Pictures of 05.31.05 -- Graduation and the events leading up to it

The main event was on May 31, so we started with a warmup picture ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1274 as I trained Sandra to take many of the pictures that followed. But first, she posed with ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1275 Beatriz Colomina (Architecture) before helping the PADT people ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1276 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1277 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1278 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1279 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1280 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1281 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1282 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1283 get ready for the pictures I was going to take ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1284 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1285 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1286 and maybe for the ceremony. Congratulations to Michael Wood (English), Beatriz Colomina (Architecture), Joao Biehl (Anthropology) and Bob Cava (Chemistry) this years winners. I followed with pictures of Joao, his wife and son ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1287 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1288 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1289 and then Sandra took them outside ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1290 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1291 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1292 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1293 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1294 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1295 for the real rehearsal.
As the assembled continued, we thanked ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1296 Kathy Donnelly for the food and assembled honorary degree winners and friends ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1297 as ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1298 Bill Russel posed and then ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1299 Paul Rauhenbush (Religious Life) and Yo-yo Ma posed. Meanwhile, ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1300 Sandie Bermann was getting reading to lead the parade though there were more pictures ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1301 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1302 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1303 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1304 to be taken before I posed with ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1305 Anne d'Harnoncourt from the Philadelphia Museum of Art and ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1306 Karin Trainer showed her joy at the event as ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1307 Brian McDonald and I chatted before my pictures with ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1308 Wole Soyinka and ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1309 Yo-yo Ma as Bob Rawson ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1310 pondered life post-trustee. A few more pictures, ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1311 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1312 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1313 sent Sandra outside where she watched ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1314 Pablo Debenedetti (Chemical Engineering), Hank Dobin (Dean of College), and Thomas Leisten (Art and Archaeology) assemble as Anne Marie ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1315 got ready to pose with Kai ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1316 as Larry Peterson ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1317 and ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1318 Jeremy Kashdin (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) watched. The crowd ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1319 continued as ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1320 Joe Taylor, my predecessor, appeared in the crowd ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1321 and the students ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1322 and faculty ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1323 seemed ready to march even as Mary ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1324 made one last phone call and ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1325 Marcia Snowden (Assistant to the President) and Raj Vinnakota (Trustee) posed as did ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1326 Laurel Harvey (Administration) getting ready for his first parade.
Now it was getting to be time for our crowd to assemble ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1327 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1328 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1329 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1330 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1331 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1332 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1333 and get ready to march, so Chris ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1334 and I ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1335 had clashing colors as Shirley and Bob Rawson ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1336 appeared and I took this picture of ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1337 Sandra and Mary who make it all work as they took a picture of the 4 of us ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1338 Chris Eisgruber, Shirley Tilghman, Bob Rawson, and David Dobkin who seem responsible for the parade and get to march last. Then Mark B ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1339 appeared and Edwin ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1340 watched as the parade ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1341 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1342 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1343 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1344 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1345 made its way and the people ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1346 Jennifer Bolton ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1347 and Jennifer Bolton, Ann Halliday, and Kathy Donnelly who make it all happen breathed a sigh of relief. The crowd moved ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1348 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1349 and ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1350 2 of the 3 deans -- Anne Marie Slaughter and Maria Klawe -- got ready to march. There was still lots more time for photos ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1351 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1352 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1353 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1354 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1355 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1356 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1357 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1358 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1359 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1360 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1361 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1362 before my group led by ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1363 Tom Breidenthal was ready to go.
We made our way in ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1364 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1365 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1366 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1367 and then Sandra took a break until I started awarding the PADT's ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1368 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1369 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1370 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1371 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1372 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1373 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1374 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1375 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1376 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1377 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1378 and then we were marching out past ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1379 Marcia Snowden and Susan Kovach who helped the president get to and through this event and back to the medics ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1380 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1381 who made sure everyone survived. On the way to lunch, we ran into ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1382 Steve Oxman and Bob and Judy Rawson -- the past and future leadership on the board. Once at lunch, ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1383 Neta Bachall (Astrophysics) appeared and was recorded. Another successful graduation event. That afternoon, Alex Haldeman '03 ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//IMG_1384 stopped by to give me a picture from the Art of Science exhibition.
After the graduation, it was clearly time to celebrate, so we went on tour ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//Gangof4AtTheBeach ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//GangOf4AtTheGates Not to be outdone, the assistants ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//SandraMaryAtBeach ../../../Sabbat/2005/05.23-31.05PeopleAndGraduation//SandraMaryMarciaAtBeach took their own trip to the beach.