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Catharine B. Hill

Inaugural Ceremony Archive

The text and video for each part of the ceremony are below. You will need Windows Media Player 9 or 10 to view the videos.

Photos

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Processional

 
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Welcome

 
photo of William Plapinger

William A. Plapinger ’74
Chair, Vassar College Board of Trustees

Greetings

 
photo of Robert Dyson

From the Community

 

Robert R. Dyson
President, Dyson Foundation
photo of Abel McDonnell

From the Students

 

Abel McDonnell ’07
President, Vassar Student Association
photo of Abel McDonnell

From the Alumnae and Alumni

 

Margaret Venecek Johnson ’84
President, Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College, and Trustee, Vassar College
photo of Mary Shanley

From the Faculty

 

Mary Lyndon Shanley
Professor of Political Science on the Margaret Stiles Halleck Chair, Vassar College
photo of Diana Walsh

From the Seven College Conference

 

Diana Chapman Walsh
President, Wellesley College
photo of Donald Brown

From the Ivy League

 

Donald J. Brown
Phillip R. Allen Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Yale University

Music by the Vassar College Choir
Christine Howlett, director

Remarks

 
photo of Morton Owen Schapiro

Morton Owen Schapiro
President, Williams College

Installation of the President

 

William A. Plapinger ’74
Chair, Vassar College Board of Trustees

Inaugural Address

 
photo of Catherine Hill

Catharine Bond Hill

Music by the Vassar College Choir
Christine Howlett, director

Recessional

 
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