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Pomona
College Holds 114th Commencement on May 13
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Pomona College, one of the nation’s premier liberal arts
colleges, will hold its 114th Commencement Exercises on
Sunday, May 13th, beginning at 2:30 p.m. During the
ceremonies, which will be held in Marston Quad (located
between 4th and 6th St., Claremont), approximately 370
members of the Class of 2007 will receive their
undergraduate degrees.
 Former Sen. Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham (D-Florida) will
deliver the keynote address. Graham was elected to the
United States Senate in 1986 and served until his retirement
in early 2005. During that time he was chair of the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for the 103rd
Congress, and was part of the Select Committee on
Intelligence for the 107th Congress. 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. Graham was first elected to public office in 1966
to the Florida State House of Representatives, and was a
member of the Florida State Senate from 1970-1978. He was
state governor of Florida from 1979-1986. Graham attended
the public schools of Dade County, Florida, and graduated
from the University of Florida, Gainesville in 1959. He
graduated from Harvard Law School in 1962 and was admitted
to the Florida bar in 1962.
Dr. Robert E. Tranquada, M.D., Pomona Class of 1951, and
Mary Patterson McPherson will receive honorary degrees and
speak briefly.
Tranquada 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 also serves
on the board of directors of the Huntington Medical Research
Institutes and Mount San Antonio Gardens. He served as
chairman of the Board of Overseers of the Claremont
University Consortium (The Claremont Colleges) 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. Tranquada graduated from Pomona College
summa cum laude and received his M.D. degree from Stanford
University School of Medicine in 1955. He went on to
establish and direct the Watts Health Center from 1965-69
(now the Watts Health Foundation). He was a member of the
Christopher Commission (The Independent Commission on the
Los Angeles Police Department) in 1991, and chaired the Los
Angeles County Task Force on Health Care Access from
1992-1993. Tranquada is the author of more than 60 published
scientific and educational papers and book chapters. He
received an honorary Sc.D. from the Worcester Polytechnic
Institute in 1988.
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
currently serves on the board of directors of Josiah Macy
Jr. Foundation, JSTOR, The Philadelphia Contributionship and
Goldman Sachs Asset Management. She is on the board of
trustees of Smith College, The American School of Classical
Studies at Athens, Emeriti Retirement Health Solutions, and
The Teagle Foundation. She is also a member of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was vice president of The
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation from 1997 until April 2007.
Prior to joining Bryn Mawr College as an assistant and
fellow in the department of philosophy in 1961, McPherson
was an instructor in philosophy at the University of
Delaware (1959-61).
Rosemary Choate, Pomona College Class of 1963, will receive
the Trustee Medal of Merit. As president of the Pomona
College Alumni Association in 1989-90, Choate helped
initiate two programs that have evolved into staples of
Alumni Weekend programming: the Alumni Symposium and the
Alumni Distinguished Service Award.
Pomona College is one of the nation’s premier liberal arts
institutions, offering a comprehensive program in the arts,
humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. Its
hallmarks include small classes, close relationships between
students and faculty, and a range of opportunities for
student research. Visit Pomona College on the web at
www.pomona.edu. |
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