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1882- Bookstore/ Old Town Hall
January 16, 2011Harriet Augusta Newcomb presented the Old Town Hall to the town in 1882 as a tribute to her father, Nathaniel Newcomb. The College purchased the Old Town Hall from the town of Norton in 1982. Using the building for storage while it sought a developer, the College sold it to Douglas A. King Builders, Inc. in 1986. Wheaton repurchased the structure in 1990, renovated the interior and added an elevator tower. "The Old Town Hall Bookstore at Wheaton College" opened in 1992. More » -
1931-1995 14 Taunton Ave./ Oceans View
February 7, 2011Acquired in 1931, the house was remodeled into a two-family residence in 1932, using many fixtures and lumber taken from the demolished portion of Old Metcalf Hall. A porch was added in 1935. The barn was renovated into a practice, or "Little" Theater in 1932. The house was used for faculty housing until 1995. Oceans View was demolished during the summer of 1995 to accommodate the 1996 construction of a new Norton Medical Center established by Attleboro's Sturdy Memorial Hospital. It incorporates the Wheaton Health Center. More » -
1941-1972 Holcombe Austin
March 30, 2011Holcombe Austin was a Professor of Philosophy from 1941 to 1972 (emeritus, 1972-2003). More » -
1975-1991 Alice Frey Emerson
January 13, 2011In 1975, Wheaton named its first woman president, Alice Frey Emerson, former Dean of Students at the University of Pennsylvania, who served until 1991, completing the Sesquicentennial Campaign (1983-1986), major building renovations and the construction of the new athletic center. She led the college's move to coeducation, from the Trustees vote "in principle" in January 1987, through the arrival of Wheaton's first coed class in September 1988, and into the transition. More » -
1990 Jonathan Kozol, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Jonathan Kozol, author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1990 Kathryn Fuller, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Kathryn Fuller, Director of the World Wildlife Fund, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1990 Queen Noor of Jordan, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Her Majesty, Queen Noor of Jordan, Director, Institute for Child Health & Development in Jordan, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1990 Paul Tsongas, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Paul Tsongas, the former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1991-1992 Hannah Goldberg
January 13, 2011In 1991, Provost Hannah Goldberg was appointed Acting President by the Board of Trustees. Goldberg served as Acting President until 1992 when Dale Rogers Marshall was inaugurated as Wheaton's sixth president. More » -
1991- Haas Athletic Center
January 31, 2011Haas Athletic Center was completed in 1991, replacing Clark Recreation Center. Haas Athletic Center was named for Evelyn Danzig Haas, class of 1939, Trustee from 1977 to 1989. The Gymnasium was named in honor of President Alice F. Emerson upon her retirement from Wheaton. The natatorium was named for the Balfour family. More » -
1991 T. Berry Brazelton, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011T. Berry Brazelton, Pediatrician and Author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1991 Ruth M. Batson, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Ruth M. Batson, President of the Ruth M. Batson Foundation, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1991 Javier Perez de Cuellar, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary General of the United Nations, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1991 Jane E. Ruby, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Jane E. Ruby, Wheaton Professor of History, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1991 Jack Sidell
March 23, 2011President and chief executive officer of the Boston-based UST Corp., Mr. Sidell was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1991. More » -
1991 The Honorary William Weld, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011The Honorary William Weld, the Governor of Massachusetts, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree. More » -
1992 First coeducational class graduates
November 19, 2010Wheaton’s first coeducational class graduates in May. More » -
1992 Enrollment hits all- time high
November 19, 2010Enrollment at Wheaton hits an all-time high of nearly 1,300. More » -
1992-2004 Dale Rogers Marshall
January 13, 2011Dale Rogers Marshall, former Academic Dean at Wellesley College, was inaugurated as Wheaton's sixth president in 1992. Central to her tenure was the Campaign for Wheaton, successfully concluded in June 2000 with $90 million in support for the college including more than 70 new student scholarship funds, twelve new endowed faculty chairs, new programs such as the Davis International Fellows program, and the Jane E. Ruby Lecture Series, and several new facilities. The campaign was capped by the construction of Mars Arts and Humanities, renovation of Meneely and the renovation of Watson Fine Arts Center. More » -
1992- Gebbie Hall
February 2, 2011Built in 1992 and named for Marion B. Gebbie, class of 1901, and the Gebbie Foundation, this was the first dormitory built since 1964. The Stone Building Company designed and built Gebbie Hall. Martin Sokolov was the architect. Gebbie Hall was Wheaton's first residence hall designed to be fully handicapped accessible. Marion Gebbie devoted her life after graduation to her parents and to charitable works. She and her sister contributed to the Chatauqua movement, and established a charitable foundation with their patrimony. A dormitory built in 1992 and the College Archives and Special Collections in the Library are named in her memory and were donated by the Gebbie Foundation of Rochester, NY. More » -
1992- Davis House/ 9 Howard St./ Campus Shop
February 15, 2011The attached carriage house of this private residence was "The Campus Shop," a gift shop catering to Wheaton students from 1948 until 1992 when the College purchased the property. First used for faculty/staff housing, it was converted to a student residence during the summer of 1994 and later became the home of the Center for Global Education. More » -
