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2009 Commencement

MAY 18, 2009, 8:30 A.M. 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 2

COLORADO COLLEGE ALMA MATER (O College Fair) Words and music written in 1953 by Charles Hawley ’54 and Professors Earl Juhas and Albert Seay

Song Leaders: Casey Andree ’09, Back Row Greer Schott ’09, Room 46 Alana Yurkanin ’09, Ellement

O Colorado College fair, O Colorado College fair, We sing our praise to you; Long may your fame be known; Eternal as the Rockies, May fortune smile upon you, that form our western view; and honor be your own; Your loyal sons and daughters Our Alma Mater always, will always grateful be; Your loyal children we; The college dear to all our hearts Together let us face the future, is our C.C. Hail C.C.

AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL (O Beautiful for Spacious Skies) Music written by Samuel A. Ward (1847–1903) Words written by Katherine Lee Bates (1859–1929) (Selected Verses)

Song Leaders: Casey Andree ’09, Back Row Greer Schott ’09, Room 46 Alana Yurkanin ’09, Ellement

O beautiful for spacious skies, O beautiful for pilgrim feet For amber waves of grain, Whose stern impassioned stress For purple mountain majesties A thoroughfare for freedom beat Above the fruited plain. Across the wilderness. America! America! America! America! God shed His grace on thee, God mend thine every flaw, And crown thy good with brotherhood Confirm thy soul in self-control, From sea to shining sea. Thy liberty in law. 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 3

THE COLORADO COLLEGE • 128th ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT • MAY 18, 2009, 8:30 A.M. PROGRAM Presiding: Richard F. Celeste, President of Colorado College lll *PROCESSIONAL Entrada ...... G. F. Handel (1685–1759) Voluntary on Old 100th ...... Henry Purcell (c. 1659–1695) Fanfare ...... Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707) Trumpet Voluntary ...... Henry Purcell Brass Ensemble Donald P. Jenkins, Professor Emeritus of Music, Conductor lll *INVOCATION Bruce Coriell, Chaplain lll *COLORADO COLLEGE ALMA MATER “O Colorado College Fair” ...... Words and Music by Charles Hawley ’54 and Professors Earl Juhas and Albert Seay lll WELCOME Suzanne Woolsey, Chair of the Board of Trustees lll COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Michael Bennet, United States Senator from the State of Colorado lll CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Michael Bennet, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa presented by Andrew Dunham, Professor of Political Science; conferred by Richard F. Celeste David Quammen, Doctor of Science, honoris causa presented by Tass Kelso, Professor of Biology; conferred by Richard F. Celeste James Salter, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa presented by David Mason, Professor of English; conferred by Richard F. Celeste lll SENIOR ADDRESS “A Commitment to Service” Blake A. Hammond ’09, Senior Class Speaker and Senior Class President lll CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE Conferred by Richard F. Celeste Names read by Susan Ashley, Dean of the College and Dean of the Faculty lll *AMERICA, THE BEAUTIFUL (Selected Stanzas) O Beautiful for Spacious Skies (1893) ...... Samuel A. Ward (1847–1903) Words by Katharine Lee Bates (1859–1929) lll *BENEDICTION Chaplain Coriell lll *RECESSIONAL March of the Earl of Oxford...... William Byrd (1543–1623) Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2...... Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612) Music for King Charles II ...... Matthew Locke (1630–1677) Brass Ensemble Donald P. Jenkins, Conductor Degree recipients and guests are requested to remain in their places until the conclusion of the ceremony. Immediately following the ceremony, degree recipients and guests are invited to the President’s Reception in the Cutler quadrangle. *THE PEOPLE STANDING 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 4

MICHAEL BENNET

ICHAEL BENNET was born in New Delhi, India, and grew up in Washington, D.C. He graduated Mfrom Wesleyan University with honors, and began his public service career as an aide to Gov. Richard Celeste of Ohio. Bennet left Ohio to go to Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. He worked in Washington, D.C. during the Clinton administration, serving as counsel to the deputy attorney general. After marrying Susan Daggett, they moved to Colorado and quickly fell in love with the state. Although he had no previous experience as a businessman, Bennet was hired by the Anschutz Investment Company in . Bennet was remarkably successful and became a managing director of the company. He worked with Anschutz Investment Company for six years before returning to public service as the chief of staff to newly elected Mayor John Hickenlooper of Denver. Although he had no previous experience as an educator, Bennet was then selected by the Denver Public Schools as their new superintendent. Superintendent Bennet ended the annual crises of the school budget and successfully raised Denver students’ graduation rates and achievement scores. His performance was so remarkable that he was considered for the cabinet post of secretary of education in the Obama administration. Instead, it was Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar who joined the Obama administration as the new secretary of the interior, leaving an opening in the United States Senate. Although he had no previous experience as an elected politician, Michael Bennet was appointed by Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter to replace Senator Salazar. Michael Bennet is currently a U.S. Senator from Colorado. — Andrew Dunham, Professor of Political Science DAVID QUAMMEN

HIO NATIVE DAVID QUAMMEN graduated from Yale in 1970 as an English major, inspired in his Oeducation by, in his words, Jesuit priests and southern novelists. That same year he published his first novel, and continued his education as a Rhodes Scholar specializing in William Faulkner. Many CC folk will recognize the siren call to the spirit that followed. For David Quammen, it was the Montana wilderness. In his Volkswagen bus, with fly rod, kayak, and a copy of “War and Peace,” he moved to Montana, and became a fishing guide. He also wrote a lot: Novels, short fiction, nonfiction, essays, and biography. From 1981 to 1996, he contributed a monthly column called “Natural Acts” for Outside magazine that explored the quirky world of biology and biologists. Today he is a contributing writer for National Geographic specializing in topics of biodiversity, conservation, and evolution. He has also written for Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, Rolling Stone, The Times Book Review, Smithsonian, The Quarterly Review, and other notable magazines, earning awards on all fronts: Several National Magazine Awards for Essays and Criticism, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Natural World book prize, the John Burroughs Medal for nature writing, the NY Public Library Bernstein Book Award, the Lannan Literary Award for nonfiction, and the PEN/Spiegelvogel-Diamonstein Award for the art of the essay. Currently he holds the Wallace Stegner Chair of Western American Studies at Montana State University. From these signposts, it must be apparent that David Quammen has ventured far from the perimeter of Yoknapatawpha County and William Faulkner. Writer Annie Dillard mused that “when you write, you lay out a line of words. …You wield it, and it digs a path you follow. You make the path boldly and you follow it fearfully. You go where the path leads.” With kayak, skis, hiking boots, water purifying and anti-malarial tablets, mosquito repellent, and sturdy intestinal fortitude, the English major became an explorer and translator of the multidimensional world of science and its practitioners, of the remote and the familiar, of places on the globe where there be dragons still. Self- identified as “haunter of libraries and snoop,” this peruser of arcane scientific journals became an eminent interpreter of places and pieces in the natural world as they collide with humankind. David Quammen has taken Dillard’s warning to heart, following the path of words where they lead him. For readers, the power of his words compels us to follow so that that we too participate in exploration and reflection on the meanings of science, nature, and change across time and place. From trout, sea cucumbers, dodo birds, man-eating lions, tigers, and bears, through snorkeling wild rivers, the snows of Montana and the humidity of tropical jungles, David Quammen bushwhacks us into new terrain. The traditional liberal arts of the medieval university included grammar, rhetoric, and logic — in other words, the skills of communication. New York Times columnist David Brooks recently quoted a Harvard report on more modern goals of liberal education: “To unsettle presumptions, to defamiliarize the familiar, to reveal what is going on beneath and behind appearances.” David Quammen fulfills the aspirations of liberal education both ancient and modern. With scrupulously accurate, accessible, and humorous prose, and exquisite grammar, rhetoric and logic, he unsettles our presumptions and provokes us to ponder complex questions lurking beneath and behind appearances of the wild and the mundane. — Tass Kelso, Professor of Biology 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 6

