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Inauguration of Virgina Smith as President of Vassar College

Date
1978 April 15
Description
Narrated film about the Inauguration of Virginia Smith as President of Vassar College. Includes clips of the procession into the Vassar College Chapel. followed by remarks by Barbara Austin Foote (VC 1940), President of the Alumne and Alumni of Vassar College (AAVC); Winifred A. Asprey (misidentified as Elizabeth Stillman Williams), Vassar Class of 1938, math and computer science professor, and founder of the Computer Center; Wellesley President Barbara Warne Newell (VC 1951); and President of the University of Pennsylvania, Martin Meyerson. The film also includes Smith's installation by Chair of the Board of Trustees, Mary St John Villard; portions of Smith's inaugural address; a benediction by Vassar chaplain George Williamson, Jr.; the recessional; and scenes of the reception held on the patio of the College Center
Subject (Name)
Subject (Geographic)
References
VQ 1978 Summer
Details
Extent
16 minutes
Format
Identifier
VCFV0149_01
Rights
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English