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Revision as of 17:06, 15 October 2008
The Opening Convocation was moved to September in 1962, replacing the Fall Honors Convocation which was previously held in October. It was restarted in 1993 with the College's 300th anniversary, and marks the beginning of the new academic session. Held on the Sunken Garden side of the Wren Building, it includes the formal introduction of the Freshman Class.
Speakers
1962 Davis Y. Paschall, W&M President
1963 Davis Y. Paschall, W&M President
1964 Davis Y. Paschall, W&M President
1965 Davis Y. Paschall, W&M President
1966 Davis Y. Paschall, W&M President
1967 Davis Y. Paschall, W&M President
1968 Davis Y. Paschall, W&M President
1969 Davis Y. Paschall, W&M President
1970 held on Sept 18, no articles in Flat Hat or Colonial Echo, speaker probably Davis Y. Paschall, W&M President
1971 Thomas A. Graves - W&M President
1972-1992 Opening Convocation not held during these years
1993 Maya Angelou – Author and Poet. First Opening Convocation since 1971
1994 Charles McDowell – Political Columnist
1995 David McCullough – Author and Historian
1996 Father Charles A. Kelly - campus minister from St.Bede’s Catholic Church
1997 Mark D. Gearan – Peace Corps Director
1998 William Barr – former US Attorney General
1999 Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune columnist
2000 Andrew Zawacki, class of '94
2001 Michael Powell, '85, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
2002 David Brown ’78 - Space Shuttle Columbia Astronaut (died Feb 2003 when Columbia shuttle disintegrated during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere)
2003 James B. Comey ’82 - former U.S. Deputy Attorney General
2004 Sarah Kemp Brady, ’64 – Political Activist
2005 John Lewis – US Congressman
2006 Warren W. Buck, Ph.D., '76- former chancellor of the University of Washington-Bothell and prominent physicist
2007 Dr. Michelle Whitehurst-Cook ’75 - Associate Dean for admissions to the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical School
| A Note About The Contents Of This Wiki |
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| Unfortunately, many of the early original records of the College of William and Mary were destroyed by fire, military occupation, and the normal effects of time. The information available here is the best available from known documents and sources at the time it was written. Information in this wiki is not complete as new information continues to be uncovered in the SCRC's collections and elsewhere. Researchers are strongly encouraged to use the SCRC's access tools for their research as the information contained in this wiki is by no means comprehensive. |
