Wheaton presents honorary degrees

(Left to right: Patricia Arnold '66, Elspeth Rostow, President Crutcher, Cokie Roberts, Kathleen Dennehy '76)

The college presented an honorary doctor of laws degree to Commencement speaker Cokie Roberts, the award-winning broadcast news correspondent.

Also receiving honorary degrees were Kathleen M. Dennehy (Doctor of Laws), commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction and a member of the college's class of 1976; Wheaton Trustee Patricia Higgins Arnold (Doctor of Humane Letters), a longtime volunteer leader in education and a member of the college's class of 1966; and Elspeth Davies Rostow (Doctor of Letters), the Stiles Professor Emerita in American Studies at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas.

Learn more about Wheaton's honorary degree recipients.

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