Williams College Celebrates 227th Commencement
On Sunday, June 5, 2016, Williams College President Adam F. Falk conferred bachelor’s degrees on 538 seniors. Master of Arts degrees were awarded to 10 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.
See our Commencement 2016 Facebook photo album and some collections on Flickr, and check back in the coming days for more video and photos!
The Ceremonies
The Speeches
- Bryan Stevenson, Commencement speaker
- Elizabeth Kolbert, Baccalaureate speaker
- Leehom Wang, honorary degree recipient
- Eric Carle, honorary degree recipient
- Frank Deford, honorary degree recipient
- Justin Jones, Class Speaker, “No Limit”
- Todd M. Hall, Phi Beta Kappa Speaker, “Unseamed” (Dewey Prize)
- Lucy E. Page, Valedictorian, “Back to the Basics”
Honorary Degree Citations
- Bryan Stevenson, Doctor of Laws
- Elizabeth Kolbert, Doctor of Letters
- Sarah Bolton, Doctor of Science
- Eric Carle, Doctor of Fine Arts
- Frank Deford, Doctor of Letters
- Carrie Hessler-Radelet, Doctor of Laws
- David Henry Hwang, Doctor of Letters
- Leehom Wang, Doctor of Music
Emeriti Citations
- Donald deB. Beaver, Professor of History of Science
- Charles W. Haxthausen, Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art History
- Saul M. Kassin, Massachusetts Professor of Psychology
- Frank Morgan, Webster Atwell — Class of 1921 Professor of Mathematics