BY THE NUMBERS
1,748 Total degrees awarded (1,085 to undergrads).
19 Degrees above the average daily high of 72 that temperatures rose for the June 8 ceremony. Humidity was at 90 percent.
33 Countries from which the degree recipients hail (top international numbers: Canada, Republic of Korea, China).
51 Ranking of Commencement speaker Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, president of Liberia, among the most powerful women in the world, according ? to Forbes in 2006.
1 Number of valedictorians who chose not to speak. Fitchet declined, saying it was too hot for her grandmothers to sit through three valedictory speeches.
2 Minimum number of student Apple iPhone touch screens that conked out during the ceremony because of the heat.
13,000 Estimated members of audience.
8 Number of honorary degrees conferred (to Nobel Laureate " Thomas Cech, American Indian advocate Ada Deer, economist Martin Feldstein, former Dartmouth board of trustees chair Richard Hill '41, Tu'42, history professor Evelyn Fox Keller, former dean Ralph Manuel '58, actress Cicely Tyson and Sirleaf).
