Stories about "Class of 1996"
Bates College commencement report
Monday, May 27, 1996 11:43 am
Honorary degrees: Peter J. Gomes, minister of the Memorial Church and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard University; Natalie Webber Gulbrandsen, president of the International Association for Religious Freedom; and Edward O. Wilson, entomologist and Pellegrino University Professor at Harvard
Profile of class of 1996
Monday, May 27, 1996 11:41 am
Total graduates: 383 Men: 182 Women: 201 Total bachelor of arts degrees…
Local residents among 1996 graduates
Monday, May 27, 1996 11:39 am
Fifteen area residents received bachelor's degrees during Bates College's 130th commencement exercises on Monday (May 27) in an outdoor ceremony on the main quadrangle. The distinguished Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe delivered the commencement address to an audience of some 3,000.
Bates Commencement Slated for May 27; Achebe to Speak
Thursday, May 16, 1996 11:36 am
Joining Achebe as honorary-degree recipients will be one of America's most eloquent ministers, Peter J. Gomes, a Bates alumnus; human-rights activist Natalie Webber Gulbrandsen, a Bates alumna; and entomologist Edward O. Wilson. Harward will confer bachelor's degrees on approximately 390 seniors in an outdoor ceremony at 10 a.m. in front of Coram Library, following the traditional procession of seniors and faculty, which will be led by bagpipers. In case of rain, the graduation exercise will be held in the Margaret Hopkins Merrill Gymnasium.