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B os to n U n i ver sity
148 TH Com m e n c e m e n t
2021
SUNDAY THE SIXTEENTH OF MAY
NICKERSON FIELD
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTSProgram
Prelude Concert Boston University Commencement Brass Choir The Metcalf Awards for Excellence in Teaching Robert A. Brown
Aaron Goldberg, Director PRESIDENT OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Fanfare from La Péri Paul Dukas Fadie T. Coleman, School of Medicine
Marche Militaire Française Camille Saint-Saëns David G. Sullivan, College of Arts & Sciences
A Western Fanfare Eric Ewazen
Libertango Astor Piazzolla
Fanfare for the Common Man Aaron Copland The Metcalf Cup and Prize for Excellence in Teaching
Procession of the Nobles Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Steve Ramirez, College of Arts & Sciences
Hymn to New England John Williams
Conferring of the Honorary Degrees Robert A. Brown
Processional
Noubar Afeyan, Doctor of Humane Letters
Pomp and Circumstance March, No. 1 Edward Elgar Catherine D’Amato, Doctor of Humane Letters
Ayanna Pressley, Doctor of Laws
Call to Order Kenneth J. Feld
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY Morning Address Noubar Afeyan
Afternoon Address Ayanna Pressley
National Anthem Jillian Agona
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS ’21
Presentation of Candidates Jean Morrison
UNIVERSITY PROVOST AND CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Invocation The Reverend Dr. Robert Allan Hill
Karen H. Antman
DEAN OF MARSH CHAPEL, BOSTON UNIVERSITY
PROVOST OF THE MEDICAL CAMPUS, BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Student Speaker Archelle Thelemaque
Promotion of Candidates to Degrees Robert A. Brown
(Afternoon) COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ’21
President’s Charge to the Graduates Robert A. Brown
Presentation of the Class Gift Audrey Tran
(Afternoon) COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES ’21
Beatriz Vianna Martins da Costa Clarissima (words and music on page 18) Jillian Agona
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ’21
Benediction The Reverend Dr. Robert Allan Hill
Welcome from the Alumni Association J. R. Hipple
PRESIDENT OF THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI COUNCIL Recessional Boston University Commencement Brass Choir
“Go BU” Ranny Weeks and Bernie Fazioli
“Hey! Baby” Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel
“I’m Shipping Up to Boston” Woody Guthrie/Dropkick Murphys
Second Suite in F, Op. 28, March Gustav Holst
2 3The Metcalf Cup and Prize The Metcalf Cup and Prize
FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
F O R EXCELLENCE I N TE A CH I NG
The Metcalf Cup
and Prize is the
of teaching and the
identification and Steve Ramirez
highest faculty advancement of those College of Arts & Sciences
honor of Boston members of the faculty Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences
University. The who excel as teachers,
award recognizes of which this cup is
and encourages symbolic.” As a teacher, Dr. Ramirez guides students on
outstanding teaching a journey breaking down scientific phenomena
The Metcalf Cup and
in the context of a to basic building blocks, reassembling those
$10,000 Prize and gold
research institution blocks in new ways, and eventually proposing
medal is presented
and expresses the University’s deepest original concepts and experiments. They
annually at Commencement. Each year,
purpose. develop skills and understanding applicable
candidates are nominated by students,
The Metcalf Awards were established in faculty, or alumni, and the finalists are to a broad array of scientific challenges.
1973 by an endowment gift from the late selected by a screening committee of Outside of regular courses, he supervises
Dr. Arthur G. B. Metcalf (1908–1997), faculty and students. Over the course undergraduate students through senior honors
an alumnus, faculty member, generous of the year, the committee solicits and research, directed study, Undergraduate
benefactor, Trustee of Boston University, reviews supporting materials from the Research Opportunities Program (UROP)
and Chairman of the Board of Trustees candidates and their department chairs. projects, and other academic work, as well
from 1976 to 1994. “The purpose of the The members of the committee visit the as advising master’s and doctoral students.
