The Installation of
DEBORAH A. FREUND
The 15th President of Claremont Graduate University
GRADUATE EDUCATION FOR A CHANGING WORLD:
Creating a Future that Matters
Previous Presidents
OF
CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
JAMES A. BLAISDELL
The son of a theological professor, James Blaisdell foresaw Claremont College (CGU’s original
name) as a unique center for graduate research and learning. He was the fourth president of
Pomona College and founding president of what is now Claremont Graduate University.
The consortium he created with the founding of CGU is now internationally known as the
Claremont Colleges, a seven-member consortium that enrolls more than 6,300 students and has
combined faculty of nearly 700 professors.
The college that came to life in 1925 – that is CGU today – began with the building of Harper
Hall in 1926 and our first graduating class of four students in 1928. It grew into a university of
great distinction, with more than 2,200 students, 132 faculty, and 20,000 alumni.
Blaisdell envisioned CGU as a place where research and teaching would cross traditional boundaries; a place where students
would not just learn subjects, but how to make a positive impact on their world. That vision still guides CGU today.
James A. Blaisdell
Joseph B. Platt
President
1925-1936
President
1976-1981
William S. Ament
John D. Maguire
Acting President
1935-1937
President
1981-1998
Russell M. Story
Steadman Upham
President
1937-1942
President
1998-2004
Robert J. Bernard
William Everhart
Managing Director
1942-1959
President
1959-1963
Interim President
2004-2005
Robert Klitgaard
William W. Clary
President
2005-2009
Acting President
1963
Joseph C. Hough
Louis T. Benezet
Interim President
2009-2010
President
1963-1970
Deborah A. Freund
Howard R. Bowen
President
November 2010 forward
President
1970-1971
Barnaby C. Keeney
President
1971-1976
James Blaisdell’s original home still stands on campus,
now the Humanities Faculty Blaisdell House.
DEBORAH A. FREUND
Among the many milestones highlighting CGU’s
history are the leaders who have empowered
our mission and vision during the past 86 years.
Today, the university installs Deborah A. Freund
as our 15th president and first female president.
Her extraordinary career, and long and personal
commitment to transdisciplinary research and
education, reflect our past and will guide our future.
Prior to coming to CGU, she was a Distinguished
Professor of Public Administration and Economics
at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University and
an Adjunct Professor of Orthopedics and Pediatrics
at Upstate Medical University.
She served as Vice Chancellor and Provost at Syracuse
University (1999-2006), and Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculties at Indiana
University-Bloomington (1994-1999), where she was
also a Professor of Public Affairs, Economics, and
Family Medicine.
The 15th President of Claremont Graduate University
Freund received an AB in Classics from Washington
University in St. Louis, as well as an MPH in
Medical Care Administration, an MA in Applied
Economics, and a PhD in Economics, all from the
University of Michigan.
She is an internationally recognized health
economist, known in particular for her research
in the areas of Medicaid, health-care outcomes,
and PharmacoEconomics, a field she is credited
with founding. Most recently she led a project to
recreate a new database that will be used by health
insurers to pay out-of-network claims.
Freund is married to Thomas J. Kniesner, the Krisher
Professor of Economics at Syracuse University. They
have one son, William Kniesner.
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Program
GRADUATE EDUCATION FOR A CHANGING WORLD:
Creating a Future that Matters
September 15, 2011
Bridges Hall of Music
Presiding
Mr. Donald P. Baker
Chair, Board of Trustees, CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY
March
George Frideric Handel
Ms. Wendy Losh
Organist
Delegates from Institutions of Higher Learning
Presidents of The Claremont Colleges
Faculty and Administrators of the University
Trustees of the University
Members of the Platform Party
President Deborah A. Freund
Welcome and Introductions
Mr. Donald P. Baker
Reflections
Rabbi Daveen Litwin
Chaplain, The Claremont Colleges
Graduate Education
in the 21st Century
Dr. Nancy Cantor
Chancellor and President, Syracuse University
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GREETINGS TO THE PRESIDENT
Institutions of Higher Learning
Dr. Jonathan A. Brown
President and CEO, Association of
Independent California Colleges & Universities
The City of Claremont
Dr. Lawrence Schroeder
Mayor Pro Tem, City of Claremont
The Claremont Colleges
Dr. Laura Skandera Trombley
President, Pitzer College
Chair, The Council of The Claremont Colleges
The Board of Trustees
Ms. Beverly P. Ryder
Chair, Presidential Selection Committee
Board of Trustees
The Alumni
Dr. Jacqueline Powers Doud ’76
President Emerita, Mount St. Mary’s College
The Students
Ms. Gina Carlson Brown
President, Graduate Student Council
The Staff
Ms. Suzanne M. Guilbault
Chair, Staff Relations Committee
The Faculty
Dr. Lorne Olfman
Chair, Faculty
Musical Interlude
Theme and Fanfare
Commissioned by Claremont Graduate University for
the Installation of President Deborah A. Freund
Composed and Conducted by Dr. Peter Boyer
Professor, Claremont Graduate University
Performed by musicians of the Pasadena Symphony Orchestra
Student Centered Learning
Dr. Kenneth A. Shaw
Chancellor Emeritus, Syracuse University
Induction of the President
Mr. Donald P. Baker
Presentation of the
Presidential Medallion
Prof. Thomas J. Kniesner and William S. F. Kniesner
Spouse and son of the president
Acceptance of the Office
Dr. Deborah A. Freund
President of Claremont Graduate University
Fanfare
Antonio Soler
Ms. Wendy Losh
Intermission: A reception will be held in Memorial Courtyard following the ceremony.
