Opposite: Leading the academic procession fromBaker Library, Dean Edward J. Shanahan isflanked by Governor John Sununu (to his right)and President David T. McLaughlin.
Honorary degree recipients with the President. Standing, from, left to right: Prof. Walter Stockmayer, Joseph Lane Kirkland, Toni Morrison, William Redington Hewlett andJustin Stanley.Sitting: Paul A. Volcker, President McLaughlin, and Sen. Paul Tsongas.
Four newly-minted Dartmouth Ph.D.s with the pine tree symbol adorning their gowns, heft to right:Craig LeHoullier, Robert McCarthy, Robert Magnien, and Lawrence Malinconico.
Senior Tenagne Haile-Mariam gets a hug from,her mother, who travelled all the way fromEthiopia for her daughter's graduation. Tenagne, who has been accepted at DartmouthMedical School but does not qualify for go vernment or MELCO loans because of her citizenship, will spend the next year working to saveenough money for her med school education.
Valedictorian Stephen Jennings along with Class Mars hallsEvalyn Kragh and Leslie Skinner.
Cup Bearer and Bezaleel Woodward FellowEdward Connery Lathem '51, resplendent inhis Oxford gown, holds the Lord DartmouthCup firmly in his grasp. To his left, PaulPaganucci '53, Commencement Steward andVice President of the College, carries a burnished container containing a fascimile of theCollege charter.