In Review
(Photo: Adam Fenster)CLASSMATES: Members of the Class of 2012 begin the procession, marking the start of the University’s 162nd commencement ceremony for Arts, Sciences & Engineering. The 1,200 graduates were joined on the Eastman Quadrangle by 5,000 family, friends, and other well-wishers. Outgoing Brown University President Ruth Simmons addressed the graduates, noting that they had a burden to use their education to help others. “Your education benefits society only if you are a drum major for human dignity.” Brown, the Most Rev. Matthew Clark, bishop of Rochester, Pulitzer Prize–winning composer George Walker ’56E (DMA), U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin, and Rochester business and civic leader Robert Hurlbut received honorary degrees at this spring’s ceremonies. See more at www.rochester.edu/commencement/2012.