JAMES SALTER

ORN JAMES HOROWITZ in New York City in 1925, James Salter attended Horace Mann School Bbefore entering West Point at 17. He served in the Air Force as a jet pilot for 12 years, flying more than 100 combat missions in the and shooting down an enemy MiG. While still in the military, he began writing under a new name to avoid having to show his work to superior officers for permission. His first novel, “,” was published in 1956 and was made into a movie starring . A second novel, “The Arm of Flesh,” appeared in 1961 (revised and republished as “Cassada” in 2000), but it was his third book, the erotic classic “A Sport and a Pastime” (1967) that established Salter as one of America’s most admired writers, consumed not only with the life of action, but also with sensuality and the passage of time. For years Salter made his living in the movies, contributing to more than a dozen documentaries, writing screenplays for “Downhill Racer” (starring and Gene Hackman), “The Appointment,” and “Three,” a film he also directed. But he continued writing literary fiction. The novel “Light Years,” which appeared to mixed reviews in 1975, is now considered a major work by such critics as Harold Bloom, who included it in his compendium, “The Western Canon.” “Solo Faces” (1979), also listed by Bloom, has a cult following as one of the best novels ever written about the strangely isolated lives of serious mountaineers. Salter’s first collection of short stories, “Dusk and Other Stories,” won the 1989 PEN/Faulkner Award, and expectation began to build for a memoir by this extraordinary writer who had lived such a colorful life. That expectation was met — and exceeded — when “Burning the Days” appeared in 1997. Regarded by many as one of the finest autobiographies in American literature, it was praised by Samuel Hynes in for “its eloquent witness to the writer’s faith in the craft he practices.” A second volume of short stories, “Last Night” (2005), established Salter as one of the leading practitioners of that peculiarly American art form, and in the same year he published “There and Then: The Travel Writing of James Salter.” His most recent book, co-authored with his wife, Kay, is an encyclopedic celebration of literary and epicurean pleasures: “Life is Meals: A Food Lover’s Book of Days.” For more than 50 years, Salter has exemplified the true vocation of the artist. As he wrote in “Burning the Days,” “It is only in books that one finds perfection, only in books that it cannot be spoiled. Art, in a sense, is life brought to a standstill, rescued from time. The secret of making it is simple: discard everything that is good enough.” That rigor and ambition are what have made James Salter a master. — David Mason, Professor of English 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/15/09 9:21 AM Page 7

MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING

Sami Melissa Adler, New York, New York*1 Janice N. Olmstead, Marlborough, Massachusetts2 Secondary Foreign Language Liberal Arts for Elementary School Teachers Belinda Micciulli Armstrong*1 Kirsten Jo Palmer Thompson, Trenton, *1 Colorado Springs, Colorado Secondary Art Secondary English Sherry L. Pappadakis, Woodland Park, Colorado Amy Marie Jeanette Belcastro*1 Integrated Natural Science Colorado Springs, Colorado Corinne M. Riopel, Rosemount, Minnesota*1 Elementary School Elementary School Angela Dawn Bird, Widefield, Colorado*1 Ramsey T. Ross, Colorado Springs, Colorado*1 Secondary Foreign Language Arts and Humanities Sarah M. Bogdanski, Medina, Ohio*1 Lauren Courtney Schaefer, Fort Collins, Colorado1 Elementary School Elementary School Kipley Anne Breeden, Colorado Springs, Colorado*1 Kristen J. Schwartz-Pulsifer* Distinction Secondary Art Colorado Springs, Colorado Margaret Ellen Chumbley*1 Arts and Humanities Colorado Springs, Colorado Susanna Kathryn Shakespeare, Atlanta, Georgia*1 Secondary Social Studies Secondary English Pamela Diane Constuble, Pueblo, Colorado1 Jessica L. Simpson, Colorado Springs, Colorado*2 Southwest Studies Arts and Humanities Katherine Elizabeth Coverdale*1 Caroline Lee Souter, Colorado Springs, Colorado*1 Colorado Springs, Colorado Elementary School Elementary School Heather Ray Haley Strobel, Pueblo, Colorado Paula Frances Daniel, Colorado Springs, Colorado Integrated Natural Science Integrated Natural Science Catherine Van de Casteele*1 Daisy Ann DeMelo, Redondo Beach, *1 Colorado Springs, Colorado Secondary Social Studies Elementary School Alyssa R. Dillard, Colorado Springs, Colorado* Stanley Theodore Walker, Jr. 1 Integrated Natural Science Colorado Springs, Colorado Hailey Suzanne Eck, Malvern, Pennsylvania*1 Integrated Natural Science Secondary Social Studies Erica Sue Wernsmann, Denver, Colorado*1 Erik Andrew Eckhoff, Colorado Springs, Colorado*1 Secondary Art Secondary Social Studies Sayo Yamaguchi, Shiga, Japan*1 Grace Pamela Friedman, Colorado Springs, Colorado*1 Secondary Foreign Language Elementary School Robert H. Gilliam III, Colorado Springs, Colorado Distinction in Southwest Studies Tracy Renae Jackson, Colorado Springs, Colorado*1 Secondary Science Lisa Ellen Kratz, Colorado Springs, Colorado* Integrated Natural Science James Robinson Lester, Colorado Springs, Colorado*1 Secondary Social Studies Anna Maria Mannino, Colorado Springs, Colorado*1 Secondary Art Martin McDermott, Fort Collins, Colorado*1 Secondary Art Ericka Leni Miller, Colorado Springs, Colorado* Integrated Natural Science Greg J. Miller, Colorado Springs, Colorado* Integrated Natural Science Stephanie Lynn Miller*1 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Elementary School Rachel Louise Mills, Wilson, Wyoming*1 Liberal Arts for Elementary School Teachers Noli K. Morath, Manitou Springs, Colorado*1 Distinction in Arts and Humanities

*In Absentia 1Degree granted August 8, 2008 2Degree granted December 19, 2008 3Degree pending! 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 8

One longstanding CC tradition is allowing graduating seniors to list their names in the commencement program in any way they choose. Look carefully and you’re sure to find several examples of this characteristic CC individuality. BACHELOR OF ARTS

Amelia H. Aaron, Greenwood Village, Colorado George E. Barnard, Concord, Massachusetts³ Political Science History/Political Science Natalie Rose Abel, Vashon Island, Washington Margaret K. Barrett, East Aurora, New York Economics Comparative Literature Andrew Allen Abeyta, Colorado Springs, Colorado Paulina María Barrios Giordano Psychology Juriquilla Querétaro, Mexico Garrett Coughlin Adams, Sedgwick, Maine*¹ Comparative Literature: Literature & International Relations Political Science Alexandra Barse, Bethesda, Maryland Kurt William Adkins, Mesa, Arizona Sociology Distinction in Economics Emily Elizabeth Bauer, Highlands Ranch, Colorado Hunter C. Allen, Durango, Colorado Distinction in Music, cum laude Distinction in Psychology, cum laude Benjamin J. Beadle-Ryby, Loveland, Colorado David Iralupe Alvarez, Eaton, Colorado Mathematical Economics/International Affairs History/Political Science Andrew Taylor Bean, Paradise Valley, Arizona David Jacob Amster-Olszewski, Miami, Distinction in Mathematics, cum laude International Political Economy Kirsten Annalinder Becker, Mankato, Minnesota Kaeley Erin Anderson, Portland, Oregon Distinction in Biology, cum laude Distinction in Neuroscience, summa cum laude Katherine Anne Beckmann, Longmont, Colorado Robert Neil André, Kansas City, Missouri Biology Sociology William N. Benét, Hartford, Connecticut* Casey Robert Andree, Parker, Colorado English Classics-English Logan Lee Bennett, Colorado Springs, Colorado Caitlin Elizabeth Andrews, Denver, Colorado Sociology History/Political Science Chloe Merrick Benson, Pocatello, Idaho Distinction in Political Science, cum laude Biochemistry Alexander John Archambault Thomas J. Bermant, Santa Barbara, California Providence, Rhode Island Political Science Philosophy Sarah Elizabeth Betts, Ketchum, Idaho Carlie Jasmine Armstrong, Grand Junction, Colorado English Distinction in Political Science, cum laude Cory Beyer, Lutz, Florida John R. Armstrong, Fairfield, Iowa Biology English Adrienne Binder, Fox Point, Wisconsin Melanie M. Auguste, Cameron Park, California Art: Art History Concentration Distinction in Economics, cum laude Anna Noble Blackett, Norfolk, Massachusetts Ethan Axelrod, Chicago, Illinois English: Creative Writing History/Political Science Conor Joseph Kehoe Blanchet Distinction in History Waynesboro, Pennsylvania Anya Aylesworth, Denver, Colorado Biology Psychology William Michael Blaustein, Mill Valley, California Dillon J. Baer, Littleton, Colorado Distinction in International Political Economy, cum laude Chemistry and Mathematical Economics Natasha Ariel Blitz, Fairfield, Iowa Distinction in Mathematical Economics, cum laude Distinction in Art: Art Studio Concentration, Quintana Jeanne Baker, Chautauqua, New York magna cum laude Distinction in Biology, magna cum laude Abby Michele Block, Evanston, Illinois Astrid Martin Baldera Sociology San Antonio de los Altos, Venezuela Gregory Franklin Block Sociology/International Affairs Steamboat Springs, Colorado Joseph Michael Bamberger Biology, summa cum laude Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Logan Jerrell Boccard, Broomfield, Colorado Geology Biology, cum laude Alexa Rae Bannerman, Larkspur, Colorado Megan Julia Bock, Lakewood, Colorado Economics Religion John Cannon Barker, Greenville, South Carolina Julia Lewis Bollinger, Sewickley, Pennsylvania Philosophy Art: Art Studio Concentration Matthias Thomas Socatean Barker, Wilton, Maine Mary Bolton, New Orleans, Louisiana*¹ Distinction in Philosophy Art: Art Studio Concentration Michael Humphreys Barlow, Knoxville, Tennessee³ Anne Vail Bossange, Holliston, Massachusetts Music Distinction in Biology *In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 8, 2008 ²Degree granted December 19, 2008 ³Degree pending 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 9

