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WELLESLEY COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT, 1993
Wellesley, MA -- Presiding over Wellesley College's 115th
Commencement Exercises today, President Nannerl Overholser
Keohane presented Bachelor of Arts degrees to 597 women,
including 35 Davis Scholars. Today's ceremonies mark the end
of Keohane's 12-year tenure as Wellesley's President and the
beginning of her new post as President of Duke University.
The 11th President of Wellesley and the third alumna to lead
the New England liberal arts college for women, Keohane goes
on to join the handful of women at the helms of the nation's
major research universities. Luella Gross Goldberg,
currently Chair of the Wellesley Board of Trustees and a
1958 graduate, will become Acting President of the College
on June 30. "Under Nan Keohane's leadership, Wellesley
College has grown in stature as a national leader in the
education of women," Goldberg said. "Hers is a legacy rich
in intellectual and tangible assets alike, and she has
helped to chart a course for Wellesley that has taken us
into the 90s with vision, wisdom, and a renewed dedication
to our mission of educating women who will make a difference
in the world."
Gloria Steinem delivered the Commencement address. Amid a
display of international flags signifying the various
countries represented by members of the graduating class,
Steinem addressed a crowd of over 1500, including seniors,
their guests, faculty and staff in the College's Academic
Quadrangle.
Steinem, cofounder of Ms. Magazine and one of the
country's most widely read writers, is also a feminist
organizer and lecturer and appears frequently on television
and radio. Her most recent book, Revolution from Within: the
Book of Self-Esteem, was published in 1992 by Little, Brown.
Other writings include Outrageous Acts and Everyday
Rebellions and Marilyn: Norma Jeane, a book about Marilyn
Monroe.
Her writing has also appeared in New York Magazine, a
weekly she helped to found in 1968 and where she served as
political columnist until 1972, and in magazines,
newspapers, and anthologies here and internationally. She
has also been a staunch advocate of women and minorities
running for political office.
Kelly Anne McCutcheon, a political science major,
delivered the student commencement speech on behalf of the
graduating class, a tradition begun at Wellesley in 1969 by
another graduating senior and political science major,
Hillary Rodham Clinton. McCutcheon is a resident of
Marlborough, New Hampshire.
President Keohane announced the three winners of the
Pinanski Prize for Excellence in Teaching and the
retirements of four distinguished faculty members: Eugene L.
Cox, Mary Jewett Gaiser Professor of History; Rene Galand,
Professor of French; Maja J. Goth, Carla Wenckenbach
Professor of German; and Alice B. Robinson, Professor of
History. She also announced the establishment of two new
professorships at Wellesley, The Luella LaMer Professorship
for Women's Studies and The Phyllis Henderson Carey
Associate Professorship in Music. The first holders of those
Chairs will be Associate Professor of Women's Studies, Susan
Reverby and Associate Professor of Music, Charles B. Fisk,
respectively.
On Thursday, May 27, Carlos A. Vega, Associate Professor
of Spanish delivered the Baccalaureate address, "To Savor
The Moment."
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