2000s
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1941-2001 Naylor House/ 40 Howard St.
February 7, 2011A student house on Howard St. was named for Mrs. Naylor, from whom the property was purchased by the College in 1941. The construction of Beard Hall required the removal of the Infirmary built in 1954 and the 19th century Naylor House (40 Howard Street) next door. More » -
1954-2001 Public Safety/ Infirmary
February 7, 2011This building, at the southeast corner of Howard Street and Fillmore Drive, replaced King Cottage as college infirmary and health center. Security/Public Safety Offices were installed in 1981. More » -
1971-2008 Anson McCook Beard, Jr.
March 23, 2011Mr. Beard served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1971 until his retirement in 2008, when he was named Trustee emeritus. He served on the Executive and Resources committees, co-chaired the Campaign for Wheaton in the 1990s, and was the Chairman of the Board from 1997 to 2001. The Haas Athletic Center [...] 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 » -
2000 Time capsule buried
November 19, 2010Students, faculty, and staff contribute to a Millennial Time Capsule, to be opened in 2100. More » -
2000 Janet Reno Speaks
December 3, 2010U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno delivers the 30th Annual Miriam Lee Tropp Lecture. More » -
2000 President Marshall's Plan
December 3, 2010President Marshall announces major financial plan. More » -
2000 AIDS Quilt comes to Wheaton
December 3, 2010The AIDS Memorial Quilt travels to Wheaton College. More » -
2000 Wolf Kahn, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Wolf Kahn, Landscape Painter and Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellow, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2000 Emily Mason, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Emily Mason, painter, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2000 Denise Jefferson, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Denise Jefferson, Ballerina and Director of the Alvin Ailey School, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2000 John Walsh, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011John Walsh, Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum, speaks at Commencement. More » -
2001 Howard Zinn receives award
December 3, 2010Historian and writer Howard Zinn receives the Otis Social Justice Award. More » -
2001 Campus master plan developed
December 3, 2010Martin Sokoloff develops a master plan for the future development of the college. More » -
2001 Margaret J. Tibbets, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Margaret J. Tibbets, Former U.S. Ambassador to Norway, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2001 Frederick Barton, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Frederick Barton, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2001 Winston R. Hindle, Jr., Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Winston R. Hindle, Jr., former Senior Vice President of Digital Equipment Corporation and Wheaton Trustee, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2001 John F. Mars, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011John F. Mars, President and CEO of Mars, Inc., is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2001 Thomas L. Friedman, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times columnist and author, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree. More » -
2001 September 11, 2001
December 3, 2010President Marshall and two colleagues were in Manhattan when the Twin Towers are attacked. More » -
2002 David McCullough, Commencement speaker
December 3, 2010Pulitzer Prize winning author David McCullough speaks at Commencement. More » -
2002 New Curriculum approved
December 3, 2010A new curriculum is approved with ten goals. More » -
2002 History of Wheaton published
December 3, 2010Professor of History Emeritus and College Historian Paul Helmreich, publishes Wheaton College: 1834-1957: A Massachusetts Family Affair. More » -
2002- Beard Hall
February 2, 2011Built in 2002, Beard Hall houses 100 students in suites and singles. Sited on the corner of Howard Street at the intersection with Fillmore Drive, the construction of this dormitory required the removal of the Infirmary built in 1954 and the 19th century Naylor House (40 Howard Street.) Beard Hall was designed for students to live in cluster arrangements that serve as "living and learning communities." The residence hall was named for Anson McCook Beard, Jr. and his wife Jean Jones W1965. Mr. Beard served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 1971 until his retirement in 2008 More » -
2002 Howard Gardner, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Howard Gardner, theorist of multiple human intelligences and researcher of human cognition, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2002 Trish Karter, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Trish Karter, Co-founder of Dancing Deer Baking Company, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2002 Andrew Wyeth, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Andrew Wyeth, artist and realist painter, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2003 Keith Lockhart speaks
December 3, 2010Keith Lockhart, Conductor of the Boston Pops, lectures about the importance of music in life, as part of the Jane E. Ruby Lecture Series. More » -
2003 Esther R. Newberg, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Esther R. Newberg, Joint head of the New York Office of International Creative Management, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2003 Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 7, 2011Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Chairperson and Co-founder of the Fundación Cisneros, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2003 Catherine A. Keener, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Catherine A. Keener, Academy Award-nominated Actor, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2003 David Levering Lewis, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011David Levering Lewis, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, speaks at Commencement. More » -