prize,” Dr. Metcalf stated at the time of classes of the finalists and, in the spring,
its creation, “is to establish a systematic present their recommendations to the Dr. Ramirez received a BA magna cum laude
procedure for the review of the quality University’s president. in Neuroscience from Boston University, a
A t a university of outstanding teachers, PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from
Steve Ramirez, an Assistant Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
The Metcalf Awards in Boston University’s College of Arts & and an avalanche of awards, including
Sciences, stands out. the College of Arts & Sciences Templeton
F O R EXCELLENCE I N TE A CH I NG Award for Excellence in Student Advising
In just four years with the Department of
and Mentoring, the Presidential Early Career
Psychological & Brain Sciences and the
Award for Scientists and Engineers, Forbes 30
The Metcalf Awards for Excellence is committed to educating students to Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Innovators Under 30 Award, and Smithsonian
in Teaching are given annually to be reflective, resourceful leaders in an he has won the respect and admiration
magazine’s American Ingenuity Award.
one or more of the finalists in the interconnected world. We accomplish of students and colleagues alike. Students
competition for the Metcalf Cup and this through the work of great teachers, describe Dr. Ramirez as a “helpful,” Dr. Ramirez’s appeal extends beyond campus;
Prize. Each winner of the Metcalf Award men and women who inspire their “caring,” “fun,” “knowledgeable,” and he is popular for media interviews, and his
receives $5,000 and a silver medal. As students. They encourage exploration, even “magic” professor, who “could TED Talks video on memory garnered more
President Robert A. Brown has said debate, cooperation, the pursuit of explain memory engrams to a three-year- than 1.1 million views.
regarding the symbolic significance of the unknown, and discovery; they old.” His nominating colleague describes
the awards, “Teaching is an art. It is introduce ancient wisdom and the him as “an innovative and passionate
the essential function of a university, latest scholarship. The Metcalf Awards educator who inspires students to learn and
as it is our mission to mold the next recognize and encourage outstanding to enter the field of systems neuroscience.”
generation of informed citizens and teaching and thereby support our
creative thinkers. Boston University fundamental mission.”
Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography
4 5The Metcalf Award The Metcalf Award
FO R EXCELLENCE I N T EAC H IN G FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING
Fadie T. Coleman David G. Sullivan
School of Medicine College of Arts & Sciences
Department of Medical Sciences & Education Department of Computer Science
Somehow, amid all that, Dr. Coleman finds than 50 percent of them are women, up
time to teach—exceptionally. She seeks from 20 percent.
to build on students’ experiences and give This success is not isolated. Reviews from
them a sense of belonging to a whole. Her across all his courses speak of “an amazing
methods include pedagogy that promotes professor” who “really cares about students”
intellectual discipline, scientific literacy and is “insanely good at teaching.” “He
and writing, community building, and made me fall in love with computer science,”
science identity development. is a sentiment echoed by many. One student
Her students give the experience rave even describes him as an “angel sent from
reviews ranging from “she really challenges the heavens.”
you to think” to “coolest most insightful Dr. Sullivan developed the department’s
experience” to “made me a better scientist.” course assistant program, in which under-
Two words, especially, recur in one graduates serve as mentors to students in
evaluation after another: “Thank you.” introductory courses, and he has himself
Dr. Coleman’s nominator sums it up nicely: been an outstanding mentor to junior
F adie T. Coleman joined Boston University
in 2017 as Assistant Professor of Medical
“I cannot imagine a more invested, giving,
and talented professor.” D avid G. Sullivan is a Master Lecturer
and the Director of Peer Education
and Assessment in the Department of
instructors. He has also been a department
leader in utilizing innovative educational
Sciences and Education with the BU School approaches and technological tools to
Dr. Coleman holds a BA in Biology and Computer Science in the College of
of Medicine (BUSM) and she is Director improve student learning. In particular, he
English Literature from Boston University, Arts & Sciences. He is “a creative and
of the Biomedical Laboratory and Clinical employs peer instruction, an educational
an MA in Biology from Harvard University, committed teacher,” says the department
Sciences Program (BLCS) of Metropolitan methodology that gives students immediate
and a PhD in Microbiology from Boston chair. “He has been an innovative leader in
College. She has been very busy ever since. feedback on their understanding of key
University School of Medicine. Her our educational mission, and he has had an concepts and promotes deeper learning
Overseeing BLCS, she has redesigned the national honors include recognition from the enormous impact on the lives of students.” through in-class exercises and small group
curriculum, integrated updated laboratory National Science Foundation and American
His redesign of Introduction to Computer discussions. He has also helped other
technique courses, added scientific writing Society for Microbiology. At BU, she has
Science I, the gateway course to the faculty members to adopt these approaches
and communication-focused courses, and received numerous awards at both the
major, is described as “radical.” The and tools in their own courses.
