Professor Steven Katz of Cornell delivers the Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “The Holocaust in Historical Context.”
1988Marian Wright Edelman Speaks at Commencement
Marian Wright Edelman, Founder and President of the Children’s Defense Fund, speaks at Commencement.
1988Ninian Smark Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Ninian Smark of UC Santa Barbara delivers the Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “The Response of World Religions to Modernity.”
1989Caroline Walker Bynum Delivers Otis Memorial Lecture Series
Professor Caroline Walker Bynum of Columbia University, a MacArthur Fellow, delivers the Marjorie Otis Memorial Lecture Series, “Bodily Miracles and the Resurrection of the Body in the High Middle Ages.”
1990Paul Tsongas Speaks at Commencement
Paul Tsongas, the former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, speaks at Commencement.
1990C. Everett Koop Receives Otis Social Justice Award
Wheaton inaugurated the Otis Social Justice Award with its first recipient, Dr. C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General, on November 30, 1990. The event included Koop’s keynote, entitled “Health Care: Crisis and Opportunity,” and a panel presentation, “Rationing Health Care:… Read More »
1991William Weld Speaks at Commencement
The Honorary William Weld, the Governor of Massachusetts, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree.
1992Patricia Ann King Speaks at Commencement for a Second Time
Patricia A. King, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, speaks at Commencement.
1992Roger Wilkins Speaks at Commencement
Roger Wilkins, Professor of History at George Mason University, speaks at Commencement.
1992Jonathan Kozol Receives Otis Social Justice Award
Jonathan Kozol, author of Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools, receives the second Otis Social Justice Award. A panel presentation entitled “Schools and Society: Partnerships That Make the Grade” included Betsy. A Nelson 1959 of Boston Partners in Education, Donald… Read More »
1993Carl Sagan Speaks at Commencement
Carl Sagan, Professor of Astronomy & Planetary Studies at Cornell University, speaks at Commencement.
1994Connie Chung Povich Speaks at Commencement
Constance “Connie” Chung Povich, a broadcast journalist, speaks at Commencement.
1995Christine Todd Whitman Speaks at Commencement
Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey, speaks at Commencement.
1996Catharine R. Stimpson Speaks at Commencement
Catharine R. Stimpson, feminist scholar, author, and editor of Skins, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree.
1997Ruth Bader and Martin D. Ginsburg Speak at Commencement
The Honorary Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and Martin D. Ginsburg, author and Professor of Law at Georgetown University, speak at Commencement.
1997Marian Wright Edelman Receives Otis Social Justice Award
The third Otis Social Justice Award is given to Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund. Her keynote is entitled “Standing Strong and Together for Children.”
1998Robert B. Reich Speaks at Commencement
Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy and University Professor at Brandeis University, speaks at Commencement.
1998Bill Richardson Receives Otis Social Justice Award
Governor Bill Richardson, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, is given the fourth Otis Social Justice Award. Preceding his keynote was a panel entitled “Human Rights: What Are They Anyway?” with Professors Paul Helmreich, David Powell, Jeanne Wilson and… Read More »
1999Mark Whitaker Speaks at Commencement
Mark Whitaker, journalist and editor of Newsweek, speaks at Commencement.
2000Janet Reno Speaks
US Attorney General, Janet Reno, delivers the thirtieth annual Miriam Lee Tropp Lecture. Nominated by President Bill Clinton and confirmed in 1993, Janet Reno was the first woman to hold the post.