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
Claudia Lucia Rodezno
President of the Class of 2009
Awarding of Honorary Degrees
Doctor of Humane Letters to Donna Hurd Drohan '69
presented by Joshua A. Bauchner '95, Alumnae/i Trustee
Doctor of Letters to Sandra Ohrn Moose '63
presented by Deborah Haigh Dluhy '62, Chair, Board of Trustees
Doctor of Science to Anne J. Neilson '49
presented by Winston R. Hindle, Jr., Former Chair, Board of Trustees
Awarding of Honorary Degree and Address
Doctor of Laws to Governor Deval Laurdine Patrick
presented by Ronald A. Crutcher, President
Charge to the Class of 2009
Ronald A. Crutcher, President
Conferring of Degrees
Bachelor of Arts to members of the Class of 2009
presented by Elita Pastra-Landis '69, Interim Provost and
Ronald A. Crutcher, President
Wheaton Anthem
A Song for the Sesquicentennial 1984
Words and music by Carlton T. Russell
Professor of Music Emeritus
Grand Parade
Wheaton graduates and honored guests
Clan Sutherland Bagpipe Band
