The Inauguration of
Catharine Bond Hill
Tenth President of Vassar College
Sunday, the twenty-ninth of October
Two thousand six
one o’clock in the afternoon
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, New York
Order of Exercises
Processional |
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Student Representatives |
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Welcome |
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William A. Plapinger ’74 |
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Greetings |
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From the Community
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Robert R. Dyson President, Dyson Foundation |
From the Students
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Abel McDonnell ’07 President, Vassar Student Association |
From the Alumnae and Alumni
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Margaret Venecek Johnson ’84 President, Alumnae and Alumni of Vassar College, and Trustee, Vassar College |
From the Faculty
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Mary Lyndon Shanley Professor of Political Science on the Margaret Stiles Halleck Chair, Vassar College |
From the Seven College Conference
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Diana Chapman Walsh President, Wellesley College |
From the Ivy League
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Donald J. Brown Phillip R. Allen Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Yale University |
Music by the Vassar College Choir |
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Remarks |
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Morton Owen Schapiro |
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Installation of the President |
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William A. Plapinger ’74 |
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Inaugural Address |
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Catharine Bond Hill |
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Music by the Vassar College Choir |
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Recessional |
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All guests at the inauguration are invited to the reception
immediately following the ceremony, in the Athletics and Fitness Center.
Fireworks still scheduled to follow at 5:00 p.m.
View schedule of Inauguration events
If you have questions or need special accommodations, please contact Beth Fargis-Lancaster, director of inaugural events.
Telephone: 845-437-5902
E-mail: inauguration@vassar.edu