George Charles Roche III, president of Hillsdale College, delivers the 19th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Myth and Self-Image.”
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.
1978John Arthur Thomas Robinson Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Right Reverend John Arthur Thomas Robinson delivers the 20th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Truth is Two-Eyed: The Religious Dialogue Between East and West.”
1979Lesley Stahl Speaks at Commencement
Lesley Stahl, class of 1963 and CBS Washington correspondent, speaks at the 1979 and 1989 Commencement.
1979John Arthur Martin Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor John Arthur Martin delivers the 21st Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Responsible Religion and the Life of the Spirit.”
1980Perdita Constance Huston Speaks at Commencement
Perdita Constance Huston, Peace Corps Regional Director, speaks at Commencement.
1980Elena Malits Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Elena Malits of St. Mary’s College delivers “Autobiography and the Religious Quest,” the 22nd Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture.
1981Maya Angelou Speaks at Commencement
Maya Angelou, author, poet, and actress, speaks at Commencement.
1981Van A. Harvey Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Van A. Harvey of Stanford University delivers the 23rd Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, consisting of three lectures, “Religion as Projection: Beams and Grids,” “The Gods as Personifications” and “Religion as Symbolic Grids.”
1981Walter J. Burghardt Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Walter J. Burghardt of Georgetown University delivers the 24th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Free Like God: Three Ways of Understanding Who We Are.”
1982Garry Trudeau Speaks at Commencement
Gary Trudeau, political satirist and Doonesbury cartoonist, speaks at Commencement.
1982Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty of the University of Chicago delivers the 25th Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “The Testing of Reality in Indian Mythology.”
1983Barbara Walters Speaks at Commencement
Barbara Walters, TV journalist and interviewer, speaks at Commencement.
1984Jehan al-Sadat Speaks at Commencement
Jehan el-Sadat, widow of Anwar Sadat, speaks at Commencement.
1984Bryant M. Kirkland Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Reverend Doctor Bryant M. Kirkland of New York’s Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church delivers the Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Creative Response to Life in the Nuclear Age.”
1984Harvey G. Cox and Victor S. Thomas Deliver Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Harvey G. Cox, a Baptist minister, and Professor Victor S. Thomas of Harvard deliver the Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Religion and Politics: New Choices Needed.”
1985Sandra Day O’Connor Speaks at Commencement
Sandra Day O’Connor, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, speaks at Commencement.
1985Roger Wilkins Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Roger Wilkins, journalist, author, anti-apartheid leader and partner of Patricia A. King 1963, delivers the Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “The Gift of Rage and the Temptation of America.”
1986Gloria Steinem Speaks at Commencement
Gloria Steinem, author of The Second Sex, speaks at Commencement.