The program continues at 11:30 a.m. with a panel discussion.
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President’s Forum: The Transdisciplinary Imperative
NANCY CANTOR, chancellor and
president of Syracuse University, is
known for her work on the public mission
of universities, a topic on which she
lectures and writes extensively along
with intertwined issues such as rewarding
public scholarship, sustainability, liberal
education and the creative campus, the
status of women in the academy, and racial justice and
diversity. She is the co-chair of the Central New York
Regional Economic Development Council, a post to which
she was appointed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Prior to her appointment at Syracuse, Cantor served in
numerous leadership positions in higher education, including provost at the University of Michigan and chancellor
of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A prolific author, Cantor holds a PhD in psychology from
Stanford University and is recognized for her contributions
to the understanding of how individuals perceive and think
about their social worlds, pursue personal goals, and how
they regulate their behavior to adapt to life's most challenging social environments.
WENDY MARTIN is vice provost,
director of the Transdisciplinary Studies
program, holds the George and Ronya
Kozmetsky Endowed Chair of Transdisciplinary Studies, and the director
of the prestigious Kingsley and Kate
Tufts Poetry Awards at CGU. She is
a professor of American literature
and American studies and chaired the Department of
English at Claremont Graduate University for many years.
Before coming to CGU, Martin taught at Queens College,
CUNY, and has been a visiting professor at Stanford
University, the University of North Carolina, and the
University of California, Los Angeles. Her many
4 The Installation of DEBORAH A. FREUND
She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, member of the Institute of Medicine of the
National Academy of Sciences, and of the National
Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for
Sustainability. She has received the Distinguished Scientific
Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology
from the American Psychological Association, the Woman
of Achievement Award from the Anti-Defamation
League, the Making a Difference for Women Award
from the National Council for Research on Women, the
Frank W. Hale, Jr., Diversity Leadership Award from
the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher
Education, and the 2008 Carnegie Corporation Academic
Leadership Award.
Cantor has led and served on numbers boards: the
American Association for Higher Education, the American
Council on Education, the American Institutes for
Research, Say Yes to Education, and the Future of
Minority Studies. She is an Honorary Trustee of the
American Psychological Foundation and was national
co-chair of Imagining America’s Tenure Team Initiative.
published books include: Emily Dickinson (Cambridge
University Press, 2007), The Art of the Short Story (Houghton
Mifflin, 2006), More Stories We Tell: Best Stories of Contemporary
American Women Writers, 1970-2003 (Pantheon, 2004), and
The Cambridge Companion to Emily Dickinson (2002).
She founded and continues to edit Women’s Studies: An
Interdisciplinary Journal, and she is the author of numerous
articles and reviews on American women writers and
American literature and culture, including book reviews
for the New York Times. Martin also serves on the editorial
boards of the Heath Anthology of American Literature and
the Gender and Culture series of the University of North
Carolina Press.
In response to the growing need to address challenges in academia, communities, and the world, Claremont Graduate
University built on its tradition of transdisciplinary research and teaching to create the Transdisciplinary Studies courses.
In these courses, students and faculty work collaboratively to integrate scholarship and methodologies from diverse disciplines
to find solutions that no single discipline could achieve. These T-Courses empower students to move beyond academic
silos and to work together to address the world’s most important and complex issues wherever their inquiry may lead.
Transdisciplinary Studies are now a crucial part of CGU’s commitment to collaborative scholarship and research that matters.
PAULA H. PALMER is an associate
professor in CGU’s School of
Community and Global Health.
Her research focuses on the
reduction of health disparities
among ethnically diverse and
underrepresented populations in
the United States and abroad.
