CR 2005 > Commencement > exercises
Order of Exercises
Processional
Boston Brass Ensemble
Bob Pettipaw, Conductor
Music by Walton, Bach, Buonamente, Pezel, Elgar
Opening
Adrienne B. Mars '58
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees
Invocation
The Reverend Carlton T. Russell S'64
Professor of Music and College Organist, Emeritus
Wheaton Hymn*
Words by J. Edgar Park
Music by Herbert J. Jenny
Welcome
Ronald A. Crutcher
President
Greetings
Lisa Megnath
President of the Class of 2005
Awarding of Honorary Degrees
Doctor of Humane Letters to Alexandra Marshall '65
presented by Denise Jefferson '65, Trustee
Doctor of Laws to Jean J. Beard '65
presented by Lesley Stahl '63, Trustee Emerita
Awarding of Honorary Degree and Address
Doctor of Laws to Charlayne Hunter-Gault
presented by Deborah Haigh Dluhy '62, Trustee
Charge to the Class of 2005
Ronald A. Crutcher, President
Conferring of Degrees
Bachelor of Arts to members of the Class of 2005
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.
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