Williams College Celebrates 229th Commencement
On Sunday, June 3, 2018, Williams College Interim President Protik (Tiku) Majumder conferred bachelor’s degrees on 540 seniors. Master of Arts degrees were awarded to 14 students in the Program in the History of Art, and 28 fellows from the Center for Development Economics received M.A. degrees in Policy Economics.
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The Ceremonies
The Speeches
- Commencement Welcome from Interim President Protik Majumder
- Bob Schieffer, Commencement speaker
- Janet Murguía, Baccalaureate speaker
- Brian E. Benitez, Class Speaker, “A March to the Sea”
- Jackson D. Barber, Phi Beta Kappa Speaker, “Surviving the End of the World (and How to Rebuild)”
- Anna L. DeLoi, Valedictorian, “School”
Honorary Degree Citations
- Bob Schieffer, Doctor of Laws
- Janet Murguía, Doctor of Laws
- John Winslow Irving, Doctor of Letters
- Mona Hanna-Attisha, Doctor of Science
Emeriti Citations
- Henry W. Art, Rosenburg Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology, Emeritus
- Robert H. Bell, Frederick Latimer Wells Professor of English, Emeritus
- David P. Dethier, Edward Brust Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, Emeritus
- David Eppel, Professor of Theatre, Emeritus
- Zirka Z. Filipczak, J. Kirk T. Varnedoe ’67 Professor of Art, Emerita
- Robert Jackall, Willmott Family Third Century Professor of Sociology & Public Affairs, Emeritus
- Lawrence J. Kaplan, Halford R. Clark Professor of Natural Sciences, Emeritus
- Charles M. Lovett, Jr., Philip and Dorothy Schein Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
- Lawrence E. Raab, Harry C. Payne Professor of Poetry, Emeritus
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