1992 Stephen Jay Gould, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1992 Linda Wertheimer, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Linda Wertheimer, National Public Radio Commentator, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1992 Patricia A. King, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Patricia A. King, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1992 Roger Wilkins, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Roger Wilkins, Professor of History at George Mason University, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1993 Adrienne Bevis Mars, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Adrienne Bevis Mars, Philanthropist and Wheaton Trustee, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1993 Donna Shavlik, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Donna Shavlik, author and Director of the Office for Women in Higher Education, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1993 Wendy Wasserstein, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Wendy Wasserstein, author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1993 Carl Sagan, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Carl Sagan, Professor of Astronomy & Planetary Studies at Cornell University, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1994 Barker discovers supernova
November 19, 2010Professor of Astronomy Tim Barker and his student assistants discover a supernova. More » -
1994 Edwin P. Fredie, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Edwin P. Fredie, Headmaster of Milton Academy, is an Honorary Degree Recipient More » -
1994 Nancy Smith Mairs, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Nancy Smith Mairs, author and poet, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1994 Robert D. Reischauer, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Robert D. Reischauer, Director of the Congressional Budget Office, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1994 Constance "Connie" Chung Povich, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Constance "Connie" Chung Povich, a broadcast journalist, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1995- Hersey Memorial Garden
February 10, 2011The former Rice Garden on the bank between the Library and Rice Steps was re-landscaped in 1995, with gifts from the family of Mrs. Linda Bartlett Hersey, class of 1955, and Priscilla King Gray, class of 1955. More » -
1995 Dudley R. Herschbach, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Dudley R. Herschbach, Nobel Prize Laureate and Harvard Professor of Chemistry, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1995 Sarah Lawrence Lightfoot, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Sarah Lawrence Lightfoot, author and Harvard Professor of Education, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1995 Christine Todd Whitman, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Christine Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1996 Ambassador Colette Avital, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Ambassador Colette Avital, Israel's Consul General in New York City, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1996 Honorary Nancy Ann Holman, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Honorary Nancy Ann Holman, Washington State Superior Court Justice, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1996 David A. Macaulay, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011David A. Macaulay, author and illustrator, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1996 Catharine R. Stimpson, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Catharine R. Stimpson, feminist scholar, author, and editor of Skins, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree. More » -
1997- Sidell Baseball Field
February 7, 2011Trustee Jack Sidell donated a 500 seat stadium to be situated on Clark Field; ground was broken in February of 1996. President and chief executive officer of the Boston-based UST Corp., Mr. Sidell was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1991. More » -
1997 Nancy Weber Boggess, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Nancy Weber Boggess, Senior Staff Scientist of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1997 The Honorary Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Martin D. Ginsburg, Commencement speakers
February 16, 2011The Honorary Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and Martin D. Ginsburg, author and Professor of Law at Georgetown University, speak at Commencement. More » -
1998 Senior honor thesis parade created
November 19, 2010Faculty dressed in academia regalia and playing instruments ranging from bugles to drums, lead the first annual Senior Honors Thesis Parade from the Science Center to the Registrar’s office. More » -
1998- Keefe Hall
February 2, 2011Built in 1997-1998, and named for trustee Harry Keefe, this residence hall houses 50 students in suites. Keefe Hall is perpendicular to Gebbie Hall, and its placement required the relocation of Fillmore Drive. Grounds work began in October of 1997. Together with Beard and Gebbie Halls, Keefe forms the so-called “KGB” Quad. More » -
1998 Richard A. Meier, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Richard A. Meier, Architect and son of Carolyn Kallenbacker Meier, W1932, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1998 Robert B. Reich, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Robert B. Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, Maurice B. Hexter Professor of Social and Economic Policy and University Professor at Brandeis University, speaks at Commencement. More » -
1998-2011 Dee the Dogg is hired
November 19, 2010Dee Dog, a border collie trained by a North Carolina organization called the “Geese Police,” is hired to chase off the many Canadian geese fouling the Chapel Field. More » -
1999 Wheaton gets first NCAA National Championship
November 19, 2010The women’s indoor track-and-field team captures Wheaton’s first NCAA national championship in May. More » -
1999 Carlton Russell records Wheaton Hymn and Anthem
January 25, 2011Professor Russell recorded the Wheaton Hymn and Anthem playing the Wheaton Chapel Organ in 1999 on his CD With Grateful Gladness. More » -
1999 Nancy Avery Kernan, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Nancy Avery Kernan, Career Researcher at Sloan Kettering Institute, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1999 Joanne D. Underwood, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Joanne D. Underwood, Environmentalist and CEO of INFORM, Inc., is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1999 Nancy Monick Budd, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Nancy Monick Budd, Wheaton Volunteer and co-editor of Alive & Well Said, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1999 William Brewster Budd, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011William Brewster Budd, Wheaton College Trustee, 1970-1999 and husband of Nancy M. Budd, W1959, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
1999 Mark Whitaker, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Mark Whitaker, journalist and editor of Newsweek, speaks at Commencement. More »
