JAPANESE GREETING KOREAN GREETING ДОБРО ПОЖАЛОВАТЬ! ABUHAY M Семьям и друзьям наших Sa pamilya at mga kaibigan выпускников: ng mga magsisipagtapos: Сегодня является Ang araw na ito ay особенно важным днем natatangi para sa Colegio ng для нашего колледжа. Occidental. Sa araw na ito 134 Сегодня мы гордимся nais naming ipaabot ang женщинами и мужчинами, pag-papahalaga sa lahat ng 134 получающими их magsisipagtapos upang дипломы как глава 134- maging kabahagi ng 134 na летней истории этого taon sa kasaysayan ng ating заведения. Сегодня мы institusyon. Sa araw na ito собираемся отметить tayo’y magsama-sama upang кульминацию их трудов и ipagdiwang ang hangganan решительности, отметить ng kanilang mga pagsisikap at это важнейшее в жизни pagtitiyaga, upang itakda достижение, и пожелать itong isang makahulugang им больших успехов в bahagi ng kanilang buhay, at будущем. Мы рады, что upang ipaabot ang pagbati na Вы сегодня приехали к sana’y makamtan nila ang нам и вашим выпускникам. matagumpay na kinabukasan. Они находят величайшее Kaming lahat, kasama ng удовольствие в том, что mga magsisipagtapos ay Вы гордитесь их nasisiyahan sa inyong pagdalo достижениями. Они sa araw na ito. Ikalulugod знают, что сегодня они nilang matanggap ang inyong исполнились ващи pagpuri sa kanilang mga надежды. nakamtang tagumpay. Sa Мы собираемся как araw na ito ng pagtatapos Оксидентельская семья batid nilang naisakatuparan отметить этот важный nila ang iyong mga pangarap день в жизни наших at gayon din ang sa kanila. студентов и желать им Tayo’y magsama-sama успехов в будущем. Если bilang isang pamilya ng Вы сегодня посещаете Occidental upang ipagdiwang наш кампус первый раз, itong pinakamahalagang или Вы часто посещали bahagi ng buhay ng ating нас, мы радостно mga mag-aaral at naisin ang принимаем Вас. Это наще kanilang matagumpay na сердечное желание, что kinabuka san. Ikinagagalak Вы будете продолжать namin ang inyong pagdating, чувствовать доброту maging ito ay inyong una Оксидентельской семьи и o isa sa maraming beses na часто вернетесь. pagdalaw dito sa Occiden tal. Мы благодарим Вас за Inaasahan namin ang inyong ваше присутствие в kasiyahan sa pagdalaw dito «Комменсмент 2020». sa Occidental at gayon din ang muli nin yong pagdalaw sa mga darating pang araw. Maraming pong salamat sa iyong pagdalo sa araw na ito ng pagtatapos 2020. 2020 2020 Program Academic Procession* “Grand March” from Aida, by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Licensed from Green Hill Music Marshal: James J. Herr ’86, Registrar Land Acknowledgment Harry J. Elam, Jr. President, Occidental College Invocation* The Rev. Susan E. Young Director, Religious and Spiritual Life Welcome President Elam Remarks David W. Berkus ’62’ p’95 Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Remarks Wendy Sternberg Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College Remarks Rob Flot Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Choral Performance The Occidental Glee Club Conducted by Désirée LaVertu, Director of Choral & Vocal Activities August Barringer ’20, Chelsea Blair ’18, Kailee Browning ’22, Bella Camfield ’18, Will Canavan ’21, Ava Chenok ’22, Jane Crosby-Schmidt ’20, Isabella Capeci ’19, Christina Carrera ’22, Jules Caspole ’22, Jackson Eddy ’22, Peter Elia ’21, Arelí Fernandez ’24, Ethan Ferrall ’22, Silas Godlee-Campbell ’22, Anna Gray ’22, Andrew Henson ’20, Simon Hershey ’18, Andrew Huerta ’17, Franny Hutchins ’19, Malvika Khanna ’20, Emily Liang ’21, Alex Morse ’18, Louis Nguyen ’22, Max Peng ’20, Rick Pfleeger ’18, Claire Pollard ’20, Annis Roberts ’19, SaraJoy Salib ’21, Cate Selna ’22, Eliana Sternin ’19, Crystal Stewart ’22, Sarah Sturdevant ’24, Luca Van der Meer ’22, Richard Via ’19, Mia Villegas ’22, Lulu Wiesemann ’22, Selah Wilson ’21, Jona Yadidi ’21, Ian Zunt ’20 “Amazing Grace” Music: Traditional/Text by John Newton (1725-1807), Arranged by Daniel Brinsmead (b. 1988) Amazing grace! How sweet the sound, That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! The Lord hath promised good to me, His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures. When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we first begun. Conferring of Doctor of Humane Letters: Joanna Hall Gleason ’72 Honorary Degree Actress, Singer, Director, and Teacher and Response Presented by President Elam Conferring of Doctor of Humane Letters: Gabriela Cowperthwaite ’93 Honorary Degree Filmmaker and Response Presented by President Elam Commencement Address Jonathan Veitch President Emeritus Recognition of President Elam, assisted by Dean Sternberg, Dean Flot, and the Graduates James J. Herr ’86, Registrar The Alma Mater* The Occidental Glee Club “Occidental Fair,” by William D. Ward (1860-1927) Occidental glorious, ’Neath the mountains old and grand O’er her foes victorious By the roar of Ocean’s strand, Be her praise