Haverford Spring/Summer 2011 : Page 3Children’s rights advocate Robert G. Schwartz ’71 (above, right) , the co-founder and executive director of Juvenile Law Center, wore the academic regalia of the late College President Stephen Cary ’37 to accept his Doctor of Laws honorary degree. Schwartz appealed to the Class of 2011 to use what they learned in their Haverford classrooms to help close “the opportunity gap” for others. “You are women and men who will do things,” he said. “Do them with purpose and do them well.” Judy Wicks (left) , the founder of Philadelphia’s White Dog Cafe and co-founder of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, was honored with a Doctor of Humane Letters for her work in the local food and sustainable business move-ments. As she recalled her own graduation in 1969, and how it was colored by the specter of the war in Vietnam, Wicks noted that the stakes are even higher for 2011’s graduates. “Our generation’s goal was to save lives, mostly our own,” she said. “Yours is to save life on earth as we know it.” Go to haverford.edu/commencement to see more Commencement photos, view a gallery of legacy photos, read Haverblog coverage of the event and watch the 2011 Commencement video. Spring/Summer 2011 3 Publication List Using a screen reader? Click Here |
