Commencement 2009
  • Seniors line up in Castle Court.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Eugene Gallagher, the acting college marshal and the Rosemary Park Professor of Religious Studies, leads the seniors during the processional. Behind him are senior marshals, Tyler Dunham (left) and Keith Farrell.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • The Manchester Pipe Band plays during the processional.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • President Leo I. Higdon, Jr. delivers his remarks.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Nicholas Downing, senior class president, speaks to the crowd.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Peter St. John, senior class speaker, asks seniors to raise their hands if they've given back.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Myles Green is congratulated after receiving the Oakes and Louise Ames Prize for the most outstanding honors study.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Armando Bengochea, dean of the College community, gives the Anna Lord Strauss Medal to Heather Day.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Barbara Shattuck Kohn '72, chair of the Connecticut College Board of Trustees, presents Ann Werner Johnson '68 with the College Medal. Kohn was later awarded an honorary degree.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Seniors anxiously wait to receive their diplomas.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Martha Nussbaum, the Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, gives the Commencement address.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Seniors begin to receive their diplomas.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Junior class women carry the College's traditional laurel chain.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Congratulations to the Class of 2009!<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Seniors return to their seats after receiving their diplomas.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Ben Eagle shows off his diploma.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Brandon Mosley</span></em>
  • A senior stops for a photo before receiving his diploma.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • The CoCo Beaux sing the alma mater.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Seniors await the recessional.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Maureen McCabe, the trustee marshal and Joanne Toor Cummings '50 Professor of Art, leads the recessional.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • From left are President Leo I. Higdon, Jr.; Dean Roger Brooks; Martha Nussbaum; Eugene Gallagher, acting college marshal; Barbara Shattuck Kohn '72, Board of Trustees chair; Dean Armando Bengochea; and College Medal recipient Ann Werner Johnson '68.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • A new alum poses with his family and friends.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>
  • Friends smile for the camera after graduating.<em><span style=font-size:9pt;> Credit: Jon Crispin</span></em>