uproarious, Girt with might forever stand, Occidental fair. Occidental fair. Closing Remarks President Elam Benediction* The Rev. Susan E. Young Recessional* “Psalm 19,” by Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739) Licensed from Green Hill Music *The audience is requested to remain standing until the platform party, faculty, and graduates have recessed. Graduates will greet families and friends in the Quad immediately after the ceremony. Commencement 2020 online: For photos and full coverage, visit oxy.edu/commencement Candidates for Degrees Honoris Causa Joanna Hall Gleason ’72 Joanna Hall Gleason is a Tony Award-winning actress, singer, director and teacher whose career on Broadway, in films, and on television has spanned five decades. Born in Toronto, Gleason graduated from Beverly Hills High School, where she first demonstrated her versatility as an actress in musicals and plays under the tutelage of John Ingle ’50. After a year at UCLA, she transferred to Occidental, where as a speech and drama major she again demonstrated her versatility by starring in three productions that were taken to the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. Shortly after graduation in 1972, she made her professional debut in Promises, Promises at the Long Beach Civic Light Opera and started working her way into West Coast regional theater circles, including an appearance as Ophelia opposite Stacy Keach in Hamlet at the Mark Taper Forum in 1974. She made her Broadway debut in 1977 in I Love My Wife, for which she was honored with a Theater World Award. As the Baker’s Wife in the original production of Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods, she won the 1988 Tony for Best Actress in a Musical. It was not her first Tony nomination, which came in 1985 for her work in A Day in the Life of Joe Egg. She was nominated for a third time in 2005 for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She has also received three _ Drama Desk Awards and an Outer Critics Circle Award for her work on Broadway in such productions as Social Security and It’s Only a Play. Having made her television debut the same year she first appeared on Broadway, her TV credits as a regular or guest star include The West Wing, The Practice, Murphy Brown, Friends, ER, Blue Bloods, Love & War, The Good Wife, Oh Baby, and Bette. Her film appearances include Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, F/X2, Mr. Holland’s Opus, Boogie Nights, and The Skeleton Twins. Gleason has been teaching acting since 1987 when she was asked to do a workshop at New York’s Circle in the Square Theatre School. Since then, she has taught and made guest appearances at Occidental as well as such institutions as Pace University, UC Irvine, Stella Adler Studio, DeSales University, and Los Angeles High School of the Arts. She has also run professional workshops for songwriters and opera singers. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, actor Chris Sarandon. Gabriela Cowperthwaite ’93 Gabriela Cowperthwaite is a documentary and feature filmmaker. A political science major at Oxy, Cowperthwaite cites Professor Jane Jaquette’s Women, Politics, and Power class as influential on her eventual career path. She was pursuing a graduate degree in political science at USC when, during a trip to Guatemala, she saw a woman toting a video camera in her backpack and interviewing children on the street. The encounter inspired her to turn to documentary filmmaking. Cowperthwaite had been making documentaries for television for 12 years (including Animal Planet, Discovery, ESPN, History, and National Geographic) when she read “The Killer in the Pool”—Outside magazine writer Tim Zimmermann’s July 2010 story about Dawn Brancheau, a top trainer at SeaWorld who had been killed by a 6-ton bull orca named Tilikum five months earlier. Puzzled by why an intelligent creature like a killer whale would turn on its trainer, her questions became a documentary titled Blackfish, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. It quickly found an audience of more than 20 million people when it aired repeatedly on CNN and was released theatrically. Initially, SeaWorld attacked the film as misleading and scientifically inaccurate, but in the face of the powerful public reaction it generated—including in Congress and state legislatures—the multi-billion-dollar firm announced in 2016 it would end its breeding program and all killer whale performances at its theme parks. Blackfish’s success led to opportunities for Cowperthwaite to direct feature films. She received solid reviews for her 2017 debut, Megan Leavey, about a young Marine corporal and her military combat dog in Iraq, and most recently released Our Friend, a story of coming to terms with the loss of a loved one starring Casey Affleck, Dakota Johnson, and Jason Segel.