TRINITY REPORTER VOLUME 6 NUMBER 7
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RECEIVED
JUN 2 Z 1976
TRINITY COLLEGE, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
JUNE, 1976
Largest Class in History Graduates During the Moments of Waiting ...
WAITING FOR THE WORD to mount the platform from Commencement Assistant Marshal Dr. James West, Ralph De Lucia prepares to receive degree. To the left is Sarah Detwiler.
FACULTY Secretary George STIFF breeze forces Baccalaureate flag bearer Cooper checks notes alongside Henry Riely '77 to support staff during the Faculty Dean Edwin Nye. morning service.
MACE BEARER Kathleen Freder- GOVERNOR'S Foot Guard Band watches for ick prepares to carry 20-lb. load. signal to play "Neath the Elms."
To the strains of the Processional March played by 路 the First Company, Governor's Foot Guard Band, the largest class in Trinity history wound its way down the Long Walk for the last time as undergraduates. Waiting for them under the outstretched arm of Bishop Brownell was an overflow audience of about 4,000 well-wishers. When the ceremony was over Trinity had acquired 458 alumni with bachelor's degrees and 70 with master's degrees. Seven persons were awarded honorary degrees. In his charge to the senior class, President Lockwood said in part, "We all look ahead with uncertainty. Yet, whatever our positions, we know that we want to create a world of our own making, received but not precast. We hope that somehow we may make a mark on the world we inherited . . . . We are linked with one another; we define our humanity by both our contemplation and our action. I have only this simple message: do it your own way, but do it humanely .... " The College awarded honorary degrees to Mary Ellen Avery, M.D., professor of pediatrics at Harvard University; 路 Ostrom Enders, retired Hartford business executi~e and civic leader of Avon, Conn.; Harry J. Gray, chief executive officer, president and chairman of United Technologies; Frank S. Jones, professor of urban affairs at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; The Right Reverend RobertS. Kerr '40, Episcopal Bishop of Vermont; Robert B. O'Connor '16, architect and consultant; and W. Anthony Paddon, M.D. '35, director of Grenfell Association Northern Medical Services of Labrador. This year's graduates came from 32 states plus Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia and four foreign countries. The class included the largest number of women to graduate since the College went coeducational in 1969. The Bachelor of Arts degree was
awarded to 358 students and the Bachelor of Science degree to 100. Valedictorian was Stephen J. Poole of Wilmington, Del., a biology major, Phi Beta Kappa, Holland Scholar and honorary H.E. Russell Fellow, who also received honors in general scholarship and departmental honors in biology. Susan Anne McGill of Glastonbury, Conn. was Salutatorian. A biochemistry major, Phi Beta Kappa, W.H. Russell Fellow, Holland Scholar and Krieble Scholar, she also received honors in general scholarship and departmental honors in chemistry.
President Lockwood Thirteen other students received Honors in general scholarship. They are Donald C. Baur of Meriden, Conn., also with honors in history; Phyllis K. Roberts of White Plains, N.Y. ; Michele E. Veseskis of Hartford, also with honors in English; Timothy A. Cross of East Sandwich, Mass., also with honors in chemistry; Thomas E. Bell of Berwin, Pa., also with honors in biology; Daniel S. Silver of Manchester, Conn., also with honors in mathematics; Steven M. Salky of Memphis, Tenn.; Paul R. Sachs of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., also with honors in psychology; Alan S. Hergert of Au(continued on page 2)
CAMERAS and seniors ready, music and procession begin.