Comments on: Slideshow: 27 Commencement moments /news/2014/05/28/slideshow-twentysomething-commencement-moments/ Tue, 28 May 2024 14:38:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: Jay Burns /news/2014/05/28/slideshow-twentysomething-commencement-moments/#comment-48193 Thu, 29 May 2014 21:07:20 +0000 /news/?p=78983#comment-48193 In reply to William R. Matteson.

And your class, Bill, is credited with convincing Reynolds to move Commencement from the prior years’ indoor location (the local armory) to the gorgeous and classy current location on the steps of Coram on the Quad.

]]> By: William R. Matteson /news/2014/05/28/slideshow-twentysomething-commencement-moments/#comment-48171 Thu, 29 May 2014 19:40:15 +0000 /news/?p=78983#comment-48171 Seems like only yesterday that my parents and grandparents gathered on the quad for my graduation in 1971. Sawyer Sylvester (carrying the mace in above photo) was a new young professor in the sociology dept. Thomas Hedley Reynolds was president. Coretta Scott King was our commencement speaker. Great to see the traditions continue at ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½. It is a special place and continues to turn out thoughtful, caring individuals. Thanks for all the wonderful pictures of this special moment.

Bill Matteson ’71

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