Commencement 2011

Williams College Celebrates 222nd Commencement

Williams College President Adam F. Falk conferred bachelor’s degrees on 528 seniors at Commencement, Sunday, June 5, 2011. Master of Arts degrees were awarded to 10 students in theProgram in the History of Art, and 30 fellows from the Center for Development Economics received M.A. degrees in Policy Economics.

To see photos from Commencement, please visit the college’s Flickr collection.

 

The Speeches

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  Cory A. Booker, Commencement Speaker

• Ann Bancroft, Baccalaureate Speaker, “Giving Good Weight”
• Christopher J. Fox, Class Speaker, “Re-flections”
• Gea Hyun Shin, Valedictorian, “What Numbers Can’t Capture”
• Briana Marshall, Phi Beta Kappa Speaker, “16,000 Hours”

Honorary Degree Citations

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  Marina Abramovic, Doctor of Fine Arts

• Ann Bancroft, Doctor of Science
• Cory A. Booker, Doctor of Laws
• Ken Burns, Doctor of Fine Arts
• Bruce Russett ’56, Doctor of Letters
• Margarito “Gary” B. Teves (CDE ’68), Doctor of Laws

Emeritus Citation

• Anne R. Skinner, Senior Lecturer in Chemistry, Emerita

Williams News Releases

May 16, 2011 Olmsted Awards for Secondary School Teachers
March 20, 2011 Williams College Announces its 2011 Honorary Degrees