streamlined the biomedical research School of Medicine and University levels.
internship program. She has developed nine course supplements the traditional focus Dr. Sullivan holds an AB in Physics from
courses for Graduate Medical Sciences. She on programming with units that explore Harvard College, and an SM and PhD in
is actively involved in diversity, equity, and the diversity of subjects that constitute Computer Science from Harvard University.
inclusion initiatives on the Charles River computer science. Student response has Boston University has previously recognized
and Medical Campuses. been overwhelming: enrollment has his contributions with the Neu Family
increased from 500 students in 2013–2014 Award for Excellence in Teaching.
to more than 1,000 this year, and more
Photo by Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography Photo by Jackie Ricciardi for Boston University Photography
6 7Honorary Degree Recipient Honorary Degree Recipient
Noubar Afeyan Catherine D’Amato
Doctor of Humane Letters Doctor of Humane Letters
the underlying technology in 2010, almost where she established the first food bank
a decade before discovery of the virus. farm in the United States, inspiring dozens
He is also founder and CEO of Flagship of food banks to follow suit. In 1995,
Pioneering, one of Boston’s largest capital Ms. D’Amato assumed leadership of the
firms specializing in biotech and life sciences. Greater Boston Food Bank, which, at the
He holds over 100 patents. time, distributed 7.5 million meals per year.
Today, the food bank is a $100 million
Mindful of his Armenian roots, Dr. Afeyan
charitable organization, serving 82 million
cofounded the 100 LIVES Initiative in 2015
healthy meals each year through more than
to commemorate the 100th anniversary of
600 distribution sites in 190 cities and
the Armenian genocide by locating and
towns in eastern Massachusetts.
preserving the stories of its survivors and
rescuers. He received the Ellis Island Medal Ms. D’Amato holds a bachelor’s degree in
of Honor in 2008—the same year he became theology from the University of San Francisco
a US citizen—and was a Great Immigrant and business management certificates from
honoree of the Carnegie Corporation Harvard University and Smith College. She
in 2016. serves on the boards of trustees of Fidelity
T he grandson of an Armenian genocide
survivor, Noubar Afeyan moved in
his early teens from Lebanon to Canada
Dr. Afeyan holds a Bachelor of Science in
chemical engineering from McGill University
C atherine D’Amato has been in the food
industry since she was eight years old,
first helping out in her father’s restaurant
Charitable and Eastern Bank and the boards
of directors of the Forsyth Institute and the
Massachusetts Food Association.
and later to the United States, to study and a PhD in biochemical engineering from and now, as CEO and president of the Greater
biochemical engineering. He has forged a Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston Food Bank, providing nutritious She continues to work to end food insecurity
career as an inventor, entrepreneur, and where he now serves as a trustee. He is meals to the hungry. In between, lies a with the belief that fresh, healthful foods can
CEO pursuing innovation that betters the also an overseer of the Boston Symphony lifetime of service. help move people from dependency to roles
human condition. Orchestra, serves on the boards of several as thriving contributors.
In the 1970s, Ms. D’Amato ran a small,
public and private companies, and engages
Starting at age 24, Dr. Afeyan cofounded local food cupboard. She soon organized the
generously in philanthropy.
and built over 35 successful start-ups, most area’s many similar operations into a larger,
famously Moderna, Inc., which last year more efficient food pantry program and, in
introduced the first mRNA-1273 COVID-19 1979, created the even larger San Francisco
vaccine, profoundly affecting the lives of Food Bank to supply those pantries. From
millions around the world. The vaccine’s there, she moved east as executive director
development epitomizes Dr. Afeyan’s of the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts,
vision; Moderna began experimenting with
Photo courtesy of Noubar Afeyan Photo courtesy of Catherine D’Amato
8 9Honorary Degree Recipient Boston University
Schools and Colleges
Ayanna Pressley College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Stan Sclaroff, Dean
DOCTOR of Laws
Questrom School of Business
Susan Fournier, Dean
and delivered the commencement address at College of Communication
her high school graduation. Mariette DiChristina, Dean
In 1992, she enrolled at Boston University but Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine
withdrew after two years to help support her Cataldo Leone, Dean ad interim
mother. She became a civil rights activist Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
working first with Congressman Joseph P. David Chard, Dean
Kennedy II and then for 13 years with
College of Engineering
Senator John Kerry (Hon.’05). Kenneth R. Lutchen, Dean
In 2009, she became the first woman of color College of Fine Arts
elected to the Boston City Council, where she Harvey Young, Dean
fought against inequities and disparities facing
College of General Studies
the community. In 2018, she was the first Natalie McKnight, Dean
woman of color elected to the US Congress
Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies
by Massachusetts.
