bell, Honorary Degree Recipient
Dorothy May Bell, president of Bradford College, is awarded an honorary degree.
1966Helenka Pantaleoni, Honorary Degree Recipient
Helenka Pantaleoni, President of the U.S. Committee for UNICEF, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1966Eleanor Steber, Honorary Degree Recipient
Eleanor Steber, Diva, Metropolitan Opera, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1966Louise Hall Tharp, Honorary Degree Recipient
Louise Hall Tharp, autobiographer, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1967Dr. Hattie E. Alexander, Honorary Degree Recipient
Dr. Hattie E. Alexander, professor of pediatrics at the Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, is awarded an honorary degree.
1967Dr. Louise Bates Ames, Honorary Degree Recipient
Dr. Louise Bates Ames, co-founder of Gesell Institute of Child Development, is awarded an honorary degree.
1967Sarah Caldwell, Honorary Degree Recipient
Sarah Caldwell, Impresario, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1967Susan Morse Hilles, Honorary Degree Recipient
Susan Morse Hilles, an art collector, is awarded an honorary degree.
1967Adrienne Rich, Honorary Degree Recipient
Adrienne Rich, poet, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1971Jewel Plummer Cobb Speaks at Commencement
Jewel Plummer Cobb, Dean of Connecticut College, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree.
1972Marjorie Person Ford, Honorary Degree Recipient
Marjorie Person Ford, assistant to president Meneely, is awarded an honorary degree.
1972Ruth Moore Clark, Honorary Degree Recipient
Ruth Moore Clark, wife of Brackett H. Clark and mother of Virginia Clark 1953 and Helen Clark 1960, is awarded an honorary degree.
1972Brackett H. Clark, Honorary Degree Recipient
Mr. Clark was a trustee from 1960 to 1975 (emeritus). His two daughters Virginia, class of 1953, and Helen, class of 1960, are Wheaton graduates.
1973Emerson Greenaway, Honorary Degree Recipient
Emerson Greenaway, director of the Free Library of Philadelphia and chairman of Wheaton’s Library Visiting Committee, is awarded an honorary degree.