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Preston Heinz Brasch, , California Ryan Alexander Church, Saint Louis, Missouri*¹ Distinction in German/International Affairs Liberal Arts & Sciences: Nathaniel Thomas Brodman, Scottsdale, Arizona Environmental Political Economy Economics Josephine Erin Clark, Tucson, Arizona³ Alex Irving Brody, Berkeley, California Sociology Distinction in International Political Economy, Anna Christine Clithero, West Linn, Oregon magna cum laude Religion Jonathan Daniel Broida, Beverly Hills, California* Rebecca M. Cohen, Chicago, Illinois Asian Studies Sociology Beverly Elizabeth Broome*¹ Christopher Robert Colligan Springfield, Pennsylvania Manhattan Beach, California Biochemistry International Political Economy Noah A. Brostoff, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Rachel M. Colorosa, Arvada, Colorado Mathematics International Political Economy Marian Taylor Brown, Rochester, New York James Lawrence Comerford, Grand Junction, Colorado Distinction in Art: Art Studio Concentration Biology, cum laude Robert G. Brown, Englewood, Colorado Wendell Elizabeth Cook, New Vernon, New Jersey History/Political Science, magna cum laude Biology Ana I'i Brown-Cohen, Ithaca, New York Meaghan Cooper, Seattle, Washington Sociology International Political Economy Weston Wayne Brownlee, Greeley, Colorado William Moore Copp, Locust Valley, New York*¹ English: Creative Writing, cum laude English Joseph James Bruckner, Mercer Island, Washington Eric Believe Baker Corliss, Eugene, Oregon Distinction in Biology Spanish: Hispanic Studies Halley Elizabeth Brunsteter Natalie Marie Corrado, Naples, Florida Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Economics Anthropology/International Affairs, cum laude Andrew David Craig, Lake Oswego, Oregon Eleni Marie Bucuvalas, Buffalo Creek, Colorado Biology Distinction in Psychology, cum laude Deva Crouch, Seattle, Washington*¹ Brianna Bernadette Buljung, Westminster, Colorado Distinction in Art: Art Studio Concentration, cum laude Distinction in History, cum laude Kevin J. Cryan, Pacific Palisades, California*¹ Madeline Bundy, Boykin, South Carolina History Spanish: Hispanic Studies Marcis Ian Curtis, Holden, Maine Benjamin Seton Byrnes, Portland, Oregon Political Science Art: Art Studio Concentration Briana Janelle Cushing, Broomfield, Colorado Cailin M. Calonge, Greenwood Village, Colorado Distinction in Psychology, magna cum laude Biology and English Molly Cathleen Cushing, Portland, Oregon Emily Fay Capelin, Durango, Colorado Biology Southwest Studies Sophie Pollard Danforth, Providence, Rhode Island Christina Alison Carleton Art: Art Studio Concentration Westborough, Massachusetts Eric Butler Daniels, Mystic, Connecticut Environmental Science: Integrated Geology Ryan Michael Casserly, Newport Beach, California Sarah Cobb Davidson, Lake Forest, Illinois Distinction in Neuroscience, cum laude Political Science Samuel Byron Chapman, Aurora, Ohio Justin Putnam Davis, Bainbridge Island, Washington² Distinction in Economics Asian Studies Danny Charles, Pasadena, Texas Jeanna Marlene Del Vecchio, Gunnison, Colorado English: Film Studies Neuroscience Matthew Nicholas Fedele Chase Francesca Kagiso Desmarais Wayland, Massachusetts Crested Butte, Colorado Physics, cum laude Distinction in International Political Economy, cum laude Austin S. Cheley, Denver, Colorado Rachael DeWitt, Portland, Oregon English: Creative Writing Distinction in Philosophy Kelli Susan Christensen Andrew E. Dick, Washington, D.C.³ Colorado Springs, Colorado International Political Economy Distinction in Psychology, cum laude Jacob Allen Dickson, Shreveport, Louisiana*² Economics and English

*In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 8, 2008 ²Degree granted December 19, 2008 ³Degree pending 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 10

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Sarah Helen Diefendorf, Concord, New Hampshire Julia Kristen Falk, Overland Park, Kansas Distinction in Sociology, cum laude Art: Art History Concentration Meredith Leigh Diers, Dallas, Texas Ken Samuel Farmer, Jr., Memphis, Tennessee* History Liberal Arts & Sciences: Abigail Turney Digel, Bradford, Pennsylvania Urban Planning and Design English: Creative Writing Amanda Marie Fernandez, Colorado Springs, Colorado² Brian Alexander Dito, San Rafael, California² Spanish: Hispanic Studies Romance Languages: Spanish/Italian David Bryan Ferreira, Aurora, Colorado David Huston Dodson, Lake Oswego, Oregon Computer Science Biology Chloe Elise Fields, Chicago, Illinois Douglas Scott Donnellan, Potomac, Maryland English: Creative Writing Economics Sunny Leigh Finden, Farmington, Minnesota Nathan C. Dorff, Carlisle, Pennsylvania French and Francophone Studies and Distinction in German International Political Economy Michelle Lynn Dotter, Boulder, Colorado Megan Finnegan, Bedford, New York Distinction in English: Creative Writing, Anthropology magna cum laude James Gregory Flexter, Cincinnati, Ohio Alexa Starr Dougherty, Lexington, Massachusetts Drama Sociology Ben Koukalaka Foley, Lincoln, Massachusetts³ Alison Lee Dresser, Yardley, Pennsylvania Art: Art Studio Concentration English Duncan Rypperda-Wierdsma Forbes, Columbus, Ohio² Tristan P. Droppert, Redmond, Washington Sociology Anthropology Farrell Maia Frankel, Englewood, New Jersey Danielle Vanessa Dubler, Fort Collins, Colorado Psychology Distinction in English: Film Studies, cum laude Ryan French, Wilton, Connecticut Stacy Marie Du Clos, Albuquerque, New Mexico Mathematical Economics Distinction in Anthropology, cum laude Charles Porter Friedman Nicole Caitlyn Dunnavant, Arlington, Texas Port Royal, South Carolina Distinction in Feminist and Gender Studies Liberal Arts & Sciences: Angela Jeanette Eastman Influences of the Natural World Hurdle Mills, North Carolina on the Development of Societies Art: Art Studio Concentration Frances Catterton Frischkorn John Irvin Eckelberger Charlottesville, Virginia Greenwood Village, Colorado Religion Biochemistry Michelle Kay Fritsch, Charlevoix, Michigan Heidi Carlson Eckhoff, Denver, Colorado French and Francophone Studies Art: Art History Concentration James Robert Barnett Barquekelus Argyle Fry² Kristin Alexis Eckstein, New Orleans, Louisiana Scottsdale, Arizona Art: Art Studio Concentration Economics Miles Lazarus Eichner, Washington, D.C. Stephanie Kohli Furniss, Scottsdale, Arizona Sociology Biochemistry Jacqueline Marie Elder, Leonia, New Jersey Steven Edward Galinat, Wilmington, Delaware Political Science Political Science Jessca "Essence" Elias-McKenzie James Gannon, Roselle, Illinois Shreveport, Louisiana Economics Feminist and Gender Studies Carly Brooke Gelatt, Boulder, Colorado Matthew Karl Elmore, Norman, Oklahoma Distinction in Art: Art Studio Concentration Philosophy Kristen Leigh Gessinger, New Canaan, Connecticut Samuel Franklin Emmons, Needham, Massachusetts² Political Science History Caitlin Jane Gibbs, Steamboat Springs, Colorado Emma Rachel Egger Epstein, Seattle, Washington Distinction in Biology Anthropology Erin Nicole Gittleman, Atlanta, Georgia Kyle Fredric Eriks, Seattle, Washington Art: Art Studio Concentration Distinction in Economics, magna cum laude Sophie Anne Glass, Larchmont, New York Caroline Meade Evans, San Geronimo, California Distinction in Political Science, cum laude Anthropology Hanna S. Gleason, Cumberland, Maine Laura Elspeth Evans, Colorado Springs, Colorado³ Psychology Biology *In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 8, 2008 ²Degree granted December 19, 2008 ³Degree pending 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 11

