Order of Exercises
Processional
Boston Brass Ensemble
Music by Walton, CPE Bach, Buonamente, Pezel, Elgar
Opening
Deborah Haigh Dluhy '62
Chair, Board of Trustees
Invocation
Vereene Parnell
Associate Dean for Service, Spirituality
and Social Responsibility
Wheaton Hymn*
Words by J. Edgar Park
Music by Herbert J. Jenny
Welcome
Ronald A. Crutcher
President
Greetings
William Vasiliou
President of the Class of 2007
Awarding of Honorary Degrees
Doctor of Letters to Bob Herbert
presented by Patricia A. King '63, Trustee
Doctor of Laws to Kathleen M. O'Donnell '77
presented by Lou Ann Daly '76, Trustee
Doctor of Humane Letters to Deborah Bial
presented by Patricia Higgins Arnold '66, Trustee Emerita
Awarding of Honorary Degree and Address
Doctor of Letters to Freeman A. Hrabowksi, III
presented by Ronald A. Crutcher, President
Charge to the Class of 2007
Ronald A. Crutcher, President
Conferring of Degrees
Bachelor of Arts to members of the Class of 2007
presented by Susanne Woods, Provost; Sue A. Alexander, Dean of Students; and Ronald A. Crutcher, President
Wheaton Anthem*
A Song for the Sesquicentennial 1984
Words and Music by Carlton T. Russell
Grand Parade
Wheaton graduates and honored guests
Clan Sutherland Bagpipe Band
*For words and music to the Wheaton Hymn and the Wheaton Anthem, click here.