Williams College Celebrates 223rd Commencement
Williams College President Adam F. Falk conferred bachelor’s degrees on 513 seniors at Commencement, Sunday, June 3, 2012. Master of Arts degrees were awarded to 12 students in the Program in the History of Art, and 30 fellows from the Center for Development Economics received M.A. degrees in Policy Economics.
You can see a selection of photos from Commencement in our Flickr collection.
You can also watch a recorded stream of the entire ceremony, as well as one of the Saturday conversation with honorary degree recipient David Brooks.
The Speeches
- Atul Gawande, Commencement Speaker
- Anna Deavere Smith, Baccalaureate Speaker
- David Brooks, Honorary Degree Recipient
- Kyle V. Martin, Class Speaker, “Catching a Rainbow”
- Anders E. Schneider, Phi Beta Kappa Speaker, “Shift Happens”
- Brian T. Li, Valedictorian, “Made at Williams”
Honorary Degree Citations
- David Brooks, Doctor of Letters
- Delos M. Cosgrove, III ’62, Doctor of Science
- Mary K. Grant, Doctor of Laws
- Anna Deavere Smith, Doctor of Fine Arts
- Atul Gawande, Doctor of Science
Emeriti Citations
- Lynda K. Bundtzen, English
- Robert F. Dalzell, History
- Markes E. Johnson, Geosciences
- Glyn P. Norton, Romance Languages
- Alex W. Willingham, Political Science
- Reiko Yamada, Asian Studies