Commencement


Frederick Ferre at Commencement, 1974
Frederick Ferre at Commencement, 1974

Philosophy Professor Frederick Ferré holds the Mace during Commencement on June 2, 1974. President Howard Rubendall is behind Professor Ferré.


Leon R. Fitts, 1977
Leon R. Fitts, 1977

Classical Studies professor Leon Fitts, on right, greets Professor Joseph Schiffman of the English department at Commencement in 1977, while Fitts' wife, Mary, looks on.

President Fritschler at Commencement, 1991
President Fritschler at Commencement, 1991

President Fritschler addresses the Class of 1991 at Commencement on May 19, 1991.

Governor Whitman and President Durden at Commencement, 1999
Governor Whitman and President Durden at Commencement, 1999

Three people stand in Memorial Hall at Commencement on May 16, 1999.  President William G. Durden stands on the right and New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman. Whitman receives an honorary Doctor of Laws.

Graduates at Commencement, 1934
Graduates at Commencement, 1934

A group of recent graduates hold their diplomas as they pose for a photograph on June 11, 1934.

Left to right: John Bierei, Franci Maulove, Christina Meredith, G. Wesley Pedlow, William R. Woodward.

Seamus Heaney at Commencement, 1993
Seamus Heaney at Commencement, 1993

Poet Seamus Heaney delivers the commencement address on May 23, 1993.

Julius Held receives Honorary Degree, 1983
Julius Held receives Honorary Degree, 1983

Julius Held receives an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from President Banks at Commencement on May 22, 1983.

Father Theodore Hesburgh at Commencement, 1977
Father Theodore Hesburgh at Commencement, 1977

Father Theodore Hesburgh, who receives an honorary Doctor of Sacred Theology, prays during Commencement on May 15, 1977.

Honorary Degree recipients, 1951
Honorary Degree recipients, 1951

President William Edel '15 (center) and Honorary Degree recipients pose for a group photograph at Commencement on June 3, 1951.

Honorary Degree recipients, 1961
Honorary Degree recipients, 1961

The honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 4, 1961.

Honorary degree recipients are sitting in the front row and they are, from left to right, Rev. Dr. John W. Mckelvey, Colonel Richard H. Ellis, Bishop W. Vernon Mddleton, President Malcolm, Ambassador Wiley...

Honorary Degree recipients, 1964
Honorary Degree recipients, 1964

A group shot inside of Old West of the honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 7, 1964. 

Seated from left to right: Charles Law McCabe, C.D. Jackson, Marchette Chute, President Howard L. Rubendall, Whitfield J. Bell, Jr., Bishop Newel Snow Booth, and...

Honorary Degree recipients, 1965
Honorary Degree recipients, 1965

A group photograph of honorary degree recipients (sitting) and their sponsors at Commencement on June 6, 1965. 

Seated from left to right:  John M. Hoerner ('31), Dr. Mary D. Ames, President Howard L. Rubendall ('31), Nathan M. Pusey, Judge Robert Lee Jacobs ('32), and Dean...

Honorary Degree recipients, 1968
Honorary Degree recipients, 1968

A group photo of the honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 2, 1968.

Seated from left to right: John H. Franklin, James B. Reston, Myron F. Wicke, President Howard Lane Rubendall ('31), Germaine Bree, and John Lear.  Everyone except President...

Honorary Degree recipients, 1967
Honorary Degree recipients, 1967

A group photo of the honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on June 4, 1967.

Seated from left to right: Frederick K. Miller, John H Sibben Jr., President Howard Lane Rubendall ('31), Prince Albert Taylor, and Sidney D. Ripley II.  Everyone except President...

Honorary Degree recipients, 1970
Honorary Degree recipients, 1970

Honorary degree recipients and their sponsors pose for a group photograph during Commencement on May 24, 1970.

Standing from Left to Right: Professor Joseph Schiffman, Professor Horace Rogers ('24), Professor Paul Kaylor, Professor William Dornemann, and Professor Dan Bechtel....

Honorary Degree Recipients, 1973
Honorary Degree Recipients, 1974

The honorary degree recipients and their sponsors at Commencement on May 20, 1973.

The sponsors are standing from left to right are Dan Bechtel, Frederick Ferre, Dorothy Culp, Ed Hanner, and Priscilla Laws.

Seated from left to right: John Brooke Mosley, Jr., Leonard...

Honorary Degree Recipients, 1998
Honorary Degree Recipients, 1998

Honorary degree recipients pose with President Fritschler on May 17, 1998 at commencement. 

Left to Right: Sidney D. Kline Jr. '54, Susan Stewart, Lloyd John Ogilvie, President A. Lee Fritschler, Richard Staar '48, Pavel Sarkisov, and David McCullough

Matina Horner receives a Honorary Degree, 1973
Matina Horner receives a Honorary Degree, 1973

Matina Horner receives an honorary Doctor of Laws from President Howard Rubendall ('31) at Commencement on May 20, 1973. Horner's faculty sponsor, English Professor Dorothy Culp (center), looks on.

Jacob Javits at Commencement, 1972
Jacob Javits at Commencement, 1972

Jacob Javits deliverers the Commencement address on May 21, 1972. Javits also receives an honorary Doctor of Laws.

Maria Johnson at Commencement, 1989
Maria Johnson at Commencement, 1989

Maria Johnson ('89) shakes hands with President Fritschler at Commencement on May 21, 1989.

Michael B. Kline, 1984
Michael B. Kline, 1984

Michael Kline, Professor of French, speaking at Commencement in May 1984.

Ruth C. Kline at Commencement, 1994
Ruth C. Kline at Commencement, 1994

Ruth C. Kline, the President of the Class of 1994, presents the Constance and Rose Ganoe Memorial Award at Commencement on May 22, 1994. The senior class votes to determine which faculty member receives the award.


Harold Hongju Koh at Commencement, 2000
Harold Hongju Koh at Commencement, 2000

Honorary degree recipient Harold Hongju Koh stands at the podium and delivers the Commencement address on May 14, 2000. Koh is the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Robert E. Leyon, 1998
Robert E. Leyon, 1998

Professor of Chemistry Robert Leyon holds the College Mace at Commencement on May 17, 1998.

Zatae Longsdorff and Josephine Meredith, 1937
Zatae Longsdorff and Josephine Meredith, 1937

Dr. Zatae Longsdorff Straw (Class of 1887) and Dean of Women Josephine Meredith (Class of 1901) at Commencement in 1937.

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