LAURELS

Biographies of the honorary degree recipients and excerpts of the citations by President Freedman.

As a young actress, Bloom entered the limelight when Charlie Chaplin cast her in "Limelight." Bloom later became a leading player at die Old Vic. Her film credits include "Charley," "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold," and the television series "Brideshead Revisited."

"With a rare personal grace and a remarkable professional discipline, you have illuminated the theatre on both sides of the Atlantic for more than three decades."

Adams, former provost of the University of Chicago, became secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1984. An anthropologist and archaeologist, he is an expert on Mesopotamian civilization.

"In emphasizing the international and interdisciplinary dimensions of the Smithsonian's agenda, you have set for yourself and your colleagues a challenge both worthy of the Americas' aspirations and essential to the . welfare of the planet."

In July 1987, as president of the NewYork Public Library, Gregorian deliveredthe keynote address at the inauguration ofPresident Freedman. Last fall, he becamepresident of Brown University.

"Scholar, teacher. . . bibliophile and academic leader, you are one of lie brightest stars in this country's intellectual firmament. After coming to this country as a young man, you embarked upon a distinguished career as historian and teacher. You have fulfilled America's most fundamental aspirations, as a defender of intellectual freedom, a champion of the life of the mind, and a happy warrior in the tournanent of ideas."

Koop was known for his pioneering achievements as a pediatric surgeon before becoming Surgeon General in 1981.

"..you have crusaded for greater awareess of the dangers of alcohol abuse, tobacco addiction, and the evastating threat of AIDS. Your candor and fearlessness in meeting our responsibilities have demonstrated that the Surgeon General of he United States can be hazardous to this nation's complacency."

Waugh joined the faculty of M.I.T. in 1953 and now holds the position of Institute Professor.

"Your imaginative and versatile study of nuclear magnetic resonance lias ranged from basic physical theory to widespread chemical and biological applications. It has played a central role in revolutionizing the ways in which chemists detect, analyze and understand the structures of molecules they create."

In 1964 Brodsky was convicted by the Soviet Union of "social parasitism" and sentenced to hard labor. Eight years later, he was expelled from the country. A collection of essays, Less Than One, won the 1986 National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism.

".. the force of your intellect and the subtlety of your sensibility have prevailed over all obstacles, creating a body of yric poetry that earned you the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987. In a style at once vibrant and meditative, your work has celebrated die poet's vision of the human condition and the meaning of existence ... With gratitude for the exquisite artistry and profound humanism that characterize your work, and with admiration for your audacious suggestion that public officials be chosen on the basis of what they have read, rather than of the political programs they propose, Dartmouth takes immense pleasure in -welcoming you into its fellowship . .

CLAIRF, BLOOMDOCTOR OF FINE ARTS

ROBERT MCCORMICK ADAMSDOCTOR OF SCIENCE

VARTAN GREGORIANDOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS

CHARLES EVERETT KOOP '37 DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

JOHN STEWART WAUGH '49 DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

JOSEPH BRODSKYDOCTOR OF LETTERS