Presiding

Robert M. Riggs, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Sarah Lawrence College

Inaugural Procession

Faculty
Administration and Staff
Board of Trustees
Alumnae/i Association Board of Directors
Delegates
Other Members of the Platform Party

Processional Music

Cosmopolitan Brass Quintet

Welcome

Robert M. Riggs, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Reading

Mark Strand, Former Poet Laureate of the United States, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University | Listen to MP3»

Greetings from...

Board of Trustees Joan Cannady Countryman ’62 | Read greetings»
Alumnae/i Board Stephanie R. Cooper ’65, M.F.A. ’76 | Read greetings»
Undergraduate Students Clare Hipschman ’08 | Read greetings»
Graduate Students Julie Reichling M.S. ’08 | Read greetings»
Administration/Staff Charling C. Fagan, Director of Libraries/Academic Computing  | Read greetings»
Faculty Ann Lauinger, Literature Faculty Member | Read greetings»
Colleges Carol T. Christ, President, Smith College | Read greetings»
Universities Nancy Cantor ’74, Chancellor, Syracuse University
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Foundations Philip Lewis, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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Community Philip A. Amicone, Mayor, Yonkers | Read greetings»
Community Mary C. Marvin, Mayor, Bronxville | Read greetings»

Installation of the President

Robert M. Riggs, Chair of the Board of Trustees

Inaugural Address

Karen R. Lawrence
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Recessional Music

Cosmopolitan Brass Quintet