PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION · the inauguration of dr. gregory J. vinCent ’83 2 INAUGURATION...

P R E S I D E N T I A L I N A U G U R A T I O N

27th President of hobart College 16th President of William smith College

friday, the tWenty-seventh of oCtober tWo thousand and seventeen

P R E S I D E N T I A L I N A U G U R A T I O N of

dr. gregory J. vinCent ’83

27th President of hobart College 16th President of William smith College

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geneva, neW york

the inauguration of dr. gregory J. vinCent ’83 _______

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I N A U G U R A T I O N P R O G R A M

aCademiC ProCession Delegates, Faculty, Trustees and Guests ProCessional musiC Performed by Inaugural Ensemble Music: Prelude to Te Deum by Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Call to order Scott Brophy ’78, P’12, Professor of Philosophy and the Colleges’ Marshal

invoCation The Rev. D. Maurice Charles, Chaplain Julianne Miller, Hillel Advisor and Director of the Abbe Center for Jewish Life

WelCome Thomas S. Bozzuto ’68, Chair of the Board of Trustees

faCulty greeting Nan Crystal Arens, Senior Dean of Faculty and Professor of Geoscience

student readings Tyler G. Fuller ’18, Student Trustee Reading: “The Purpose of Education” by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1948)

Brianna Moore ’18, Student Trustee Reading: “Barter” by Sara Teasdale (1917)

greetings from the Frank V. Aloise Jr. ’87, President of the alumni and alumnae Hobart College Alumni Association assoCiations

Jane M. Erickson ’07, President of the William Smith College Alumnae Association

alma maters Performed by the Hobart and William Smith Colleges Cantori Led by Yunn-Shan Ma, Instructor of Music


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introduCtion of Clarence E. Butler L.H.D. ’06, Professor Emeritus of dr. gregory J. vinCent ’83 German and Former Dean of Hobart College

investiture Thomas S. Bozzuto ’68, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Cynthia Gelsthorpe Fish ’82, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees

inaugural address Dr. Gregory J. Vincent ’83, President

ameriCa the beautiful Performed by Patrisha A. Blue ’77

benediCtion The Rt. Rev. Prince G. Singh, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester and HWS Trustee

reCessional musiC Performed by Inaugural Ensemble Led by Yunn-Shan Ma, Instructor of Music

Closing Scott Brophy ’78, P’12, Professor of Philosophy and the Colleges’ Marshal

A reception to follow.


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regalia

Academic gowns are usually black but differently styled. The bachelor’s gown has a long pointed sleeve, the master’s a long closed sleeve with a slit for the arm at the elbow, and the doctor’s a very full, bell-shaped sleeve with three velvet bands matching the velvet facing of the gown’s opening. Velvet on the doctor’s gown often is in a color appropriate to the wearer’s field of study, and the gown itself sometimes is in color, such as blue for Yale, or banded in color, as in gold for Johns Hopkins. Graduates of certain institutions and members of the Board of Trustees wear a soft, round cap in the style worn by medieval scholars. It is the hood that generally provides academic attire its color and offers the most information about the wearer. The silk lining of the hood bears the color of the degree-granting college or university, with a chevron used for a second color if needed; its velvet edging, or facing, reveals the color assigned to the area of study. Principal scholarly fields include: Arts, Letters, Humanities - White; Medicine - Green; Business Administration - Nugget; Music - Pink; Economics - Copper; Philosophy - Dark Blue; Education - Light Blue; Physical Education - Sage Green; Engineering - Orange; Public Administration - Peacock Blue; Fine Arts - Brown; Public Health - Salmon Pink; Law - Purple; Science - Golden Yellow; Library Science - Lemon; Theology - Scarlet.

musiCians

Tamari Bekauri ’20, trumpetWilliam J. Cost ’18, tromboneMary Ann Hamilton, organ

Apollo Lee, trumpetLarry Singleton, piano

Members of the Colleges Cantori, led by Instructor of Music Yunn-Shan Ma, include: sopranos: Rachael Best ’18, Claire Joshi ’21, Elena Parkins ’18, Lauren Rubino ’20 and Elise Wyatt ’18; altos: Gianella Marciniak ’21, Alexis Racioppa ’21, Carly Shiever ’21, Amelia Smith ’21 and Grace Vorosmarti ’19; tenors: Kevin Collado ’18, Llewellyn Lafford ’71 and Thomas Weiss ’20; and bass: Colin Briggs ’18, Edward Austin Jennings IV ’19, Ian Stewart ’21 and Connor Shaw ’20.