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Adam Gutman Goldberg, Cranbury, New Jersey¹ Malka Juliet Haymer, Honolulu, Hawaii English Music Secondary Teacher Education Program Julia Parker Head, Marlborough, Massachusetts³ Mariah Rayanne Golden, Colorado Springs, Colorado Art: Art Studio Concentration and Biology Distinction in Psychology, magna cum laude Jessica Ann Hellyer, Fort Collins, Colorado Andrew Morris Goldstein, Potomac, Maryland Biochemistry, magna cum laude Political Science Susan Raub Helm, Newton, Massachusetts Martin N. Golobic, Cedar Rapids, Iowa³ International Political Economy Economics Justin William Henceroth, Keystone, Colorado Brenna Nicole Gomez, Walsenburg, Colorado Distinction in Biology, cum laude Distinction in English: Creative Writing, cum laude Mark Gregory Henkel, Lancaster, Pennsylvania*¹ Cadiz Safira Breggin Gomez, Denver, Colorado*¹ History Religion Amy Denise Hepner, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Egduard Ramon Jauregui Gonzalez, Aurora, Colorado*¹ Mathematics/International Affairs, cum laude Religion Andrea Herrera Moreno, Anderson, South Carolina John Walsh Graham, Washington, D.C. International Political Economy Political Science Nicholas Chan Hiebert, Chevy Chase, Maryland³ Michael L. Graham, Scottsdale, Arizona Political Science History Sara Louise Hildreth, Lone Tree, Colorado Jamie Jean Grasse, St. Louis, Missouri English Philosophy Rowan Hennessy Hill Galen Parrish Green, Lexington, Kentucky Hasliberg Goldern, Switzerland English Geology Stephanie Greenberg, Scarsdale, New York Ann Elizabeth Hillier History Bainbridge Island, Washington Ryan Creighton Grenoble, Durango, Colorado Biology Political Science Erin Price Hittesdorf, Fort Collins, Colorado*¹ Elizabeth Lauren Greynald, Ojai, California Art: Art Studio Concentration Physics Joseph Allan Hoanin, Homer, Alaska Hilary Adams Gross, Yarmouth, Maine International Political Economy English, cum laude Emily Parker Hock, New York, New York Valerie Anne Grosscup, Eugene, Oregon Drama Biology Ian Donovan Hock, New York, New York*² Vincent Charles Gumlich, Trinidad, Colorado³ English: Film Studies Drama Cynthia Caroline Hodge, Rockville, Maryland Aidan Frederick Haley, Tacoma, Washington Distinction in Sociology International Political Economy Marie Elizebeth Hoerner, Castle Rock, Colorado Calen Phillip Hall, San Anselmo, California³ Distinction in Geology, summa cum laude Distinction in Sociology James Spencer Wright Hoffman³ Erika Hamilton, Columbia, South Carolina Cape Elizabeth, Maine English Political Science Blake Alexander Hammond Emily Alice Houston, Corvallis, Oregon Colorado Springs, Colorado Distinction in Psychology, magna cum laude Political Science Reed Bradford Howard, Surrey, England Eileen Jennings Hancock, Phoenix, Arizona Religion Psychology Amanda Ingle Hoyt, Wilson, Wyoming Christine A. Hanks, Avon, Colorado Biology English Samuel Colgate Hoyt, Concord, Massachusetts Meriwether Lewis McCargo Hardie English: Film Studies Charlotte, Vermont Tabitha Ann Hrynick, Rio Rancho, New Mexico Environmental Science: Integrated Sociology Anna Danielle Harmon, Ault, Colorado Sarah Elizabeth Huff, Evergreen, Colorado English, cum laude Psychology David Huston Harvey, Seattle, Washington¹ Lauren Ann Hughes, Highland Park, Illinois Psychology Distinction in Sociology, cum laude Emily Jane Havens, Milwaukee, Wisconsin John Cole Hull III, Livingston, Montana Liberal Arts & Sciences: Political Science Environmental Anthropology *In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 8, 2008 ²Degree granted December 19, 2008 ³Degree pending 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 12

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Conner James Hunihan, Weston, Connecticut Andrew Baillie Kimball, Madison, New Jersey Environmental Science: Integrated History Briony Kennington Hunn, Colorado Springs, Colorado Thomas Stiglin Kimball, Wellesley, Massachusetts Religion Political Science Claire Jean Hunt, Colorado Springs, Colorado Mary E. Kincannon, Loveland, Colorado History Distinction in Art: Art Studio Concentration, cum laude Byron Isaac Hurlbut, Farmington, New Mexico Creighton Elijah King IV, Salt Lake City, Utah³ Political Science Anthropology Joanna Laurel Hyde, Denver, Colorado Leslie Anne Kinson, Waltham, Vermont Distinction in Music, magna cum laude Philosophy, cum laude Adam James Isabella, Salt Lake City, Utah Tendo S. Kironde, Fairfax, California Biology, cum laude English Benjamin Ryan Ittleman, Charlotte, Vermont² P. Zion Klos, Brillion, Wisconsin Biology Distinction in Geology, magna cum laude Anna Lee Jackson, Salt Lake City, Utah Jessica Jewell Koncak, Jackson, Wyoming Distinction in Anthropology Art: Art History Concentration Lance Nicholas Jacobs, Prescott Valley, Arizona Charles Cheasty Kornman, New York, New York Economics Political Science Neva Florence Burfisher Jacobs² Berk D. Korustan, Alamo, California Chevy Chase, Maryland Economics Environmental Science: Integrated Petra Kranzfelder, Northfield, Minnesota Margaret Adair Jenkins³ Biology Saint Louis Park, Minnesota Nicholas Steven Latimer Kreczko Art: Art History Concentration Weatogue, Connecticut Phoebe Woantying Jiang, Colorado Springs, Colorado Mathematical Economics History and International Political Economy Alexander James Kruse, Leesburg, Virginia¹ Distinction in History Economics Peder McDermott Johansen, Shoreline, Washington Tamara J. Kuehn, Jackson, Wyoming² Economics Philosophy Emily Christine Johnson, Santa Fe, New Mexico Nicole Sung Laniohan, Colorado Springs, Colorado Religion Biology Laura Grace Johnson, Northbrook, Illinois² Michael Byrnes Larsen, Littleton, Colorado Biology Chemistry Thomas Johnson, Santa Fe, New Mexico Andrew James Larson, Portland, Oregon Physics, cum laude Philosophy Andrew Pownall Jones, Westtown, Pennsylvania*² Colin Maxwell Larson, Littleton, Colorado History History and Political Science Sophie Alice Elizabeth Kauffman Charlene Kay Lee, Denver, Colorado Bainbridge Island, Washington English: Film Studies Distinction in Sociology, magna cum laude Esther Dawoon Lee, Centennial, Colorado Anatoly Kazakin, Wayland, Massachusetts Sociology History John Henry Guion Lents, Houston, Texas Julianne Alexis Kellogg, Northboro, Massachusetts² English: Creative Writing Environmental Science: Integrated Amanda Gail Lenz, Parma, Ohio Alison Boardman Kelman, Lincoln, Massachusetts Political Science History Danielle Renee Lepar, West Bloomfield, Michigan Brian Geoffrey Kennedy, Westport, Connecticut Chemistry Environmental Science: Integrated Irene Grace Lilly, Minneapolis, Minnesota Derek Joseph Kennedy, Westport, Connecticut Sociology Philosophy John Edmund Linnemann, Andover, Massachusetts² Andrea Louise Ketterer, Flagstaff, Arizona Economics Distinction in Music Brittany Anne Linton, Seattle, Washington Zoe Anastasia Keve, Shelburne, Vermont Sociology Distinction in Environmental Science: Integrated Barbara Elizabeth Lish, Centennial, Colorado Caroline Gavin Kilpatrick, Beverly, Massachusetts² Biology History Michael Halloran Lopez, Albuquerque, New Mexico Natalie Haemi Kim, Colorado Springs, Colorado Spanish: Hispanic Studies Biology *In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 8, 2008 ²Degree granted December 19, 2008 ³Degree pending 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 13

