The main event was on May 31, so we started with a warmup picture
as I trained Sandra to take many of the pictures that followed. But first,
she posed with
Beatriz Colomina (Architecture) before helping the PADT people
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As the assembled continued, we thanked
Kathy Donnelly
for the food and assembled honorary degree winners and friends
as
Bill Russel
posed and then
Paul Raushenbush (Religious Life) and
Yo-yo Ma posed. Meanwhile,
Sandie Bermann was getting reading to lead the parade though there were more
pictures
to be taken before I posed with
Anne d'Harnoncourt from the Philadelphia Museum of Art
and
Karin Trainer showed her joy at the event as
Brian McDonald and I chatted before my pictures with
Wole Soyinka and
Yo-yo Ma as Bob Rawson
pondered life post-trustee.
A few more pictures,
sent Sandra outside where she watched
Pablo Debenedetti (Chemical Engineering),
Hank Dobin (Dean of College), and
Thomas Leisten (Art and Archaeology) assemble as Anne Marie
got ready to pose with Kai
as Larry Peterson
and
Jeremy Kashdin (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
watched. The crowd
continued as
Joe Taylor, my predecessor, appeared in the crowd
and the students
and faculty
seemed ready to march even as Mary
made one last phone call and
Marcia Snowden (Assistant to the President) and
Raj Vinnakota (Trustee) posed as did
Laurel Harvey (Administration) getting ready for his first parade.
Now it was getting to be time for our crowd to assemble
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We made our way in
and then Sandra took a break until I started awarding the PADT's
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After the graduation, it was clearly time to celebrate, so we went on tour
Not to be outdone, the assistants
took their own trip to the beach.