The Hobart Alma Mater (arrangement traditional)

The William Smith Alma Mater (arranged by Professor of Music Bob Cowles)


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Thomas S. Bozzuto ’68, ChairCynthia Gelsthorpe Fish ’82, Vice ChairAndrew G. McMaster Jr. ’74, P’09,

Vice ChairDr. Gregory J. Vincent ’83, PresidentLinda D. Arrington ’88Cassandra Naylor Brooks ’89Calvin (Chip) R. Carver Jr. ’81Dr. Stephen L. Cohen ’67Edward R. Cooper ’86, P’16Dr. Jeremy T. Cushman ’96Katherine D. Elliott ’66, L.H.D. ’08Tyler G. Fuller ’18Andrew L. Gaines ’83Aileen Diviney Gleason ’85William C. Green ’83John J. Hogan III ’88Aloysee Heredia Jarmoszuk ’98Katherine R. MacKinnon ’77William A. Margiloff ’92Scott J. Mason ’81, P’13Garrett A. Mathieson ’74Herbert J. McCooey Jr. ’76, P’04, P’09Gail Herman McGinn ’73Brianna Moore ’18Allison Morrow ’76Dr. Deborah S. Pilla ’76Thomas B. Poole ’61, P’91, L.H.D.’06James B. Robinson ’96The Rt. Rev. Prince G. SinghCraig M. Stevens ’85Craig R. Stine ’81, P’17Dr. Richard L. Wasserman ’70Christopher S. Welles ’84, P’12, P’15William T. Whitaker Jr. ’73, L.H.D. ’97

honorary trustees

Bruce N. Bensley ’51, P’98, L.H.D.’01Nancy K. BloomerLangdon P. Cook P’99, P’05, L.H.D.’12Judith H. Cross ’52, P’85, L.H.D.’00David H. Deming ’75Roy Dexheimer ’55, P’86, GP’18, LL.D. ’80Worth Douglas ’67John W. Frenaye ’49John R. Horvath P’86, L.H.D.’01L. Thomas Melly ’52, L.H.D. ’02, Trustee

Chair EmeritusDouglas F. Myles ’51Jane F. Napier P’89Richard M. Rosenbaum ’52, P’86Henry A. Rosenberg Jr. ’52, L.H.D.’02Roderic H. Ross ’52, LL.D.’79Charles H. Salisbury Jr. ’63, P’94, L.H.D.’08Barbara L. Springstead ’57, L.H.D. ’90Herbert J. Stern ’58, P’03, LL.D. ’74Beth Yingling ’76Maureen C. Zupan ’72, P’09, L.H.D. ’16

student trustees-eleCt

Gavin R. Gross ’19Caitlin E. Lasher ’19

board of trustees


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dr. gregory J. vinCent ’83

Dr. Gregory J. Vincent ’83 is the 27th President of Hobart College and the 16th of William Smith College. A national expert on civil rights, social justice and campus culture, Dr. Vincent has devoted his career to equity and justice, both in education and in the wider public arena. His scholarship and teaching explore issues of educational equity and access, as well as diversity in higher education, engagement and partnerships between communities and universities, and workplace discrimination.

Prior to joining HWS as President in 2017, Dr. Vincent served at The University of Texas at Austin as Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement, W.K. Kellogg Professor of Community College Leadership and Professor of Law. At UT-Austin, he presided over the university’s Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, now regarded as a national model. In 2016, Dr. Vincent played a major role in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas, in which the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the use of affirmative action in higher education.

As Ohio’s Assistant Attorney General in the early 1990s, Dr. Vincent successfully argued several major civil rights cases before that state’s Supreme Court. He went on to serve as Director for Regional and Legal Affairs at the Ohio Civil Rights Commission in Cleveland and later as Vice President and Lead Counsel for Bank One.

His return to education began with an appointment as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was then named Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Campus Diversity and Law Professor at Louisiana State University, and then Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity and Law Professor at the University of Oregon.


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Dr. Vincent has served as Board Chair for many nonprofit and community organizations, including the Austin Area Urban League and Communities in Schools, and is former Senior Warden of St. James’ Episcopal Church. He completed a term as Chair and President of the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas and was then elected to its executive board.

Dr. Vincent is a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., serving as National Chair of the Commission on Racial Justice. He is a member of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity (the Boulé) where he serves as the Grand Sire Archon-Elect (President-Elect). He has been a member of Moritz College of Law National Council since 2008.

For his service and community engagement, Dr. Vincent has received numerous awards and recognitions, notably the Educator of the Year Award from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, the Distinguished Service Award from the Commission on Access, Diversity and Excellence (CADE) of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), and the Distinguished Service Award from the Moritz College of Law. The Austin NAACP and Austin Area Urban League presented Dr. Vincent with their highest honors, the DeWitty/Overton Freedom Award and the Whitney Young Legacy Award for committing himself “to raise awareness and educate the community on the importance of diversity and inclusion.” In recognition of his leadership, the City of Austin made June 13, 2017, Dr. Gregory J. Vincent Day.