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Thomas Donahue Lorenzen, Denver, Colorado Sirina Dawn Milsap, Denver, Colorado Political Science History Cara Marie Losacco, Lake Forest, Illinois Lise Gabrielle Miltner, Larkspur, California German and Romance Languages:Italian/Spanish English Brittain Stevens Lovett, Wellesley, Massachusetts Patrick Ryan Minot, Durango, Colorado English Distinction in Neuroscience, magna cum laude Helen May Lummis, Houston, Texas Edward Emil Missinne, Marietta, Georgia² Art: Art History Concentration Biology Janie Luong, Aurora, Colorado Christen Ashley Mitchell, Minneapolis, Minnesota Chemistry Art: Art Studio Concentration Elizabeth Anne Lynn, Middlebury, Vermont Liza Rose Johnson Mitchell, Longmont, Colorado*¹ History/Political Science Environmental Science: Integrated, magna cum laude Valerie Joy MacKinnon, Kingston, Washington Christian Mueller Modern, Boulder, Colorado Distinction in Philosophy International Political Economy Brynn Margaret MacLeod, Santa Fe, New Mexico Amanda Lee Moench, Kandern, Germany Distinction in Art: Art Studio Concentration, cum laude English/International Affairs Caitlin Marie Mallory, Centennial, Colorado Wagma Sajia Mommandi, Denver, Colorado Biology Biology Ryan Maloney, Cincinnati, Ohio Lisa Ann Mondelli, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey* Anthropology Distinction in Anthropology, cum laude Michael Mandrell, Lake Oswego, Oregon Brendan I. Montoya, Pueblo, Colorado Biology, cum laude Biology Benjamin Carlos Gurney Manzano Molly Ann Moran, Colorado Springs, Colorado Cleveland Heights, Ohio Distinction in Mathematics, cum laude History/International Affairs Penelope Ariel Morgan, Colorado Springs, Colorado Alicia Martinez, Denver, Colorado Anthropology Romance Languages: Spanish/Italian Jesse Adam Morris, Pagosa Springs, Colorado Monica Rose Martinez, Fort Collins, Colorado Liberal Arts & Sciences: Romance Languages: French/Spanish International Environmental Policy, magna cum laude Maria Feliz Jacinta Martinez Hernandez Lindsay Jane Morrison, Colorado Springs, Colorado Denver, Colorado Chemistry Religion Patricia Bolger Moynihan, Fraser, Colorado Christine Elizabeth Masoni, Pueblo, Colorado³ Chemistry Economics Brian James Mulhern, Centennial, Colorado Emily Stuart Matthewson, Falls Church, Virginia Biology Art: Art History Concentration Greta Marie Murphy, Litchfield, Connecticut Collin Michael McCarthy, Thiensville, Wisconsin English Physics Sara E. Murphy, Berryville, Virginia Morgan F. McInvaille, Langley, Washington Biology Physics Nikki Muyskens, Highlands Ranch, Colorado Ashley Sidway McKay, Carmel, California² Distinction in Comparative Literature, magna cum laude Sociology Lauren Camille Nakano, Grand Junction, Colorado Caroline Cox McKenna, New Caanan, Connecticut Religion Anthropology Steven Wayne Nakano, Grand Junction, Colorado*¹ Laura Ann McQuaid, Englewood, Colorado Neuroscience Biology Mark Edward Neuman-Lee, Denver, Colorado Mayra R. Medrano, Baytown, Texas International Political Economy, cum laude English: Film Studies Max Thomas Neumeyer, Denver, Colorado Matthew D. Melloy, Saint Cloud, Minnesota Philosophy Political Science Jessica C. Nicholas, Highlands Ranch, Colorado Samuel Lewis Membrino, Bethesda, Maryland*¹ Biology, cum laude English: Film Studies Amanda Kathleen Nichols, Denver, Colorado Alexander John Mencer, Boulder, Colorado*¹ Liberal Arts & Sciences: Philosophy Integrated Environmental Policy Bianca Belinda Mendez, Commerce City, Colorado Jesse Brooks Nichols V, Denver, Colorado*¹ International Political Economy International Political Economy Tara Menon, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India Sasha Rose Nollman, San Juan Island, Washington Distinction in Comparative Literature, cum laude Religion *In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 8, 2008 ²Degree granted December 19, 2008 ³Degree pending 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/15/09 9:21 AM Page 14

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Megumi Obuchi, Saitama, Japan Lawrence Pablo Ignacio Philipps Muñoz Biology Oak Park, Illinois Drew Dennis O'Connell, Anchorage, Alaska Philosophy History Marian Rose Pierce, Colorado Springs, Colorado# Amelia-Rose S. O'Connor, Nantucket, Massachusetts Sociology Environmental Science: Integrated Maxwell MacGavin Pike, Mill Valley, California Heidi Foster O'Connor, Roswell, Georgia*! History English George Hook Pilgrim, Baltimore, Maryland Genai R. Odhner, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania History Physics and Sociology Julian S. Plaza, Fort Collins, Colorado Distinction in Sociology, cum laude Philosophy Sarah Lauren Oliphant, Crested Butte, Colorado Political Science Distinction in Asian Studies Alexandra Pohlad, Edina, Minnesota Hunter Scott Oliver-Allen, Alamo, California Distinction in Feminist and Gender Studies Biochemistry and Mathematics, cum laude Felice James Poles, Dorchester, Massachusetts" Michelle Ann Olson, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Southwest Studies Distinction in Russian, cum laude Jena Marie Polk, Minnetonka, Minnesota Erika Alese Omer, Cedarburg, Wisconsin Economics, magna cum laude International Political Economy Stephen William Polk, Prescott, Arizona Alyse Danielle Oneto, Stockton, California Distinction in Mathematical Economics, cum laude English Naiara Linhares Posniak, Boulder, Colorado Jeannette Furlong Osterweil Distinction in Spanish: Hispanic Studies, cum laude San Francisco, California Hannah L. Potvin, Houston, Texas* Sociology/International Affairs Neuroscience Charles Arthur Paddock, Fountain, Colorado Randi Marie Mee Youn Powell, Shelton, Connecticut Mathematical Economics Art: Art History Concentration Bianca Ama Paiz, Santa Fe, New Mexico Skylor Sheldon Powell, Chagrun Falls, Ohio Anthropology Psychology Sonia Elizabeth Pargellis, Hoboken, New Jersey Reid Daniel Prebenda, Chatham, New Jersey* Dance Comparative Literature Grace Saerom Park, Englewood, Colorado Ariel Je Taun Price, Denver, Colorado Chemistry Sociology Anne Elsbeth Jones Parker, Mountain Home, Idaho*# Mitchell Hill Price, Clayton, New York Anthropology Philosophy Julia Joanna Patterson, Denver, Colorado Casey Michael Primeau, Lynbrook, New York Liberal Arts & Sciences: The Political Science Political and Sociological Aspects Kelsey Mariah Pullar, Deming, Washington of Global Health Distinction in Sociology, cum laude Kelsey Elizabeth Patterson Jocelyn Michelle Quintana, Albuquerque, New Mexico Steamboat Springs, Colorado Biology Distinction in Psychology, magna cum laude Christopher Moy Quon, Lake Forest, Illinois Marty Patterson, Short Hills, New Jersey Economics History/Political Science Izabela Katarzyna Ragan Matthew Thomas Payne, Boise, Idaho Colorado Springs, Colorado Economics Biology Katherin Pech, Colorado Springs, Colorado Zak Justin Witte Randell, Weston, Connecticut Physics International Political Economy Lee Pedzisa, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Brooke Elizabeth Randolph, Minneapolis, Minnesota Distinction in Chemistry, magna cum laude Art: Art History Concentration Kyla Joy Peter Thomas Pellouchoud Mary Randolph, Norman, Oklahoma Longmont, Colorado Art: Art Studio Concentration Distinction in English: Creative Writing, cum laude Chad Anthony Jerome Rau, Eden Prairie, Minnesota Scott Brian Petiya, Lakewood, Colorado Economics Political Science Lauren Elizabeth Rauch, Grand Junction, Colorado Marie-Page Rebecca Phelps, New Orleans, Louisiana Distinction in Classics, magna cum laude Anthropology Maxwell J. Ravitz, New York, New York Liberal Arts and Sciences: Electronic Music and Filmaking *In Absentia !Degree granted August 8, 2008 "Degree granted December 19, 2008 #Degree pending 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/15/09 9:21 AM Page 15

