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Remembering Commencement 2007
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May 13, 2007
As proud families and friends watched, approximately 370
students
received their diplomas during the College's 114th
Commencement on May 13 on Marston Quad, the College's first
outdoor Commencement in three decades.
Students in the Class of 2007 came from as far away as
Brazil, Japan and Zimbabwe. Their majors ran the gamut from
geology to psychology.
As they headed off to graduate fellowships, careers and other
adventures, the class joined the ranks of more than
19,000 Pomona alumni living around the globe.
In his charge to the Class of 2007,
Pomona College President David W. Oxtoby lauded the students
for taking the lead in many campus
environmental initiatives. "In my four years on campus,
I have been struck that so much of the leadership at the
College comes not from the top down but from you, the
students,” said Oxtoby.
“You took the issue of climate change and did not just watch
movies and throw up your hands; instead, you analyzed
College practices and proposed specific strategies to reduce
our carbon footprint; you started a campus climate challenge
that lowered dormitory electricity use. You laid the
groundwork for other critical steps ranging from reducing
water consumption to cutting the number of cars on campus
through a Flexcar rental option,” he noted.
Carter Kenneth Deloro '07 and Senior Class President
Alexandra Ruth Romano '07 gave the student speeches.
Rosemary Choate '63 received the Trustees' Medal of Merit. Honorary degrees
were awarded to:
-- Former Sen. Bob Graham
(D-Florida) was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 and
served until his retirement in early 2005. He also
made a bid for the Democratic Party presidential nomination
in 2004. His book Intelligence Matters: The CIA, The FBI,
Saudi Arabia and the Failure of America’s War on Terror
was released in 2004. He previously served as governor of
Florida.
--
Mary Patterson McPherson is
president emeritus of Bryn Mawr College – she was made
acting president of Bryn Mawr College in 1976 and president
from 1978-97. Effective July 1, 2007, she will be executive
officer of the American Philosophical Society. She is also a
member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
-- Dr. Robert E. Tranquada,
M.D., '51 is a member of the Institute of Medicine of
the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science. He
served as chairman of the Board of Overseers of the
Claremont University Consortium from 2000-06. He is chairman
emeritus of the Board of Trustees of Pomona College and
emeritus trustee of the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied
Life Sciences.
Delivering the keynote address,
Graham urged students to "test life." "If you worked at a
job you liked and thought you were good at it, resist the
temptation to do the same thing again – challenge yourself
with something new. Travel and get to know the world and its
diverse cultures."
Read Graham's full speech |
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