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n COMMENCEMENT Saturday,N May 24, 2014 Bowdoin College n COMMENCEMENT Saturday,N May 24, 2014 Bowdoin College BOWDOIN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT Saturday, May 24, 2014 n QVOD BONVM FELIX FAVSTVMQUE SIT INLVSTRISSIMO PAUL LEPAGE GVBERNATORI CONSILIARIIS ET SENATORIBUS QVI LITTERIS REI PVBLICAE MAINENSIS PROPRIE PRAESVNT SOCIISQVE CVRANTIBVS COLLEGI BOWDOINENSIS HONORANDIS ATQVE REVERENDIS CLARISSIMO BARRY MILLS PRAESIDI TOTI SENATVI ACADEMICO ECCLESIARVM PASTORIBVS VENERANDIS CVNCTIS DENIQVE VBIQVE GENTIVM HVMANITATIS FAVTORIBVS HASCE EXERCITATIONES IVVENES IN ARTIBVS INITIATI HVMILLIMI DEDICANT N HABITAS IN COMITIIS COLLEGI BOWDOINENSIS BRVNSVICI IN RE PVBLICA MAINENSI ANTE DIEM VIIII KAL IVN ANNO SALVTIS MMXIIII RERVMQUE PVBLICARVM FOEDERATARVM AMERICAE POTESTATIS CCXXXVIII 1 DEGREES This ancient formula is used by the President B in conferring degrees: The Latin text quoted on the preceding page has introduced Bowdoin’s Candidati pro gradu baccalaureali, assurgite. Commencement Program since August 21, 1822. The names of Vir honorande, hosce iuvenes, quos censeo idoneos primum ad the twenty-four graduates of the Class of 1822 were, for the most gradum in artibus, nunc tibi offero, ut a te instructus, eos ad gradum part, also translated into Latin for the program. In the early years of istum admittam. Placetne? (Placet.) the College, each graduating senior was required to deliver a Commencement “part,” an oration on ancient or modern topics, Pro auctoritate mihi commissa, admitto vos ad primum gradum in which was frequently given in one of the classical languages, Latin, artibus, et dono et concedo omnia iura, privilegia, honores atque Greek, or Hebrew. The final Latin oration was given in 1893, but dignitates, ad gradum istum pertinentia. the tradition of Latin survives in the language used to dedicate the Commencement Exercises and to confer the bachelor of arts degree. In cuius testimonium hasce membranas litteris scriptas accipite. The translation below was provided by Barbara Weiden Boyd, Henry Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek. Candidates for the Baccalaureate degrees will rise. (To the Chair of the Board of Trustees) May it be good, felicitous, and well-omened:* Honored sir, these young people whom I deem worthy To Paul LePage, esteemed Governor; of the first degree in Arts, I now present to you, that, to the Representatives and Senators if you so direct, I may admit them to that degree. Is such your will? (It is.) who personally preside over the arts and letters for the State of Maine; (To the Candidates) and to the honorable and respected Trustees of By virtue of the authority vested in me, I now admit Bowdoin College; you to the first degree in Arts and do grant and confer to Barry Mills, distinguished President; upon you all the rights, privileges, honors, and dignities pertaining to that degree. to the entire academic senate; to the venerable religious leaders; In witness whereof, receive these diplomas. in short, to all patrons of the human race everywhere, the young people hereby initiated into the arts NOTE: The Baccalaureate degrees are awarded individually, and the and letters graduating class requests that there be no applause until the last degree most humbly dedicate these exercises. is conferred. Held in a gathering of Bowdoin College, in Brunswick, At the Commencement Exercises, Bowdoin displays the College flag in the State of Maine, and the flags of the United States of America, the State of Maine, and on the ninth day before the Kalends of June, in the the home or dual-citizenship countries or territories of graduating 2014th year of our well-being students—in 2014, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, and in the 238th year of the authority of the Germany, Haiti, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Israel, United States of America. Japan, Kenya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, People’s Republic of China, Portugal, Republic of * An ancient Roman formula used at the outset of a ritual Korea, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, to ensure its success. Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam. 2 n TWO HUNDRED NINTH COMMENCEMENT OF BOWDOIN COLLEGE May 24, 2014 COMMENCEMENT MARCH Chandler’s Band OPENING OF THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Jean M. Yarbrough Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences and College Marshal INVOCATION Reverend Robert E. Ives ’69 Director of Religious and Spiritual Life THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER Senior Members of Chamber Choir, Chorus, and Student a Cappella Groups Alexis Patrice Little ’14, Piano INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Deborah Jensen Barker ’80, P’16 Chair of the Board of Trustees FOR THE STATE Susan Collins United States Senator WELCOME Barry Mills President of the College SENIOR COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS “The Bowdoin Quilt” James Wholley Denison IV ’14 Class of 1868 Prize Winner “Failure in Perspective” Kate Kearns ’14 Goodwin Commencement Prize Winner 3 n CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Barry Mills President of the College Mary L. Bonauto, Doctor of Laws Citation by Steven R. Cerf George Lincoln Skolfield Jr. Professor of German christopher r. hiLL ’74, p’10 Doctor of Laws Citation by Christian P. Potholm II ’62 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander Professor of Government richarD o. pruM, Doctor of science Citation by Nathaniel Thoreau Wheelwright Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Natural Sciences harriet waLLBerg, Doctor of huMane Letters Citation by Susan E. Bell A. Myrick Freeman Professor of Social Sciences CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES DEDICATION Barry Mills President of the College Simon Lopez Brooks ’14 Class President RAISE SONGS TO BOWDOIN Senior Members of Chamber Choir, Chorus, and Student a Cappella Groups Alexis Patrice Little ’14, Piano Words appear on the last page of this program. CONCLUSION OF THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Jean M. Yarbrough Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences and College Marshal RECESSIONAL MARCH Chandler’s Band 4 CANDIDATES FOR THE A.B. DEGREE, MAY 2014 Simon Lopez Brooks, Class Marshal Claire Elizabeth Aasen English Shorewood,Wisconsin Husam A. Abdalla Government and Legal Studies Boothwyn, Pennsylvania Lee Daniel Abecunas Economics and Mathematics Medfield, Massachusetts Jesse I. Abels Chemistry and Economics; Minor: Mathematics West Hartford, Connecticut Cameron David Adams Earth and Oceanographic Science Concord, Massachusetts Gordon C. Adams Earth and Oceanographic Science; Minor: Biology Concord, Massachusetts Charles Boyd McKinnon Allen Government and Legal Studies Weston, Massachusetts Maura Claire Allen Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Anthropology Superior, Colorado Marina Cecilia Anastopoulos Biology; Minor: Classical Studies Weston, Massachusetts Mallory F. Andrews Biochemistry; Minor:Visual Arts Sheboygan, Wisconsin Kyra Markel Babakian Psychology; Minor: Italian Mamaroneck, New York Jasmine A. Bailey Government and Legal Studies and Spanish Manchester, Massachusetts Brad Bainum Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Philosophy Chevy Chase, Maryland Lars Sebastian Bamba Economics and Gender and Women’s Studies; West Orange, New Jersey Minor: Education Studies Wensley Barker IV Mathematics; Minor: Physics Cos Cob, Connecticut Terence Tyler Barley Government and Legal Studies; Minor: English Bloomfield, New Jersey Caroline Elizabeth Bartlett Classics and English; Minor: Teaching Lexington, Massachusetts Eliot Jackson Bass Economics Westport, Connecticut Charlotte Elizabeth Beach Economics and Mathematics Skowhegan, Maine Kailey Elizabeth Bennett Visual Arts; Minor: Earth and Oceanographic Science Tulsa, Oklahoma Jeremy F. Berke Earth and Oceanographic Science Toronto, Ontario, Canada Adriane Leigh Berry Biology; Minor: Philosophy Wiscasset, Maine Erica J. Berry Environmental Studies-English Portland, Oregon Erik Christophe Bertin Economics Saddle River, New Jersey Faith Chepng’etich Biegon Economics and Government and Legal Studies Nakuru, Kenya Nora J. Biette-Timmons Government and Legal Studies Arlington,Virginia Rodrigo S. Bijou Government and Legal Studies Santa Barbara, California Caroline Elizabeth Blake Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Spanish Raymond, Maine Maximilian Blomgren Economics; Minor: Visual Arts Greenwich, Connecticut James Lee Boeding Government and Legal Studies and Visual Arts Millerton, New York Samantha Bonnel Sociology Brooklyn, New York Steven Nathan Borukhin Economics Essex Fells, New Jersey Martin Bouroncle History Goffstown, New Hampshire Monica Ann Bouyea Sociology; Minor: Psychology Pasadena, California Kathryn Clarke Brady Biology; Minor: Economics Stamford, Connecticut Ellen Catherine Brennan Psychology; Minor: Education Studies Medway, Massachusetts Geoffrey A. Brewer ’09 Philosophy Summit, New Jersey Benjamin Kazanjian Brewster History Cape Elizabeth, Maine Simon Lopez Brooks Economics; Minor: Computer Science Los Angeles, California Cullen Joseph Brownson Mathematics and Education Napoleon, Ohio Chelsea M. Bruno Government and Legal Studies; Minor: Anthropology Brunswick, Maine 5 Margaret McBride Bunke Visual Arts; Minor: English Worcester, Massachusetts Joshua I. Burger-Caplan Government and Legal Studies Woodbridge, Connecticut Collin A. Burke Anthropology and Earth and Oceanographic Science Topsfield, Massachusetts Samuel Bernard Burnim Biochemistry; Minor: Italian Haverhill, Massachusetts Alex Morgan Butler Neuroscience Ridgewood, New Jersey John Butterworth III Biochemistry; Minor: German Auburn, Massachusetts Filipe Camarotti Mathematics and Physics; Minor: Music Cedar Rapids, Iowa Cynthia