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Megan Suzanne Reamer, Rockville, Maryland Michael William Scheuer, Hinsdale, Illinois Biology, cum laude Distinction in Mathematical Economics, Kendra Noelle Reboa, Corvallis, Oregon summa cum laude French and Francophone Studies Emily Maureen Schneider, Raleigh, North Carolina Daniel Anthony Reddy, Cincinnati, Ohio Distinction in Sociology, cum laude Economics John Houston Schneider, Madison, Wisconsin Mischa Gabriel Preston Reiber Distinction in Liberal Arts & Sciences: Mendocino, California The Psychology and Philosophy of Psychology Subjectivity Emily Nicole Reinsel, Bozeman, Montana Greer Latzer Schott, Loudonville, New York" Distinction in Geology Distinction in Comparative Literature Tia Veronica Remington-Bell, Middleton, Wisconisn Cayla Anne Schreibman, Colorado Springs, Colorado Anthropology Biology Jessica Lindsey Marina Rice, Old Lyme, Connecticut Elementary Teacher Education Program Neuroscience Peter Kent Schumacher, Zionsville, Indiana Justin Edward Richards, Manitou Springs, Colorado" Distinction in English: Creative Writing, cum laude Philosophy Richard Scudder, Mamaroneck, New York Michael S. Richardson, Denver, Colorado International Political Economy Distinction in Economics James Holsten Senk, Hinsdale, Illinois Krystle Charisse Richman, Montclair, California Environmental Science: Integrated Sociology Caitlin Amin Shanahan, Columbus, Ohio Carrie Lorraine Riffee, Colorado Springs, Colorado*! Political Science Political Science Lisa Youn Kyung Sharp, Littleton, Colorado Wesley Thomas Rikkers, Madison, Wisconsin* English International Political Economy Courtney Marin Shephard, Evergreen, Colorado Rebecca Ailsa Rittenburg, Perkasie, Pennsylvania International Political Economy Distinction in Environmental Science: Integrated Elaine Sherson, Albuquerque, New Mexico Christopher Noel Robinson, Portland, Maine Biology Distinction in Political Science, cum laude Ryan Phillip Real Shuken*# Sarah Elizabeth Rodriguez, Fort Collins, Colorado Santa Barbara, California Biology, cum laude Economics Molly Roe, Minocqua, Wisconsin Amanda Nicole Silber, Ellicott City, Maryland Romance Languages: Spanish/Italian Biochemistry Alison Mae Rogers, Edina, Minnesota John Henry Outhwaite Sillin Feminist and Gender Studies Sunderland, Massachusetts Sara Elise Roggensack, Aurora, Colorado Chemistry Distinction in Biology, cum laude Geneva Hartwell Sills, Evanston, Illinois Scott Michael Rogowski, Aurora, Colorado Art: Art Studio Concentration Economics Emily King Silver, Highlands Ranch, Colorado Jessica Lynne Roper, Hinsdale, Illinois English Sociology Tasia Rhianna Sinn, Pueblo, Colorado Nicolas Matthews Rosser, Norwalk, Connecticut Distinction in American Political Economy, cum laude English: Film Studies Wiley Boulden Skewes, Evergreen, Colorado*# Zachary P. Rowe, West Roxbury, Massachusetts Geology and Mathematical Economics Economics Austin Wade Smith, Mission Hills, Kansas Lucy Anne Rozansky, Bethesda, Maryland Biology Political Science Jeff E. Smith, Manchester, Vermont" Amy Lynn Rubin, Englewood, Colorado English: Film Studies Biochemistry and Dance Kara Whitney Smith, Bainbridge Island, Washington Distinction in Dance Distinction in Art: Art History Concentration Tyler Henry Ruggles, Salt Lake City, Utah Keir Ellis Smith, Tampa, Florida Physics, cum laude German Phillip Sasser III, Fredericksburg, Virginia Kelsey Barlow Smith, Denver, Colorado Environmental Science: Concentration in Chemistry Anthropology John-Paul Sauer, Cañon City, Colorado Leeland Collin Smith, El Cerrito, California Political Science Economics Clay Lindsay Scallan, Driftwood, Texas Feminist and Gender Studies *In Absentia !Degree granted August 8, 2008 "Degree granted December 19, 2008 #Degree pending 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 16

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Lillian Carroll McNamara Smith Caitlin Elizabeth Swan, Santa Cruz, California Lake Bluff, Illinois Drama History, cum laude Brenna Swift, Woodland Park, Colorado Tyler Smith, Floyds Knobs, Indiana English: Creative Writing, magna cum laude Neuroscience David Alexander Taft, Simsbury, Connecticut¹ Ellen Ann Smucker, Racine, Wisconsin International Political Economy Drama Warren Takashima, Culver City, California Daniel Lee Solomon, Los Gatos, California History Political Science Bryndon Roberto Tarafa, Denver, Colorado Jackson C. Solway, Shoreline, Washington Drama and English: Creative Writing Political Science Elizabeth Bettle Thayer, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Ursula Margaret Sommer, Scottsdale, Arizona Religion Art: Art History Concentration Claire Bewyer Thexton, Madison, Wisconsin*² Cynthia M. Sorrick, Danville, California Sociology Biology Brian Scott Thirkell, Monument, Colorado Kristen Theresa Southworth, Saint Louis, Missouri² Mathematics Religion Caroline McLeod Thompson, New Canaan, Connecticut Matthew J. Spanier, Saint Cloud, Minnesota Classics Distinction in Biology Reid Christopher Taylor Thornton Liza Aryn Sparks, Lafayette, Colorado Westminster, Colorado English: Creative Writing, cum laude Economics, cum laude Jonathan Michael Spear, Pueblo, Colorado John Daniel Thorp II, Gates Mills, Ohio Biology English: Creative Writing Whitney Elise Spooner, Draper, Utah Sandhya M. Tillotson, Santa Barbara, California Psychology Environmental Science: Integrated Lynne Elizabeth Stahl, Lawrence, Kansas Jack Trumbull Tolan, Glenwood Springs, Colorado Distinction in English and Geology Distinction in Spanish: Hispanic Studies, Sarah Caverly Tolan, State College, Pennsylvania magna cum laude Distinction in Geology Taylor Langhoff Stayton, Centennial, Colorado Virginia Adair Trueheart, Katy, Texas Biochemistry, cum laude English Eden Samantha Steele, Arden, North Carolina Stephanie Jane Tulp, Tenafly, New Jersey Biology Psychology Emily Swords Steffen, Oak Park, Illinois Sarah Elizabeth Turner, Wayne, Pennsylvania Classics and English: Film Studies Environmental Science: Integrated Adam Stone, Vail, Colorado*² Josh Underwood, South Pasadena, California Drama Economics and Political Science Ella Carpenter Street, Ashland, Oregon Molly Erin Margaret Uyenishi Distinction in Political Science, magna cum laude Lake Zurich, Illinois Kennan Hannaford Stryker, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Biology Comparative Literature Kayla Marie Valvo, Las Vegas, Nevada Sarah Elizabeth Stults, Chicago, Illinois Mathematics Psychology Marina Hilary van Limburg Stirum Emily Catherine Stumhofer, Corpus Christi, Texas New York, New York Political Science Liberal Arts and Sciences: Merril Julia Stypula, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Understanding the Embodied Self Distinction in Geology Ian William Vaughn, Auburn, Washington David Matthew Sullivan, Little Rock, Arkansas Biochemistry, cum laude Liberal Arts & Sciences: Andreas Alexander Vlassopoulos³ Sustainable Development Los Angeles, California Matthew P. Sullivan, Bedford Hills, New York Economics and History History Elizabeth A. Wagner, Alamosa, Colorado Suzanne Elizabeth Sundermann Political Science/International Affairs Saint Louis, Missouri Michael Royce Waldeck, Tulsa, Oklahoma Political Science Environmental Science: Integrated Hunter Anthony Swain, Memphis, Tennessee Sarah Rachel Waldo, Dracut, Massachusetts Distinction in Sociology, cum laude Environmental Science: Concentration in Chemistry

