the inauguration of Kurt M. Landgraf

twenty-ninth president of the college

september twenty-third, two thousand seventeen chestertown, maryland

our history

As the Revolutionary War came to a close, Washington College was just getting started. Its founder, William Smith, had a revolutionary idea: to educate responsible citizen-leaders who could make the new democracy work.

At William Smith’s urging, General George Washington gave the “College at Chester” a founding gift of 50 guineas, agreed to serve on the Board, and gave us his permission to use his name. His gift, the largest made toward the founding of the College in 1782, was used to purchase scientific equipment. Washington served on the Board of Visitors and Governors for five years until 1789, when he became President of the United States. He accepted an honorary degree from Washington College that same year and became a leading alumnus. His vision of a better future achieved through education, his respect for scholarship, and his ideals of leadership, character, and service to others form the foundation of the institution.

The College’s first president, the Rev. William Smith, was a prominent figure in colonial affairs of letters and church, and had a wide acquaintance among the great men of colonial days. Joining General Washington on the Board of Visitors and Governors of the new college were such distinguished leaders as John Page, Robert Goldsborough, Joshua Seney, and His Excellency William Paca, Governor of Maryland. The Maryland legislature confirmed its first college charter upon Washington College on October 15, 1782. The following spring, on May 14, 1783, the first commencement was held. our mission

Washington College challenges and inspires emerging citizen leaders to discover lives of purpose and passion.

CORE VALUES

We share these core values of our founding patron, George Washington: integrity, determination, curiosity, civility, leadership, and moral courage. We offer academic rigor and self-discovery in a supportive, residential community of well-qualified, diverse, and motivated individuals. We develop in our students habits of analytic thought and clear communication, aesthetic insight, ethical sensitivity, and civic responsibility.

Unhurried conversation and close connections with an exceptional faculty and staff complement a broad curriculum of study. A beautiful campus, ready access to exciting cities and the Chesapeake Bay, and engagement with cultures and communities locally and around the world afford our students ample resources and opportunities for personal exploration and shared challenges.

We prepare our students for rich and fulfilling lives; for myriad and unpredictable opportunities; for a lifetime of learning, leadership, and productive endeavor.

OUR VISION

The enduring values of Washington College—critical thinking, effective communication, and moral courage—move the world. The Order of the Academic Procession

The Chesapeake Caledonian Pipes and Drums

The College Baton

The Faculty Emeriti of Washington College

The Delegates from Colleges, Universities, and Learned Societies

The Faculty of Washington College

The Washington College Board of Visitors and Governors

The Presidential Fellows

The College Mace

Special Guests and Greeters

The Provost of the College

The Chair of the Washington College Board of Visitors and Governors

The President of the College the installation ceremony of Kurt M. Landgraf as the twenty-ninth president of the college

Academic Processional The Chesapeake Caledonian Pipes and Drums

George J. Spilich, Marshal John Toll Professor of Psychology

Richard L. Gillin, Marshal Ernest A. Howard Professor of English Literature Director of the Humanities Program

Invocation The Reverend Doctor Darcy Williams Rector, Emmanuel Church Chester Parish, Chestertown

The National Anthem WACappella Welcome and Recognition of Distinguished Visitors H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. ’85 Chair, Washington College Board of Visitors and Governors

Introduction of Greeters Patrice DiQuinzio Provost and Dean of the College

Greetings on Behalf of the Town of Chestertown The Honorable Chris Cerino Mayor, Town of Chestertown

Greetings on Behalf of the Washington College Staff Joseph L. Holt ’83 M’98

Greetings on behalf of the Washington College Alumni Arian Ravanbakhsh ’89 Chair, Alumni Board

Greetings on behalf of the Washington College Student Body May Kiros ’18 President, Student Government Association Special Performance, “Come Join the Family” WACappella Arr. Todd Cooley

Greetings on behalf of the Academic Community Richard Guarasci President, Wagner College

The Inaugural Poem James Allen Hall Associate Professor of English Director of the Rose O’Neill Literary House

Installation of the President and Administration of the Oath of Office Chairman Culp

Investiture with the President’s Chain and Medallion Chairman Culp Inaugural Address Kurt M. Landgraf Twenty-ninth President of the College

Washington College Alma Mater Old Washington – Charles L. Atwater, 1926 Arr. Garry E. Clarke H’88, 1995 WACappella

By the gleaming blue Chester River On the Maryland Eastern Shore, Stands a glorious Alma Mater Whose name we will ever adore. ‘Tis a name that shone high in glory When our country her freedom won. And our College alone Was the first one to own To the far name of Washington.

(Chorus) So Washington, old Washington, Our Washington we do adore. We will fight for her honor, As her sons and daughters have before. So Washington, old Washington, Our Washington forevermore, She’s our dear Alma Mater On the old Eastern Shore.