Adil Najam, Dean
Ms. Pressley has been recognized as one of
A yanna Pressley is an advocate,
community activist, United States
Representative for Massachusetts’ 7th
Ten Outstanding Young Leaders by the
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, one
College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College
Christopher A. Moore, Dean
of Boston’s 50 Most Powerful People by Arvind & Chandan Nandlal Kilachand Honors College
Congressional District, and an original Carrie Preston, Director
Boston magazine, and one of the New York
member of The Squad, a group of progres-
Times’ 14 Young Democrats to watch. School of Hospitality Administration
sive members of Congress under 50. Her Arun Upneja, Dean
career is rooted in the belief that a diversity She continues to serve in Congress, working
of voices is essential and that those closest to create policies reflective of her district, School of Law
Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Dean
to pain should also be closest to power. Massachusetts’ most diverse in both ethnicity
and income. School of Medicine
Ms. Pressley was raised primarily by her Karen H. Antman, Dean and Provost of the Medical Campus
single mother, a tenants’ rights organizer,
and developed an early interest in public Metropolitan College
Tanya Zlateva, Dean
service. Beginning in seventh grade, she was
elected class president six consecutive years, School of Public Health
was elected student government president, Sandro Galea, Dean
School of Social Work
Jorge Delva, Dean
School of Theology
Sujin Pak, Dean
Photo courtesy of Ayanna Pressley
10 11Academic Traditions
ACADEMIC DRESS: The academic dress worn by today’s graduates reflects a tradition THE ACADEMIC PROCESSION: The University Marshal presides over the Academic
begun in the late twelfth century, when universities were taking form. Originally the Procession, standing at the front of the platform. The mace is raised to signify that
dress may have had a practical purpose: to keep the student warm in unheated buildings. Commencement is ready to begin; as it is lowered, the music begins and the graduates
Today it is ceremonial. American colleges and universities subscribe to a code of begin to march onto the field. The graduates are then followed by the alumni and faculty
academic dress first adopted in 1895. The Academic Costume Code is divided into processions. The platform party follows the faculty; the President is the last person in
three parts: caps, gowns, and hoods. the procession.
The traditional cap is the mortarboard, which is worn by our bachelor’s and master’s THE PRESIDENT’S GOWN AND COLLAR: The President wears a custom-made
degree candidates. The colored tassels worn from the mortarboards identify the graduate’s presidential robe, distinguished by its four velvet sleeve bars and facing, which are
discipline or field of study. Boston University’s doctoral candidates wear an octagonal trimmed in gold. The President’s collar is a chain of repeating decorative links. Such
tam with gold tassels. collars were often worn in the Middle Ages as a badge of office. The Boston University
collar, symbolizing the office of the President, is composed of the University seal alter-
The gown for the bachelor’s degree is simple, with open sleeves. The master’s gown has a
nating with the letters BU; a larger seal is suspended from it. The collar was designed
long, curved extension at the b ottom of the sleeve, and is narrow at the wrist. Bachelor’s
in the 1980s by the late Dr. Arthur G. B. Metcalf, alumnus, Associate Founder of the
and master’s gowns are always untrimmed. The more ornate d octoral gown is faced with
University, and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees.
velvet and features three velvet bars on each sleeve. The velvet is black for all disciplines
except law, dentistry, and medicine, which are faced with those fields’ traditional colors: THE MACE: The mace was originally a weapon of war; heavy, often with a spiked
purple, lilac, and green. The sleeves are bell-shaped and billowing. Some students also metal head, it was designed to damage an o pponent’s armor. It has evolved into a
wear cords or stoles over their academic dress to signify academic achievement or symbol of institutional authority. The academic mace, representing the authority of
extracurricular involvement. the university, is carried at the front of formal academic processions.
