Ruth Capers McKay, dean of the New England Conservatory and Wheaton trustee, is awarded an honorary degree.
1973Emily Townsend Vermeule, Honorary Degree Recipient
Emily Townsend Vermeule, an archaeologist, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1973Margaret M. Heckler, Honorary Degree Recipient
Margaret M. Heckler, Massachusetts Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1974Carolyn Rice Brown, Honorary Degree Recipient
Carolyn Rice Brown 1950, choreographer and principal dancer in the Merce Cunningham Dance Co., is an honorary degree recipient.
1974James Sachs Plaut, Honorary Degree Recipient
James Sachs Plaut, Director of Institute of Contemporary Art, Secretary General of the World’s Craft Council, and chair of Wheaton’s Visiting Committee in Art, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1974Dr. Mary Ellen Avery, Honorary Degree Recipient
Dr. Mary Ellen Avery, Chief of Pediatrics at Harvard, Physician-in-Chief at Boston Children’s Hospital and later Wheaton Trustee is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1975Alice Frey Emerson Becomes First Female President of Wheaton
In 1975, Wheaton named its first woman president, Alice Frey Emerson, former Dean of Students at the University of Pennsylvania, who served until 1991, completing the Sesquicentennial Campaign (1983-1986), major building renovations and the construction of the new athletic center.… Read More »
1975Elsie Benton Doty Prentice, Honorary Degree Recipient
Elsie Benton Doty Prentice, wife of William C.H. Prentice, is awarded an honorary degree.
1976Hanna Holborn Gray, Honorary Degree Recipient
Hanna Holborn Gray, Provost at Yale University, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1976Juanita Morris Kreps, Honorary Degree Recipient
Juanita Morris Kreps, Vice President & James B. Duke Prof. of Economics at Duke University, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1977Archibald Cox Speaks at Commencement
Archibald Cox, Loeb Professor at Harvard University, speaks at Commencement. He was also awarded an Honorary Degree.
1978Margaret Mead Speaks at Commencement
Margaret Mead, Curator Emerita of Ethnology at The American Museum of Natural History and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University, speaks at Commencement.
1978Katherine Alice Burton, Honorary Degree Recipient
Katherine Alice Burton, Wheaton professor of English, is awarded an honorary degree.
1978Magdalena Vanderlyn Quinby, Honorary Degree Recipient
Magdalena Vanderlyn Quinby 1931, Wheaton trustee, is awarded an honorary degree.
1979Lesley Stahl Speaks at Commencement
Lesley Stahl, class of 1963 and CBS Washington correspondent, speaks at the 1979 and 1989 Commencement.
1979Abram T. Collier, Honorary Degree Recipient
Abram T. Collier, CEO of New England Mutual Life Insurance Company and Wheaton Trustee, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1979Matina Souretis Horner, Honorary Degree Recipient
Matina Souretis Horner, President of Radcliffe College, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1980Perdita Constance Huston Speaks at Commencement
Perdita Constance Huston, Peace Corps Regional Director, speaks at Commencement.
1980Paul Edward Gray, Honorary Degree Recipient
Paul Edward Gray, President of MIT and Chairman of the Wheaton Board of Trustees, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.
1980Jessamyn West, Honorary Degree Recipient
Jessamyn West, author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient.