Gordon Boyce, president of the Experiment in International Living, speaks at commencement.
1968John D. Wild Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor John D. Wild of Yale delivers the 10th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “The Thought of William James Today.”
1969Hywel D. Lewis Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Hywel D. Lewis of the University of London delivers the 11th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Persons and Freedom.”
1969Peter Davison Speaks at Commencement
Peter Davison, poet and author, speaks at Commencement.
1970Frank A. Tredinnick, Jr. Speaks at Commencement
Frank A. Tredinnick, Jr., Executive Director of New England Association of Colleges & Secondary Schools, speaks at Commencement.
1970Paul C. Helmreich Speaks at Commencement
Paul C. Helmreich, professor of history at Wheaton College, speaks at commencement.
1970Arthur E. Sutherland Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Arthur E. Sutherland, Bussey Professor of Law at Harvard University, delivers the 12th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, comprised of three lectures, “Public Force and Moral Conformity,” “The First Amendment in our Changing Society” and “Power Over Life and Death… Read More »
1971Jewel Plummer Cobb Speaks at Commencement
Jewel Plummer Cobb, Dean of Connecticut College, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree.
1971Annemarie Schimmel Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Annemarie Schimmel of Harvard delivers three lectures on Islam for the 13th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture series.
1972Patricia Ann King Speaks at Commencement
Patricia Ann King ’63, department director at the Office for Civil Rights, speaks at Wheaton’s 137th commencement. After graduating from Wheaton in 1963, King attended Harvard Law School and went on to hold several leadership roles in civil rights law.… Read More »
1972Glen A. Olds Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Glen A. Olds delivers the 14th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Religion in a World Perspective.”
1973Patricia Neighbors Speaks at Commencement
Patricia Neighbors, vice president of Avon Products, speaks at commencement.
1973Nancy Ann Gattuso Holman Speaks at Commencement
The Honorable Nancy Ann Gattuso Holman, Washington State Superior Court Justice, speaks at commencement.
1973Edmund Wyatt Gordon Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Dr. Edmund Wyatt Gordon of Columbia University delivers the 15th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, comprised of three lectures, “Humanistic Traditions in Education,” “The Ecology of Human Development and Education” and “The Goals of Education in a Humanistic Society.”
1974John Varick Tunney Speaks at Commencement
John Varick Tunney, United States Senator to the State of California, speaks at Commencement.
1974Rosemary Radford Reuther Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Rosemary Radford Reuther of Howard University delivers the 16th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Women and Contemporary Ideology.”
1975Wilma Scott Heide Speaks at Commencement
Wilma Scott Heide, Wellesley College Scholar and Guest in Residence, speaks at Commencement.
1975Sydney E. Ahlstrom Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Sydney E. Ahlstrom delivers “Theology in America: The Major Tradition,” the 17th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series.
1976Sharon Leigh King Speaks at Commencement
Sharon Leigh King, moderator of Woman ’76 on WBZ-TV, speaks at commencement.
1976Timothy H. Breen Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Timothy H. Breen of Northwestern University delivers the 18th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “The Individual and Society in Early America.”