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LaTia Renee Walker, Aurora, Colorado Nathan Lyle Wright, San Anselmo, California History/Political Science, cum laude Sociology Marshall Charles Wallach, Denver, Colorado Joseph Phillip Wykowski, Beaverton, Oregon History Political Science Ren David Washington, Detroit, Michigan*¹ Laura Jeanne Yale, Laguna Beach, California Political Science Religion Tucker L. Waud, Lake Forest, Illinois Zachary Hume Yates, Kansas City, Missouri Economics Mathematical Economics Elizabeth Kathleen Weber, Miami, Florida Gabriel Alexander Yette, Olympia, Washington Art: Art History Concentration Biology Asher N. Weinberg, Albuquerque, New Mexico Rachel Irene Yokum, Denver, Colorado History Anthropology Secondary Teacher Education Program Ashley Martel Young, Ault, Colorado E. Elizabeth Weiner, Franklin, Michigan Sociology History Lawson Shaq Yow, Marietta, Georgia Alexander Robin Shand Weiss, Rockville, Maryland Liberal Arts and Sciences: Biology Wildlife Conservation Jacob Okie Weiss, Bethesda, Maryland Alana Yurkanin, Wailuku, Hawaii Liberal Arts & Sciences: Environmental Science: Integrated Sustainable Design for the Allison Lee Zarlengo, Denver, Colorado Developing World Political Science Hans Bernard Wendel, Bend, Oregon Matthew Zussman, Easton, Massachusetts Art: Art Studio Concentration Distinction in History, cum laude Andrew Norbury Wentz, Wilmette, Illinois*¹ Art: Art Studio Concentration Janet Louise West, Lamar, Colorado Mathematical Economics Sean West, Manitou Springs, Colorado Philosophy, cum laude Rachel E. Wheat, Colorado Springs, Colorado Biology, magna cum laude Anne Francis Whetzel, Ligonier, Pennsylvania Distinction in Biology Sarah Barz Wiedemann, Shaker Heights, Ohio English Sarah E. Williams, Austin, Texas Art: Art History Concentration Samuel Shepard Wilson, Portland, Oregon History/Political Science Nicholas Wing, Arlington, Virginia Political Science Jeffrey Charles Wirken, Kansas City, Missouri² Geology Danielle Marie Wisuri, River Forest, Illinois Biology Brian Jeffrey Wohlner, Englewood, Colorado Sociology Ian Paisner Wolf, Lexington, Massachusetts International Political Economy Arron Wolk, Colorado Springs, Colorado Chemistry, summa cum laude David Wood, Salt Lake City, Utah³ Spanish: Hispanic Studies Daniel Robert Woodell, Beaverton, Oregon Distinction in Geology Scott Baker Wozencraft Arlington Heights, Illinois Environmental Science: Integrated *In Absentia ¹Degree granted August 8, 2008 ²Degree granted December 19, 2008 ³Degree pending 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 18

GRADUATING SENIORS AND OTHER STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF RECEIVING AWARDS AT HONORS CONVOCATION MAY 5, 2009 DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS MATHEMATICS Thomas Post Rawles Prize...... Lung Li, Samuel Zemedkun ANTHROPOLOGY Florian Cajori Award ...... Molly Moran The Courtney Cusick Memorial Prize ...... Stacy Du Clos MUSIC ART Max Lanner Prize for Excellence in Instrumental Music...... Joanna Hyde Outstanding Senior Art Studio Show Award ...... Benjamin Foley Marie Clough Gillis Award for Excellence in Vocal Music ...... Malka Haymer Outstanding Senior Art History Thesis Award ...... Kara Smith David and Karen Smith Cowperthwaite Award for Excellence in Music Mary Chenoweth Award ...... Mary Kincannon ...... Emily Bauer, Joanna Hyde Craig Herst Arts Prize Scholar Award ...... Anne Maurer NEUROSCIENCE The Kirsch Prize ...... Danika Conolly Arnold B. Scheibel Neuroscience Award...... Kaeley Anderson ASIAN STUDIES PHILOSOPHY Excellence in Asian Studies ...... Keita Moore J. Glenn Gray Award ...... Matthias Barker BIOLOGY PHYSICS Richard G. and Reba Beidleman Award ...... Rachel Wheat David and Karen Smith Cowperthwaite Award for Excellence in Physics Laboratory Biology Award...... Sara Roggensack ...... Matthew Chase Jason Wilkes Memorial Biology Award ...... Alexandra Kennedy, Loren Rodriguez Wilbur Wright Memorial Prize ...... Genai Odhner, Thomas Johnson Enderson Award in Conservation Biology ...... Quintana Baker POLITICAL SCIENCE Mary Alice Hamilton Award in Biology...... Kirsten Becker, Justin Henceroth Edith Bramhall Award ...... Ella Street Alfred W. Alberts Summer Prize ...... Han Yi, Nguyen Nguyen Fred Sondermann Award ...... Caitlin Andrews CHEMISTRY PSYCHOLOGY First-Year Chemistry Award ...... Jordan DeGayner William Arthur Blakely Memorial Award ...... Briana Cushing William C. Champion Prize in Organic Chemistry ...... Branden Petrun Cornelia Manley Sabine Award...... Kelsey Patterson Merck Index Awards in Chemistry...... 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Brianna Buljung COMMITMENT BEYOND THE COURSE AWARD ...... Amanda Wierzba Robert J. Cosgrove Historical Essay Prize ...... Matthew Zussman CURRICULAR INNOVATION IN COMMUNITY BASED LEARNING. . . . . Sarah Hautzinger OUTSTANDING INITIATIVE BY A FIRST-YEAR AWARD ...... Colin McCarey 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 19