A Statesman on both the Hobart basketball and cross-country teams, Dr. Vincent majored in history and economics at the Colleges. He earned his law degree from Ohio State University and a doctorate from The University of Pennsylvania. He served as the keynote speaker for the Colleges’ Convocation ceremony in 2016, and served as a member of the HWS Board of Trustees from Oct. 22, 2016 to Jan. 30, 2017.


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Presidents of the Colleges

GENEVA COLLEGE1826-28 The Rev. Jasper Adams 1830-35 The Rev. Richard S. Mason

HOBART COLLEGE1836-58 The Rev. Benjamin Hale 1858-67 The Rev. Abner Jackson S.T.D. 1859 1868-69 The Rev. James K. Stone 1869-71 The Rev. James Rankine 1871-76 The Rev. Maunsell Van Rensselaer M.A. 1850, S.T.D. 1859 1876 The Rev. William S. Perry 1876-83 The Rev. Robert G. Hinsdale S.T.D. 1877 1884-97 The Rev. Eliphalet N. Potter 1897-1902 The Rev. Robert E. Jones

HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES1902-12 The Rev. Langdon C. Stewardson LL.D. 1913 1913-18 The Rev. Lyman P. Powell 1919-36 The Rev. Murray Bartlett L.H.D. ’37 1936-42 William A. Eddy Litt.D. ’47 1942-47 John M. Potter 1947-48 Walter H. Durfee ’08, Sc.D. ’59 1948-55 Alan W. Brown 1956 Horace Newton Hubbs P’40, LL.D. ’56 1956-66 The Rev. Louis M. Hirshson L.H.D. ’61 1966-68 Albert E. Holland 1969-70 Beverley D. Causey Jr. LL.D. ’77 1970-82 Allan A. Kuusisto P’78, P’81, L.H.D. ’82 1982-91 Carroll W. Brewster L.H.D. ’91 1991-99 Richard H. Hersh L.H.D. ’99 1999-2017 Mark D. Gearan L.H.D. ’17 2017- Gregory J. Vincent ’83


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delegates from Colleges and universities

INSTITUTION DELEGATEHarvard University (1636) Donald A. Spector, AlumnusCollege of William and Mary (1693) Lisa Kaenzig, AlumnaYale University (1701) Eugen Baer P’95, P’97, Alumnus Paul Whitbeck, AlumnusPrinceton University (1746) Justin Miller, AlumnusWashington and Lee University (1749) Catherine Sullivan Ward, AlumnaBrown University (1764) Sally E. Howe ’67, AlumnaDartmouth College (1769) Erin Pelkey, AlumnusUniversity of Georgia (1785) Joe Rusinko, AlumnusFranklin & Marshall College (1787) Anne M. Phillips, AlumnaBowdoin College (1794) Kevin Mitchell, AlumnusUnion College(1795) David H. Brind P’84, Alumnus Sally A. Webster ’74, Senior Leadership Gifts Officer (Retired)Hartwick College (1797) George J. Elsbeck ’73, Former CFOMiddlebury College (1800) Kenneth R. Carle P’82, P’84, P’90, AlumnusOhio University (1804) Virginia Mansfield-Richardson, AlumnaHamilton College (1812) Amy S. Teel, AlumnaAllegheny College (1815) Paula Dollinger Dolan, AlumnaIndiana University (1820) Mary Kelly, AlumnaHobart College (1822) Frank V. Aloise Jr. ’87, President, Hobart Alumni AssociationCazenovia College (1824) Ronald Chesbrough, PresidentUniversity of Toronto (1827) Rob Carson, AlumnusRochester Institute of Technology (1829) Susan Farnand, Assistant Professor, AlumnaEmory University (1836) Jo Beth Mertens, AlumnaDuke University (1838) John Halfman, AlumnusBoston University (1839) James L. Spates P’00, P’09, AlumnusFordham University (1841) Patrick A. McGuire L.H.D. ’12, AlumnusBucknell University (1846) Allen Douglas, Professor of ManagementMuhlenberg College (1848) Robert E. Touhsaent, AlumnusUniversity of Rochester (1850) Joel Seligman, PresidentWashington University (1853) Clarence E. Butler L.H.D. ’06, AlumnusBates College (1855) David Graham, AlumnusElmira College (1855) Sherry Gibbon, AlumnaSt. Lawrence University (1856) Daniel Suits P’10, Alumnus Mary Pat Suits P’10, Alumna

The founding year of each institution is in parentheses.


