|
Year |
Official Speaker |
Address |
Honorary Degrees Conferred |
| 1951 |
Dr. John L.
Seaton, President Emeritus of Albion |
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| 1952 |
Dr. Royal G.
Hall, Professor at Albion College |
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| 1953 |
Dean Emil Leffler |
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| 1954 |
President
C.B. Hilberry, Wayne University |
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| 1955 |
President
Charles L. Anspach, Central Michigan College of Education |
"A Pearl of
Great Price" |
|
| 1956 |
Dr. Joseph
Irwin, Professor at Albion College |
"One Mile, or
Two?" |
|
| 1957 |
President
Eugene B. Elliott, Eastern Michigan College |
"Education at
Work" |
|
| 1958 |
Vernon L.
Bobbitt, Professor of Visual Arts at Albion College |
"Thoughts at the
End of the Year" |
|
| 1959 |
President
Gorton Riethmiller, Olivet College |
|
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| 1960 |
President
David A. Lockmiller, Ohio Wesleyan University |
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| 1961 |
Vice
President Russell H. Seibert, Western Michigan University |
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| 1962 |
Anthony
Taffs, Professor of Music at Albion College |
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| 1963 |
Dr. Stanley
Idzerda |
"The Goals of
Scholarship: Truth or Service?" |
|
| 1964 |
Dr. John E.
Hart, Professor at Albion College |
"The American
Scholar Revisited" |
|
| 1965 |
Dean Robert
P. Lisensky, Ph.D. |
"Competence
& Conscience" |
|
| 1966 |
Dr. Mortimer
J. Adler, Director of Institute for Philosophical Research |
"The Future of
Man" |
|
| 1967 |
William
Arrowsmith, A.B., B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Professor of Classics at
University of Texas |
"Towards a New
University" |
|
| 1968 |
Donald Hall,
B.A., B.Litt., Professor of English at University of Michigan |
"The Poet Speaks" |
|
| 1969 |
Walter W.
Heller, A.B., M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Professor of Economics
at University of Minnesota |
"The New
Economics and the New Nixon" |
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| 1970 |
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| 1971 |
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| 1972 |
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| 1973 |
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| 1974 |
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| 1975 |
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| 1976 |
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| 1977 |
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| 1978 |
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| 1979 |
None |
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| 1980 |
None |
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| 1981 |
None |
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| 1982 |
None |
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| 1983 |
None |
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- Kenneth C.
Ballou, Professor Emeritus at Albion, Sc.D.
- Dr. Bruno Bettleheim, Noted
Child Psychologist, L.H.D.
- Michael Bitar, Albion
Superintendent of Schools, Doctor of Public Administration
|
| 1984 |
None |
|
- Elsie E.
Munro, Associate Professor of English Emerita at Albion, '26,
L.H.D.
- William K. Quick, Senior
Minister, Metropolitan Methodist Church in Detroit, D.D.
- Thomas E. Wenzlau, Former
President of Ohio Wesleyan University, LL.D.
|
| 1985 |
None |
|
- Alfred T.
Bamsey, Conference Council Director of Detroit Conference United
Methodist Church, '58, D.D.
- Paul Roche,
Poet/Writer/Translator of Greek Verse/Professor in Residence at
Albion, LL.D.
|
| 1986 |
None |
--- |
None |
| 1987 |
None |
|
- Rudolf
Arnheim, Professor of Psychology Emeritus from Harvard/Pioneer
Scholar in Psychology of Art, D.F.A.
|
| 1988 |
None |
"Homo-Duplex:
Being There as a Polish-Jew" [Public Lecture, Jerzy Kozinski] |
- E.
Maynard Aris, Doctor of Economics
- Ellen A. Brubaker, Grand
Rapids District Superintendent, West Michigan Conference of United
Methodist Church, '59, D.D.
- Jerzy Kosinski, Award-Winning
Novelist/Professor/ Human Rights Activist, L.H.D.
|
| 1989 |
None |
|
- Arlin E.
Ness, President of Starr Commonwealth, LL.D.
|
| 1990 |
None |
[Public
Lecture, Aris Krainik] |
- Jack E.
Giguere, Senior Pastor of Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church,
'59, D.D.
- Aris Krainik, General Director
of the Lyric Opera House of Chicago, LL.D.
|
| 1991 |
None |
"Making
Connections: The Medicine Wheel and the Teaching / Learning Process" [Public Lecture, Peter J. Frederick] |
- Peter J.
Frederick, Professor of History, Wabash, L.H.D.
- Gwen Frostic, Founder &
Sole Proprietor of Presscraft Papers, Benzonia, MI /Author, Artist,
Lecturer, D.F.A.
|
| 1992 |
None |
"The Gospel in
the Stars" [Public Lecture, Anthony J. Taffs] |
- Thomas E.
Sagendorf, Senior Pastor of Monroe Street United Methodist Church,
Toledo, OH, D.D.
- Anthony J. Taffs, Professor of
Music Emeritus at Albion, D.M.
|
| 1993 |
None |
[Public
Lecture] |
- Bishop
Peter J. Storey, District Bishop of Methodist Church of Southern
Africa, LL.D.
|
| 1994 |
None |
--- |
None |
| 1995 |
None
|
"Titles & Reflections" [Public Lecture]
|
- Dr.
William E. Bolcom, Composer/Pianist/Educator at the University of
Michigan, D.M.
|
| 1996 |
None |
--- |
None
|
| 1997 |
None
|
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| 1998 |
None |
|
- Joseph M.
Stewart, Senior Vice President of the Kellogg Co., Doctor of
Public Service
|
| 1999 |
Dr. Wade
Davis, Ethnobotanist |
|
- Albert M.
Sera, Doctor of Economics & Management
- William R. Steers, Doctor of
Economics & Management
|
| 2000 |
Stephen Jay
Gould, Harvard Professor of Geology |
"Geological
Immensity and Human Insignificance: The Proper Scale of Our Ecological
Crisis" |
- Stephen
Jay Gould, L.H.D.
- Ruth Holland Scott, Doctor of
Sociology
|
| 2001 |
Doris
Kearns Goodwin, Author |
"The Moral
Authority of the Presidency" |
- Bruce
Kresge, Sc.D.
- Doris Kearns Goodwin, L.H.D.
|
| 2002 |
Kurt
Vonnegut, Author, |
"How to Get a
Job Like Mine" ** |
|
| 2003 |
Salman
Rushdie, Author |
"Step Across
This Line" ** |
|
| 2004 |
Gloria
Steinem, Feminist, Co-founder Ms. magazine, founder of Ms.
Foundation for Women, convener of 1971 Women's Political Caucus |
"An Evening
with Gloria Steinem" ** |
|
| 2005 |
Edward O.
Wilson, scientist, father of the new environmentalist movement,
Emeritus Pellegrino University Research Professor at Harvard University |
"The Future of
Life" ** |
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| 2006 |
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