COLORADO COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Trustee (Current) Institution Degree & Major Year ALLON, Margaret Sue Colorado College B.A., economics, cum laude 1981 University of Denver M.Acc. 1982 Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College C.P.A., M.B.A. 1989 BAER, Neal Aaron Colorado College B.A., political science, magna cum laude 1978 Harvard University M.A., education 1979 Harvard University M.A., sociology 1982 Harvard Medical School M.D. 1996 CAMPBELL, William John Colorado College B.A., economics, cum laude 1967 University of Colorado-Boulder J.D. 1971 CELESTE, Richard F. Yale University B.A., history 1959 Oxford College Rhodes Scholar 1961–62 Ohio State University L.L.D., honoris causa 1985 Kent State University L.L.D., honoris causa 1989 CHALIK III, John P. Colorado College B.A., economics, cum laude 1967 San Francisco State University M.A., education 1970 University of California-Berkeley J.D. 1972 COOPER, Daniel Jackson Colorado College B.A., mathematics 1966 University of Oklahoma M.A., economics 1971 HYBL, William Joseph Colorado College B.A., political science 1964 University of Colorado-Boulder Law School J.D. 1967 Colorado College L.L.D., honoris causa 1998 KEENER, Barbara Jean Colorado College B.A., political science 1967 University of Wyoming M.A. 1969 Miami University (Ohio) M.S. 1971 University of Florida Ph.D., education 1976 LAMPTON, David M. B.A., political science 1968 Stanford University M.A., political science 1971 Stanford University Ph.D., political science 1974 Russian Academy of Sciences Doctorate, honoris causa 1995 LARNED, Elizabeth M. Colorado College B.A., English 1983 Keller Graduate School of Management M.B.A. 1991 LOUIS, Amy Shackelford Colorado College B.A., economics, magna cum laude 1984 Northwestern University, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management M.M., accounting 1990 MANNING, JR., Robert L. Colorado College B.A., political science 1969 MARTINEZ, Manuel Leon Colorado College B.A., history 1974 University of California at Los Angeles J.D. 1978 MATHIES, Margaret J. Colorado College B.A., zoology, summa cum laude 1957 Case Western Reserve University Ph.D., microbiology 1963 MOULTON, Eben Sears Colorado College B.A., philosophy 1968 Vanderbilt University M.A., philosophy 1973 Vanderbilt University Ph.D., philosophy 1975 Columbia University M.B.A. 1977 NORBERG, Douglas Elliott Colorado College B.A., business administration 1962 PETROS, JR., Raymond L. Colorado College B.A., philosophy/political theory, magna cum laude 1972 University of Colorado J.D. 1975 POTTLE, Jack T. Colorado College B.A., political economy 1977 University of Colorado M.A., economics 1979 PRESS, Adam F. Colorado College B.A., political economy 1984 Columbia University M.B.A. PRICE, JR., Harold Charles University of Oklahoma B.A. 1951 RAWLINGS, Jane Louise Colorado College B.A., English 1970 ROBSON, Edward James Colorado College B.A., business administration 1954 SALAZAR, Kenneth Lee Colorado College B.A., political science 1977 (Honorary Trustee) Colorado College L.H.D., honoris causa 1993 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor J.D. 1981 SELIG, JR., Robert William Colorado College B.A., economics 1961 Stanford University M.B.A. 1969 SKILLING, David Van Diest Colorado College B.A., zoology 1955 Pepperdine University M.B.A., international business 1977 SLADE, Michael Bruce Colorado College B.A., economics 1979 Stanford University M.B.A. 1983 THOMSON, Brian Kerr Colorado College B.A., political economy, magna cum laude 1985 The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University M.A., international finance 1988 J.D. 1993 UTSCH, Hans Peter Amherst College B.A., economics 1958 Columbia University M.B.A. 1960 WILBUR, Colburn S. Stanford University B.A., political science 1956 Stanford University M.B.A. 1960 WILLIAMSON, Brian E. Colorado College B.A., chemistry 1996 University of Colorado J.D. 2002 WOLD, John P. Colorado College B.A., geology 1975 Cornell University M.S., geology/geophysics 1978 WOODROW, Nancy Corrigan Colorado College B.A., political science 1968 WOOLSEY, Suzanne Haley Stanford University B.A., history/psychology 1963 Harvard University M.A., social relations/psychology 1965 Harvard University Ph.D., clinical and social psychology 1970 Trustee (Emeritus) Institution Degree & Major Year DONNER, JR., Robert Colorado College B.A., political science 1954 DUNCAN, Susan M. Colorado College B.A., sociology 1952 EDBORG, Catherine Maytag Colorado College B.A., English 1985 MCHUGH, SR., Jerome Pinckney Princeton University B.A., geology 1951 SCHLOSSER, Nancy Colorado College Former student, six semesters 1949 Colorado College B.A., honoris causa 2001 WARD, William Richard Colorado College B.A., political science 1964 University of Colorado J.D. 1967 20pageCommencement_wu.qx:• 2004 Commence Guts R/S.qx 5/14/09 5:46 PM Page 20

THE COLORADO COLLEGE

HEN A FEW brave and visionary men determined General William Jackson Palmer, founder of Colorado Win 1874 to found a college in the shadow of the Springs and a trustee of the college, spoke at the Rocky Mountains, Colorado was not yet a state; in fact, groundbreaking for the new building on July 4, 1877. it was little more than an inhospitable frontier. “In breaking this ground,” he said, “let us set apart Nonetheless, on February 4, 1874, the Board of Trustees and forever devote it and the structure which is to rest adopted a charter establishing “The Colorado College,” upon it to the purposes of education, in the most and stating that the board’s purpose was “to locate unsectarian way, to the discovery and inculcation of and maintain at Colorado Springs under Christian the truth.” auspices an Institution of Learning on the college or From that day forward, the college had a university plan.” permanent home. The building was dedicated at the The college officially began with 12 students college’s first commencement on May 31, 1882. On and two instructors meeting in a three-room that day, two graduates received their degrees, Parker frame building in the 200 block of North Tejon Halleck and Fredrick Tuckerman, and they were both Street. Student assemblies and daily prayer meetings required to give orations to the assembled gathering. were held in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church After they had finished speaking about civil service next door. reform and “A Popular View of Philosophy,” President But the institution’s stability was far from Tenney delivered a commencement address that assured. In fact, the college’s first president, the lasted an hour and fifteen minutes. Reverend James G. Dougherty, said, “The trustees Halcyon days followed. On April 12, 1883, in looked around for someone who had wit enough to the first intercollegiate football game played see the fading possibilities of a college and not wit west of the Mississippi, the college team defeated enough to perceive the great hindrances to success.” the team from the University of Denver 12–0. In fact, the hindrances turned out to be Following the game, Denver University accused the considerable. When there was not enough money for college of using “ringers,” and the college admitted the president’s salary, Dougherty resigned, and within that they had played five of the best players of weeks, a large party of Ute Indians, en route from their the Crowell Hose Company, one of the local volunteer mountain reservation to a buffalo hunt, were fire departments. encamped on the four-block square that had been set In the years that followed, the college continued aside for the campus. to expand, and buildings of peachblow sandstone The setback, however, was only temporary. In grew up and formed the quadrangle. The same clear 1876, Edward Payson Tenney was offered the vision that went into creating the college was evident presidency of the “suspended” college, on the again when it became necessary to preserve the condition that he be responsible for raising the money campus. William F. Slocum, the college’s third to cover all operational and instructional expenses of president, refused to allow a local streetcar company the institution and not “place trustees of the college to run its cars through the campus and insisted that under any financial obligation.” In his book on the the new science building be erected at the end of history of the college, former Dean of Men J. Juan Reid Tejon Street. When the City Council sided with writes that when Tenney received the invitation from Slocum, the owner of the streetcar company diverted the college to be its president, he retired “deep into what is said to have been “a substantial sum of the Cape Anne woodlands near his Massachusetts money,” once intended for the college, to other far home to pray for divine guidance and specifically, that less worthy purposes. Henry Cutler, a well-to-do deacon of his church, The more than 1,930 students currently enrolled might become the divine instrument for putting new at Colorado College are taught by 168 distinguished life into Colorado College.” Apparently, Tenney’s faculty members. The college’s commitment to liberal prayers were answered because Cutler consulted with arts and sciences education has remained steadfast officials of the American College and Education since its founding in 1874, enhanced by a distinctive Society, and he and four other Congregationalists curriculum organization called the Block Plan. The from the Boston area agreed to finance the operational college’s twelfth president, Richard F. Celeste, presides expenses of the college for one term on a trial basis. over today’s ceremonies. In September 1876, the college reopened with 30 General Palmer’s vision of a school dedicated students and then embarked on a campaign to raise funds to “the discovery and inculcation of the truth” is in for the construction of a permanent college building. good hands.