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INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Kim Bottomly Inaugural Address of H. Kim Bottomly

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COMPLETE INAUGURATION CEREMONY
PROCESSIONAL  
Processional Faculty, Staff, and Class of 2008

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INVOCATION  
Induction Victor H. Kazanjian, Jr.
Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life

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Greetings
Deval Patrick
The Honorable Deval L. Patrick
Governor

On behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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

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

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

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

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

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Lucia M. Nhamo Lucia M. Nhamo
Class of 2011
On behalf of the students

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

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Ann Hamilton Ann Hamilton '67
Registrar
On behalf of the administrative staff

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

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Interlude
Interlude

Wellesley College Choir
Lift Thine Eyes from "Elijah" by Felix Mendelssohn

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INDUCTION OF THE PRESIDENT
Induction Alecia A. DeCouDreauz '76
Chair, Board of Trustees


Ceremonial presentation of the College charter, seal, and keys

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INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Kim Bottomly Inaugural Address of H. Kim Bottomly

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Investigation Panels
Science Center Panel Panel One, Science Center 277
Martha McClintock '69
, University of Chicago
Brian Tjaden, Computer Science, Wellesley College
Leila Toplic '01, Microsoft

Kaye Peterman, Biological Sciences, Wellesley College (moderator)

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Jewett Panel Panel Two, Jewett Auditorium
Phyllis McGibbon, Art, Wellesley College (moderator)
Liz Ogbu '98, Public Architect
Robert Paarlberg, Political Science
, Wellesley College
C. Megan Urry, Astrophysicist, Yale University

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EVENING CELEBRATION
Evolution
Evolution: Various Student and Faculty Performers
Thursday May 8, 2008

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