2004 Wheaton diaries found
December 3, 2010Eliza Baylies Chapin Wheaton's long lost diaries are found, by College Archivist Zepherine Stickney after 24 years of searching, and returned to the college. More » -
2004 Mary Robinson, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Mary Robison, Former President of Ireland and international champion of human rights, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2004- Ronald A. Crutcher
January 13, 2011Ronald A. Crutcher was named the seventh president of Wheaton College on March 23, 2004. He came from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he served as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and professor of music. Since coming to Wheaton, President Crutcher has led a strategic planning process that has engaged the entire college community in envisioning the components necessary for continued leadership in the liberal arts for the 21st century. The strategic plan, Wheaton 2014: Transforming Lives to Change the World, was unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees in October 2006 and is now being implemented. More » -
2004 Mary Robinson, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree. More » -
2005 150 years for Rushlight
December 3, 2010Rushlight celebrates 150 years of continuous publication. More » -
2005 Senator Kennedy speaks
December 3, 2010Senator Ted Kennedy speaks to Wheaton College students after receiving the Otis Social Justice Award. More » -
2005 Jean Jones Beard, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Jean Hones Beard, Clinical social worker and Author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2005 Alexandra Marshall, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Alexandra Marshall, author, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2005 Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Charlayne Hunter-Gault, a journalist, speaks at Commencement and is awarded an Honorary Degree. More » -
2006 Wheaton responds to Katrina
December 3, 2010Wheaton students and faculty mobilize in response to Hurricane Katrina. More » -
2006 Book of Hours
December 3, 2010The Art History and Classics Departments team up to purchase the 15th Century Book of Hours, an illuminated manuscript. More » -
2006 Kathleen M. Dennehy, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Kathleen M. Dennehy, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Correction, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2006 Patricia Higgins Arnold, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Patricia Higgins Arnold, Philanthropist and Wheaton Trustee, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2006 Elspeth Davies Rostow, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Elspeth Davies Rostow, Stiles Professor Emerita in American Studies at the LBJ school of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Emerita, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2006 Cokie Roberts, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Cokie Roberts, a journalist, speaks at Commencement. More » -
2007 Wheaton 2014
December 3, 2010Wheaton 2014: Transforming Lives to Change the World. More » -
2007 Debrah Bial, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Debrah Bial, founder of the Possee Foundation, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2007 Bob Herbert, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Bob Herbert, Op-ed columnist for the New York Times, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2007 Kathleen M. O’Donnell, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Kathleen M. O’Donnell, a Massachusetts Attorney, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2007 Freeman Hrabowski III, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Freeman Hrabowski III, President of the University of Massachusetts, speaks at Commencement. More » -
2008 Dougherty builds Twisted Sisters
December 3, 2010Visiting Artist Patrick Dougherty builds "Twisted Sisters," a sculpture made of thousands of sapling branches. More » -
2008 Kathryn Wasserman Davis, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Kathryn Wasserman Davis, International Philanthropist and founder of 100 Projects for Peace, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2008 Lousie Henne Feroe, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Lousie Henne Feroe, President of Mercy College, is an Honorary Degree Recipient. More » -
2008 Katherine T. Bartlett, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Katherine T. Bartlett, Professor of Law at Duke University, speaks at Commencement. More » -
2009 Wheaton celebrates 175 years
December 3, 2010Wheaton College celebrates 175 yeas of operation. More » -
2009 Gentleman Callers 20th Anniversary
January 14, 2011In April the Gentleman Callers celebrated their 20th Anniversary, at Wheaton College, with a concert. More » -
2009 Donna Hurd Drohan, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Donna Hurd Drohan, class of 1969 and former member of the U.S. Department of Transportation's National research facility and founder of Donna H. Drohan Consulting, is presented the Honorary Degree of Humane Letters. More » -
2009 Sandra Ohrn Moose, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Sandra Ohrn Moose, class of 1963 and Senior Vice-President and Director of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), is presented the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters. More » -
2009 Anne J. Neilson, Honorary Degree Recipient
March 8, 2011Anne J. Neilson, class of 1949 and Taste Chemist at Arthur D. Little, Inc., is presented the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science. More » -
2009 Deval Patrick, Commencement speaker
February 16, 2011Deval Patrick, Govenor of Massachusetts, speaks at Commencement and is presented with the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law. More » -
2009 Alumni of Color Conference
May 31, 2011Wheaton Alumnae/i of Color Share Their Experiences in Support of Today's Students of Color. The public discussion illuminated encouraging changes in Wheaton’s campus climate over the last decade. More »
