CEREMONY

Greetings

Governor Deval Patrick
On behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Alice Hanlon Peisch, State Representative
On behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Susan Hockfield, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
On behalf of institutions of higher learning

Joanne Creighton, President, Mount Holyoke College
On behalf of institutions of higher learning dedicated to educating women

C. Megan Urry, Israel Munson Professor of Physics
Director, Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
On behalf of the community of scientists

Laura Daignault Gates '72, President,
Wellesley College Alumnae Association
On behalf of the Wellesley College alumnae

Lucia M. Nhamo '11
On behalf of the students

Murray S. Wolf
Head of Shop, Maintenance Services
On behalf of the union staff

Ann Hamilton
Registrar
On behalf of the administrative staff

Richard G. French
Louise Sherwood McDowell and
Sarah Frances Whiting Professor of
Astrophysics
On behalf of the faculty