WAVELENGTHS
photos by John Andreas, Kevin Colton, Loren Long
Honorary degree recipients John Grotzinger ’79, Sc.D.’13, mission leader for the Mars Science Laboratory; Maureen Curley LL.D.’13, president of Campus Compact; Mara O’Laughlin ’66, L.H.D.’13, former assistant VP for the performing arts initiative; James Carville LL.D.’13, political commentator, and President Mark D. Gearan pose for a photo.
Commencement speaker James Carville LL.D. ’13 points to his baseball hat, which, with a fleur-de-lis and Hobart and William Smith tassels, was a nod to the strong connections between his hometown of New Orleans and the Colleges. HWS students took eight trips to New Orleans to help with postKatrina projects.
Student speakers were Drew Oliveira ‘13 (left) and Renee Jensen ‘13 (right). Oliveira recalled words spoken by Associate Professor of Religious Studies Richard Salter ‘86, P’15 who taught Oliveira’s first year seminar: “You have to give a part of yourself to a place before you can call it your home.” Jensen noted “To be able to look around and know almost all of your class is one of the things that makes Hobart and William Smith so great.”
The Hobart and William Smith Classes of 2013 process side by side down the hill.
Families celebrate during the 2013 Commencement ceremony.
Greg Searles ’13 films the day’s events from his mortarboard. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
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