Bachelor’s candidates at Boston University do not wear hoods as part of their dress. The The Boston University mace was also designed in the 1980s by Dr. Metcalf. It is
master’s hood is three and one-half feet in length, and the doctoral hood is four feet with fashioned of sterling silver and has two University seals intertwined on the button
panels on the sides. The lining of the hoods is unique to the university: every university, end. In today’s ceremony, it is borne by the University Marshal.
according to the Academic Costume Code, has a distinct pattern. The Boston University
ORDER OF PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES: In today’s commencement ceremony,
hood is lined with a single white chevron on a scarlet field. The color of the velvet
the candidates for degrees at Boston University’s schools and colleges are introduced
edging of the hood corresponds to the graduate’s field of study. Academic disciplines
by their respective deans in the order of the anticipated number of candidates receiving
and associated colors seen at today’s Commencement include:
degrees, from smallest to largest number of graduates.
Arts, Letters, Humanities—white Music—pink
Business, Management—drab Philosophy—dark blue
Dental Medicine—lilac Physical Therapy—teal
Education—light blue Public Health—salmon
Engineering—orange Sciences—yellow
Fine Arts—brown Social Work—citron
Law—purple Theology—scarlet
Medicine—green
12 13About Boston University
M. Menino Scholarship program and the critical momentum in research and clinical
Community Service Awards program, services.
the 24-year collaborative program of
tutoring Boston elementary school Since the adoption of our first Strategic Plan
Boston University’s impact extends far leverage the breadth and depth of the in 2007, Boston University has broadened
children through the Boston University
beyond Commonwealth Avenue, Kenmore University’s program offerings. the scope of research, added more than
Initiative for Literacy Development,
Square, the Fenway Campus, and the 100 endowed full professorships and career
Since its founding in 1839, Boston and the pioneering merger of the BU
Medical Campus. Our students, faculty, and development appointments, and introduced
University has embraced two principles Medical Center Hospital and Boston
alumni venture around the world to study, numerous academic programs. In 2017,
that have come to define higher education City Hospital. Students and faculty
conduct research, teach, and become a part Boston University adopted a Climate Action
today: a conviction that higher education regularly participate in a broad range
of the communities in which they live. BU Plan that is embedded in our curriculum
should be accessible to all, and a belief of formal and informal community
is the fourth-largest private residential and research programs and is transforming
that the pursuit of learning is enhanced service activities.
university in the country today and is a our campus infrastructure—with the
member of the Association of American by direct engagement with the community
Today, Boston University’s 17 schools fundamental goal to reduce the University’s
Universities, the organization of the 65 and the world.
and colleges enroll nearly 34,000 students environmental footprint.
leading research universities in the United Boston University has traditionally from all 50 states as well as the District of
States and Canada. As a measure of its Columbia, three US territories, and over Boston University is organizing to
valued diversity and offered educational
global reach, Boston University is currently 130 foreign countries. The nation’s first lead in the emerging field of data
opportunity without regard to race,
conducting more than 300 separate collegiate international exchange program sciences. To integrate computing and
class, sex, or creed from its beginning.
research, service, and educational was created here in the 19th century. Since data sciences across the University, in
The University was among the first to
programs and projects around the world. then, Boston University’s Study Abroad 2019 the University established a new
open all its divisions to women, the first
offerings have grown to include more than Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences
Enduring dedication to excellence in to award a PhD to a woman, and the
70 programs on six continents. This global with professors who bridge traditional
teaching, research, global education, and first coeducational medical college in the
emphasis is integrated into the on-campus disciplines and are less encumbered by
community service are the touchstones world. Martin Luther King, Jr., perhaps
curriculum, with courses and programs disciplinary boundaries.
of Boston University’s proud past and our most famous alumnus, studied here
in the early 1950s, during a period when that bring an international perspective to As we build upon our foundation of
promising future.
nearly half of this country’s doctoral subjects from anthropology to zoology. excellence and look ahead with a Strategic
In the rich tapestry of Boston University’s degrees earned by African American Plan for the next decade and beyond, we
Boston University is continually evolving
history, one thread runs true: quality students in religion and philosophy were assess our strengths and listen to our entire
to anticipate and meet the challenges of
teaching by an outstanding faculty. Students awarded by Boston University. BU community. We continue to explore
higher education, emerging technologies,
benefit from direct instruction by dedicated new pathways to offer an innovative,
Boston University’s commitment to and changing workplace expectations.
professors who are actively involved in inclusive, and accessible academic
community service and the City of That capability was tested last year, when
original research and scholarship, as well experience, conduct important research,
Boston remain strong. The early dream the University adapted to the COVID
as from the University’s combination and expand BU’s global impact.