Benediction The Reverend Doctor Williams

Recessional The Chesapeake Caledonian Pipes and Drums The Presidents of Washington College

William Smith Clarence P. Gould 1782-1789 1919-1923

Colin Ferguson Paul E. Titsworth 1789-1805 1923-1933

Hugh McGuire Gilbert W. Mead 1813-1815 1933-1949

Joab G. Cooper Frederick G. Livingood 1816-1817 1949-1950

Gerard E. Stack Daniel Z. Gibson 1817-1818 1950-1970

Francis Waters Charles J. Merdinger 1818-1823 1970-1973

Timothy Clowes Joseph H. McLain 1823-1829 1973-1981

Peter Clark Garry E. Clarke 1829-1832 1981-1982

Richard W. Ringgold S. Douglass Cater, Jr. 1832-1854 1982-1990

Francis Waters Charles H. Trout 1854-1860 1990-1995

Andrew J. Sutton John S. Toll 1860-1867 1995-2004

Robert C. Berkeley L. Baird Tipson, Jr. 1867-1873 2004-2010

William J. Rivers Mitchell B. Reiss 1873-1887 2010-2014

Thomas N. Williams Jack S. “Jay” Griswold 1887-1889 2014-2015

Charles W. Reid Sheila C. Bair 1889-1903 2015-2017

James W. Cain Kurt M. Landgraf 1903-1918 2017

J.S. William Jones 1918-1919 “I am deeply honored by the opportunity to join the Washington College community, and to continue the work of my predecessors in providing students with the best possible education.” – Kurt Landgraf

Landgraf comes to Washington College with a decades-long resume as a senior executive with DuPont (including serving as Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chairman of DuPont Europe Middle East and Africa, Chairman and CEO of DuPont Pharmaceutical Company and Ceo of DuPont Merck Company), and a 13-year tenure as President and CEO of ETS, one of the world’s leading providers of measurement programs and evaluations for schools, including both the K-12 and higher education communities.

Landgraf also serves as a member of the boards of directors for Corning Incorporated and the Louisiana-Pacific Corporation. He has served as President of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science, and was nominated, confirmed, and served as Vice Chairman of the Higher Education Commission for the State of New Jersey, the state’s governing body for higher education institutions. The Washington College Board of Visitors and Governors 2017-2018

Executive Officers H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. ’85, Chair Richard L. Creighton ’73, Co-Vice Chair Ann Horner ’80, Co-Vice Chair Lynn L. Bergeson P’14, Secretary Geoffrey M. Rogers, Sr. ’80 P’06, Treasurer

Members Donald C. Tomasso P’98 Deborah Moxley Turner, ’77 Patrick William Allender P’11 Peter Van Dyke Lynn L. Bergeson P’14 Richard D. Wood III ’91 Norris W. Commodore, Jr. ’73 Albert J.A. (Jay) Young ’81 Jayne T. Conroy P’12, P’15 Richard L. Creighton ’73 Thomas C. Crouse, Jr. ’59 Emeritus Members H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. ’85 Jeannie P. Baliles ’62 Regis de Ramel ’97 Margaret R. Bennett John G. Eckenrode P’08 Betty Brown Casey ’47 H’86 Thomas H. Gale Barbara T. Cromwell ’55, Arnold, MD Stephen T. Golding ’72 P’05 Jack S. Griswold P’94 H’07, Cockeysville, MD Richard B. Grieves ’83 Libby Anderson Cater Halaby H’90 William J. Harvey P’10 Christian Havemeyer Ann Horner ’80 Charles Lewis Lea Nina Rodale Houghton P’82, GP’11 Managing Director Margaret Goldstein Janney ’76 Craig Lewis P’79 GP’05 Kirk B. Johnson Thomas J. Maher P’83 P’85 Kurt M. Landgraf John A. Moag, Jr. ’77 Beth Kahn Leaman ’73 Zung Nguyen ’77 Jim Lim ’91 W. James Price IV, H’90, P’80 Rebecca Corbin Loree ’00 John J. Roberts Thomas H. Maddux P’78 William R. Russell, Jr. ’53 P’80 William S. (Shep) Miller P’14 B. Francis Saul II H’08 Edward P. Nordberg ’82 L. Clifford Schroeder P’91, P’94, H’01 Bert W. Rein Mark A. Schulman ’67 Geoffrey M. Rogers, Sr. ’80, P’06 Linda J. Spire Dr. Henry F. Sears W. Jackson Stenger ’49 Dr. Ralph Snyderman, ’61 H’04 George S. Wills Daryl L. Swanstrom ’69 John H. Timken ’03 Delegates from Colleges, Universities, and Learned Societies

1693 COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY, J. Edward Coleman | Alumnus

1701 YALE UNIVERSITY, Justin Lowenthal | Alumnus

1740 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Lisa Green Hall | Alumna and Overseer of the Graduate School of Education

1742 MORAVIAN COLLEGE, David G. Berg | Alumnus

1749 WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY, William S. Ingersoll | Alumnus

1783 DICKINSON COLLEGE, Jeanne Menzie Johnson | Alumna

1787 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, James E. Hughes | Alumnus

1787 FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE, Reeve Askew | Alumnus/Emeritus Trustee

1789 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Janet Tierney Sorrentino | Alumna