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Saint John’s University (1857) Michael Hemesath, PresidentThe University of the South (1857) Joseph Romano, ParentSt. Bonaventure University (1858) Dennis DePerro, PresidentCornell University (1865) Barbara Young, Alumna William Young, AlumnusRoberts Wesleyan College (1866) Julia Grimm, Dean, School of Natural and Social SciencesHoward University (1867) Kay T. Payne ’73, Professor EmeritaWells College (1868) Christopher Pollock, Director of Communications and MarketingTrinity University (1869) Jase Benton Baese, Alumni Association MemberVanderbilt University (1873) Erika L.C. King, AlumnaSmith College (1875) Judith Hershey Melly L.H.D. ’16, AlumnaWellesley College (1875) Mary Weeden Winants P’91, AlumnaThe Johns Hopkins University (1876) Geoffrey Gilbert, AlumnusUniversity of Manitoba (1877) Christine de Denus, AlumnaHoughton College (1883) Robert Pool, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of StudentsTemple University (1884) Donna R. Davenport, AlumnaStanford University (1885) Elizabeth A. Newell, AlumnaArizona State University (1885) Elana Stennett, AlumnaKeuka College (1890) Jorge Díaz-Herrera, PresidentIthaca College (1892) Christopher Biehn ’87, Vice President, College Relations and AdvancementClarkson University (1896) Judith Foster Glick P’95, TrusteeSweet Briar College (1901) Ann Oates, AlumnaWilliam Smith College (1908) Jane M. Erickson ’07, President, William Smith Alumnae AssociationAlfred State-SUNY College of Technology (1908) David G. Haggstrom ’70, Director of Libraries (Retired)Georgia State University (1913) Audrey Roberson, AlumnaNew York Chiropractic College (1919) Michael Mestan, PresidentUCLA (1919) Matthew Crow, AlumnusNazareth College (1924) Stephen C. Hill ’07, Assistant Professor Siena College (1937) Joan Simmonds, Alumna Peter Simmonds, AlumnusLe Moyne College (1946) Michael Lindberg, AlumnusFinger Lakes Community College (1965) Robert K. Nye, President


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hobart and William smith Colleges

Located in the heart of New York State’s Finger Lakes Region, Hobart and William Smith are independent liberal arts colleges distinctive for providing highly individualized educations. Nearly all 2,262 students live on campus and many live in learning communities and theme houses that focus on community-building. Students hail from more than 40 states and 30 countries, with more than 50 different languages spoken on campus.

Guided by a curriculum grounded in exploration and rigor, the Colleges prepare students to think critically. In partnership with the Geneva and global communities and through robust programs in career development, study-abroad, service, leadership and athletics, the Colleges foster an environment that values global citizenship, teamwork, ethics, inclusive excellence and cultural competence.

With an average class size of 16 students and a 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio, students develop rewarding one-on-one partnerships with faculty mentors, often resulting in published papers or presentations at national conferences. Under the mentorship of faculty, Hobart and William Smith students gain the necessary clarity to be competitive when seeking employment. They win prestigious fellowships like the Rhodes, Marshall, Gates Cambridge, Udall, Fulbright and Goldwater. They gain admittance to the best graduate programs in the country. They go on to lead lives of consequence.


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WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGE

When the lake in silver morningbrightly gleams all blue and clear,When the sunshine floods thehillsides, shedding glory far andnear, Glad are we that we are withthee, Alma Mater, ever dear. When a-stealing o’er the campus,soft the dreaming noondays fall,And from out the pine trees’shadow sings a bird with lilting call,Then in pride and joy we praisethee, Alma Mater, loved of all. When the sun behind the hilltops,radiant sinks at close of day, Andthe breeze that stirred the pinetrees, softly sighing, dies away,Then our hearts to thee areturning, Alma Mater, loved for aye. Chorus:Oh, William Smith, to thee we singin heartfelt loyalty, For all the days that we shall live, we pledge our love to thee.

HOBART COLLEGE

Evermore thy sons shall beHip Hobart, my Hip Hobart,Champions bold of libertyHip Hobart, my Hip Hobart;Ever shall thy champions provefilled with brave unchanging love,Lifting souls to heights above Hip Hobart, my Hip Hobart.

Evermore thy fame shall lastHip Hobart, my Hip Hobart,Glorious still as in the pastHip Hobart, my Hip Hobart;With a faith and courage strongbattling ever ’gainst the wrong,Honors great to thee belongHip Hobart, my Hip Hobart.

Chorus:Raise the orange and purple high, Let us shame them never,Shout the triumph to the sky, “Hip Hobart, forever!”

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