of an institution “in the heart of the pandemic with a combination of screening,
of a strong liberal arts foundation and
city, in the service of the city” has been testing, and contact tracing, as well as a Today’s graduates take their place in a
exceptional professional programs.
realized in numerous ways: through new hybrid learning format and safety long line of alumni whose life-changing
Many students work closely with faculty
more than $15 million annually in protocols that enabled the University educational experience at Boston University
mentors to advance the frontiers of human
scholarships provided to graduates of the to continue advancing the education of prepared them to help serve, shape, and
discovery. Opportunities for educators and
Boston Public Schools via the Thomas thousands of students, while sustaining improve the world.
researchers to collaborate across disciplines
14 15THE TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Kenneth J. Feld, Carla E. Meyer, Robert A. Brown, President
Chairman Vice Chairman
Ryan K. Roth Gallo, Richard D. Reidy,
Vice Chairman Vice Chairman
William D. Bloom Rajen A. Kilachand Jonathan Priester
Cynthia R. Cohen Ranch C. Kimball Sharon G. Ryan
Shamim A. Dahod Robert A. Knox S. D. Shibulal
Nathaniel Dalton Antoinette R. Leatherberry Richard C. Shipley
Sudarshana Devadhar J. Kenneth Menges, Jr. Hugo X. Shong
Ahmass L. Fakahany Kevin Merida Kenneth Z. Slater
Maurice R. Ferré Jane P. Moncreiff Malek Sukkar
Sandra A. Frazier Ruth A. Moorman Nina C. Tassler
Michael D. Fricklas Alicia C. Mullen Andrea L. Taylor
Richard C. Godfrey Rebecca A. Norlander Elizabeth C. Thors
John P. Howe III Eileen B. O’Keefe Peter L. Wexler
Stephen R. Karp C. A. Lance Piccolo Stephen M. Zide
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY ADVISORY BOARD
Rebecca A. Norlander, Lawrence Gilbert Kenneth P. Morrison
Chairman Carolyn Hessler-Radelet E. Martin Nordin
Maureen A. Alphonse- David E. Hollowell Peter T. Paul
Charles, Karen Holmes Ward Stuart W. Pratt
Vice Chairman Karen Elliott House Jay Roewe
The Corporation Gayle R. Berg
Cassandra M. Clay
Christine S. Hunter
William A. Kamer
Mahesh Shahdadpuri
Kamakshi
Gerard H. Cohen Steven M. Karbank Sivaramakrishnan
Suzanne Cutler Carol R. Kaufman James Stergios
Shadi Daher Stewart F. Lane Lisa Wendt
Sidney J. Feltenstein Philip Libin Lisa Ann Wong
THE FOUNDERS OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY Yvonne Garcia Chen-Chun Liu
Lee Claflin Isaac Rich Jacob Sleeper
THE TRUSTEES EMERITI
THE ASSOCIATE FOUNDERS Terry L. Andreas Sidney J. Feltenstein Alan M. Leventhal
Augusta E. Corbin Arthur G. B. Metcalf Alden Speare Christopher A. Barreca Norman E. Gaut William F. Macauley
Chester C. Corbin Stephen P. Mugar Dewey David Stone Robert J. Brown Gerald L. Gitner Edward I. Masterman
Albert V. Danielsen Anne A. Ramsey Harry K. Stone Frederick H. Chicos Vartan Gregorian JoAnn McGrath
Edward H. Dunn John R. Robinson Gerald Tsai, Jr. Richard D. Cohen SunEun Han-Andersen Melvin B. Miller
Rafik B. al-Hariri Roswell R. Robinson An Wang Jonathan R. Cole Leon C. Hirsch Peter T. Paul
Charles Hayden Suzanne Cutler Esther A. H. Hopkins Stuart W. Pratt
Edson D. de Castro Karen Elliott House Allen I. Questrom
Richard B. DeWolfe James M. Howell John F. Smith, Jr.
Dexter A. Dodge Richard R. Joaquim Laura Walsh
Patricia K. Donahoe Luci Baines Johnson
16 17Clarissima
Dean B. Doner Brenton C. Patterson, 1911
New lyrics for “Clarissima” were written by the late Dean B. Doner, a Vice President of Boston Certified Printing. In keeping with Boston University’s commitment to sustainability,
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