1794 BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Richard B. Ladd | Alumnus

1795 UNION COLLEGE, Erin M. Counihan | Alumna

1800 MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE, Theodore Richard Lazo | Alumnus

1815 ALLEGHENY COLLEGE, George Foss | Alumnus

1821 AMHERST COLLEGE, Kirsten M. Eriksson | Alumna

1821 WIDENER UNIVERSITY, Tia M. Murphy | Alumna

1831 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, Humayun J. Chaudhry | Alumnus

1832 GETTYSBURG COLLEGE, Karen Paul O’Connor | Alumna

1834 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY, R. Stewart Barroll | Alumnus

1842 ROANOKE COLLEGE, Michael R. Foster | Alumnus

1842 HOLLINS UNIVERSITY, Nancy Macdonald Dick | Alumna

1842 VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY, Patrice DiQuinzio | Alumna

1846 BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY, Robert Chertkof | Alumnus

1847 LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY, Benjamin C. Tilghman | Alumnus 1855 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Erin C. Murphy | Alumna

1857 ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY, Charles J. Holden | Alumnus

1857 UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, Brad Peabody | Alumnus

1861 VASSAR COLLEGE, Betty Spence | Alumna

1863 BOSTON COLLEGE, Aaron W. Amick | Alumnus

1865 CORNELL UNIVERSITY, William Eaton | Alumnus

1867 DREW UNIVERSITY, Jude M. Pfister | Alumnus

1869 PURDUE UNIVERSITY, Erin K. Anderson | Alumna

1869 URSINUS COLLEGE, Thomas J. Mack | Alumnus

1869 WILSON COLLEGE, Ann Vansant, Alumna

1872 VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY, Heather D. Epkins | Alumna

1874 ST. OLAF COLLEGE, Bruce Wahl | Alumnus

1875 SMITH COLLEGE, Evelyn Maurmeyer | Alumna

1876 JUNIATA COLLEGE, Jennie M. Carr | Alumna

1883 WAGNER COLLEGE, Richard Guarasci | President

1884 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, Adam Goodheart | Member

1885 GOUCHER COLLEGE , Eleanor Shriver Magee | Alumna

1887 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, Carl M. Gallegos | Alumnus

1893 HOOD COLLEGE, Cherilyn Widell | Alumna

1898 FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY, Teresa M. I. Schaefer | Alumna

1918 SETON HILL UNIVERSITY, Kathleen K. Clark | Alumna

1925 SALISBURY UNIVERSITY, Laura Marie Johnson | Alumna

1968 CECIL COLLEGE, John Beck | Executive Director of Cecil College Foundation

1971 MARYLAND INDEPENDENT COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY ASSOCIATION, Tina Bjarekull | President The Presidential Chain and Medallion

The Presidential Chain and Medallion was a gift of Mr. Roger Kelly and Mr. Thomas S. Nichols, members of the Board of Visitors and Governors, in 1971. Composed of a medallion and links of sterling silver, the Chain was executed by the late Gabriel Swart, a noted silver engraver of Washington, D.C. The medallion features a likeness of Dr. William Smith, first President of the College, encircled by star-like designs with centers of inlaid black onyx stone representing the Black-eyed Susan, the Maryland state flower. The reverse side of the medallion bears the College seal. Supporting the medallion are alternating square and circular links, nine on each side. Thirteen of these eighteen links are inscribed with the names of Presidents of Washington College and their dates of office, from Colin Ferguson, second President, to Sheila C. Bair, twenty-eighth President. The Academic Attire

The history of academic dress reaches back into the early days of the oldest universities. A statute of 1321 required that all “Doctors, Licentiates, and Bachelors” of the University of Coimbra (Portugal) wear gowns. Gowns have identifying characteristics. Sleeves are pointed on the bachelor’s degree gown, oblong on the master’s, and bell-shaped on the doctor’s. Full-length velvet panels also appear on the doctor’s gown: these may be in black or, if the wearer prefers, the color associated with the department of learning. Hoods denote scholarly achievement. The lining is dyed in the official colors of the college or university where its wearer earned the degree. The color of the velvet represents the department of learning: Arts, Letters, and Humanities–white; Economics–copper; Education–light blue; Music–pink; Philosophy–dark blue; Physical Education–sage green; Science–gold-yellow; Social Science–citron. The Mace

Originally a medieval weapon, the mace has become a symbol of high office and is traditionally carried by the Marshal who precedes the President in academic processions. The Washington College mace is heavily worked with silver and contains six matched garnets mounted in a circle around the silver head. Historical insignia are engraved on the head in three silver rings on the ebony staff. On the head are the seal of Kent County, the seal of the College, a silhouette of George Washington, and Washington’s coat of arms. In a circle on the head, under the garnets, is inscribed “Washington College, Founded in Chestertown, Kent County, Maryland, 1782.” The upper ring on the staff bears engravings of the book of learning and an astrolabe. The second ring depicts the terrestrial globe and Washington’s shield, and the bottom one bears a flaming torch on one side, matched on the other by a crest and motto of Dr. William Smith, founder of the College. The donor’s name, Henry Powell Hopkins, appears on the bottom.