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Fergusson, Frances D. (Frances Daly)

Baccalaureate service, part 1

Date
1991 May 25
Description

First part of the 1991 baccalaureate service held in the Vassar Chapel, sponsored by the Black Commencement Committee. Includes the procession; an opening prayer by Rev. Richard Thompson; welcome by President Frances Fergusson; a performance by the Martin Luther King Choir; a scripture reading by

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Baccalaureate service, part 2

Date
1991 May 25
Description

Second and final part of the 1991 baccalaureate service. Includes the end of Jesse Jackson's address; a second performance by the West Point Gospel Choir; and an address by Ria Grosvenor (VC 1991), Chair of the Black Commencement Committee, accompanied by committee members Yolanda Hill (VC 1991) and

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Celebratory concert in honor of President Frances D. Furgusson

Imprint
Elmsford, NY : G.K. Squires, [2006]
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Commencement

Date
1989 May 28
Description

Scenes from the 1989 commencement ceremony. Includes the Daisy Chain and the procession; welcoming remarks by President Frances Fergusson; presentation of the class gift by Trina Allen and Rolesia Butler; further remarks by President Fergusson and her introduction of television news anchor and

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Commencement

Date
1998 May 24
Description

1998 commencement ceremony. Includes the Daisy Chain and the procession (10 minutes); welcoming remarks by President Frances Fergusson; presentation of the class gift by Kelly McMasters; further remarks by President Fergusson; remarks by Dean of the Faculty Norman Fainstein; the address by President

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Commencement, part 1

Date
1988 May 20
Description

[first 3 minutes have no sound] First part of the 1988 commencement ceremony, held in Walker Field House. Includes the Daisy Chain and the procession (19 minutes); welcoming remarks by President Frances Fergusson; presentation of the class gift by Mary Beth Cashetta and Denise Schipani, introduction

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Commencement, part 1

Date
1990 May 27
Description

First part of the 1990 commencement ceremony. Includes the Daisy Chain and the procession (19 minutes); welcoming remarks by President Frances Fergusson; presentation of the class gift by Bruce Mendelsohn, Ashley Meise, and Abra Rothberg; further remarks by President Fergusson; remarks by Dean of

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Commencement, part 1

Date
1991 May 26
Description

First part of the 1991 commencement ceremony. Includes the Daisy Chain and the procession (20 minutes); welcoming remarks by President Frances Fergusson; presentation of the class gift by Lisa Larson, Barbara Garcia, Kirk Lange, and Timothy Decker; further remarks by President Fergusson; remarks by

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Commencement, part 1

Date
1987 May 24
Description

First part of the 1987 commencement ceremony. Includes the Daisy Chain and the procession (23:00); welcoming remarks by President Frances Fergusson and her introduction of Board of Trustees Chair Mary Janney; presentation of the class gift by Jacqueline Paradee; further remarks by President

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Commencement, part 2

Date
1987 May 24
Description

Second part of the 1987 commencement ceremony. Includes President Frances Fergusson's introduction of John Guare and Adele Chatfield-Taylor, Chatfield-Taylor's address, Guare's address, President Fergusson's conferral of the degree, presentation of diplomas to students with last names beginning with

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Commencement, part 2

Date
1988 May 20
Description

Second part of the 1988 commencement ceremony. Includes Marian Gray Secundy's introduction of her brother, Congressman William Herbert Gray III; Gray's address; President Fergusson's conferral of the degree, and the presentation of diplomas

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Commencement, part 2

Date
1990 May 27
Description

Second part of the 1990 commencement ceremony. [missing first couple minutes of introduction] Includes an introduction of Board of Trustee George D. O'Neill by President Frances Fergusson; Fergusson's introduction of U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop; and Koop's address

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Commencement, part 2

Date
1991 May 26
Description

Second part of the 1991 commencement ceremony. Includes the continuation of the address by President of the Class of 1990 Lisa Collins; an introduction of Chair of the Board of Trustee James C. Kautz by President Frances Fergusson; Fergusson's introduction of Dr. Mathilde Krim, founding chairman of

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Commencement, part 3

Date
1988 May 20
Description

Third and final part of the 1988 commencement ceremony. Includes closing remarks by President Fergusson and the recessional

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Commencement, part 3

Date
1990 May 27
Description

Third and final part of the 1990 commencement ceremony. Includes the presentation of diplomas and the recessional

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Commencement, part 3d

Date
1987 May 24
Description

Final part of the 1987 commencement ceremony. Includes the presentation of diplomas to students with last names beginning with St-Z, closing remarks by President Frances Fergusson, and the recessional

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Fall Convocation

Date
1986 September 3
Description

Vassar's 125th convocation featuring speaker Professor Curt Beck of the Chemistry Department. Other speakers include President Frances Fergusson and VSA president Richard Feldman (VC 1987).

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Frances D. Fergusson presidency announcement and press conference

Date
1986 February 10
Description

Two events relating to the announcement of Frances Fergusson as the 9th President of Vassar College. The first segment includes the announcement by Chair of the Board of Trustees Mary Draper Janney (VC 1942), brief remarks by Fergusson, and scenes of her mingling with the crowd in the Villard Room

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Frances D. Fergusson presidency announcement and press conference - clipped and narrated version

Date
1986 February 10
Description

Edited and narrated version of the announcement and press conference regarding Frances Fergusson becoming the 9th President of Vassar College. Includes clips from the announcement made by Chair of the Board of Trustees Mary Draper Janney (VC 1942), Fergusson's remarks, and the press conference.

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Guide to the Office of the President Records, Frances D. Fergusson Files, 1951-2011 (bulk 1986-2006)

Collection Title
Office of the President Records, Frances D. Fergusson Files
Abstract
Records of the Office of the President of Vassar College during the tenure of Frances D. Fergusson, 1986-2006.
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