Palmer is principal investigator of a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-funded community-based participatory research
(CBPR) project. This effort investigates how culture, social
and environmental cues, and neurocognitive characteristics
impact cigarette smoking and quitting among Pacific
Islanders. Another CBPR project funded by the California
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program studies the
influences impacting smoked and smokeless tobacco use
among immigrant Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Indians, Nepalis,
and Sri Lankans. In addition, Palmer is co-PI of an
C. WILLIAM (BILL) POLLARD is
chairman of Fairwyn Investment
Company, a private investment firm.
For 25 years, he served as CEO of
ServiceMaster, and was chairman of
the board for 12 years. He was elected
chairman emeritus in 2002, and is
serving as an advisor to the company.
During his leadership at ServiceMaster, it was recognized by
Fortune as the number one service company among the Fortune
500, and was cited as one of its most admired companies.
ServiceMaster also was identified as a “star of the future” by
the Wall Street Journal, and recognized by the Financial Times
as one of the most respected companies in the world.
Pollard served as a director of several public companies
and a number of charitable, religious, and educational
organizations, such as the CDH-Delnor Healthcare
System, Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation, and
NCI study on attitudes and beliefs among minority populations
around biospecimen collection, banking, and research.
She co-directs the Fogarty International Center-funded
Pacific Rim Global Health Framework, which brings
together 22 academic and public health institutions from
India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, and China to
develop research and training programs around key global
health issues, including chronic, non-communicable diseases.
From 1999-2010, she was a co-investigator of the Pacific Rim
Transdisciplinary Tobacco and Alcohol Research Center,
and took part in research on ways of preventing and reducing the burden of tobacco use globally. Palmer also teaches in
the Masters of Public Health program at CGU, specializing
in global and community health topics. Palmer and her
team utilize various types of technology to facilitate both
virtual global learning environments and innovative
methods of health promotion assessment and interventions.
CGU’s Drucker Institute. He is also Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association, and trustee emeritus of Wheaton College.
Pollard is a graduate of Wheaton College, Illinois, and
received a JD from Northwestern University School of
Law. For nine years he was engaged in the practice of law,
and for five years he served on the faculty and as a vice
president of Wheaton College.
He is the author of the best-selling book The Soul of the
Firm, and also contributed to many other books and
articles. His newest book is Serving Two Masters? Reflections
on God and Profit. Pollard has received the Hesburgh Award
for Business Ethics from the University of Notre Dame,
recognition by Harvard Business School as an American
business leader of the twentieth century, and he has received honorary doctorate degrees from Aurora University,
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Indiana
Wesleyan University.
A luncheon in the Edmunds Ballroom will follow the panel discussion.
The 15th President of Claremont Graduate University 5
Delegates from Higher Education
Presidents of The Claremont Colleges
1769
1887
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
Brett H. Matthews, alumnus
POMONA COLLEGE
David Oxtoby, president
1812
1926
LYCOMING COLLEGE
Thomas V. Wolfe, trustee and alumnus
SCRIPPS COLLEGE
Lori Bettison-Varga, president
1831
1946
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
Joseph Maciariello, alumnus
CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE
Pamela Gann, president
1833
1955
KALAMAZOO COLLEGE
John Honnell, alumnus
HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE
Maria Klawe, president
1850
1963
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER
Charles E. Phelps, university professor/provost emeritus
PITZER COLLEGE
Laura Skandera Trombley, president
1853
1997
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
Nancy Hamlett, alumna
KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE
Sheldon Schuster, president
1861
Additional Institutions of Higher Education
CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY
Sheryl Bourgeois ’10, executive vice president
1636
1865
HARVARD UNIVERSITY/HARVARD LAW SCHOOL
Bryant C. Danner, alumnus
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Daryl Smith ’76, alumna
1701
1868
YALE UNIVERSITY
Joseph C. Hough, Jr., alumnus
MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY, MANKATO
Margaret R. Preska ’69, president emerita
1749
1870
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY
John D. Maguire, alumnus
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
Nancy Cantor, chancellor and president
1754
1880
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Amy E. Davis, alumna
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Daniel Mazmanian, professor/director
6 The Installation of DEBORAH A. FREUND
1884
1925
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
Jerome W. Mersky, alumnus
MOUNT ST. MARY'S COLLEGE
Ann McElaney-Johnson, president
1885
1932
CLAREMONT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
CLAREMONT LINCOLN UNIVERSITY
Jerry D. Campbell, president
Philip Clayton, vice president/dean
MARYMOUNT COLLEGE PALOS VERDES
Michael S. Brophy, president
1938
1891
CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA
Claudia L. Pinter-Lucke ’87, associate vice president
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Julia M. McCallin ’93, associate vice president
1944
1891
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA
Toni Clark, professor emeritus
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Wendy Munger, alumna
1946
1891
BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY
Solomon W. Polachek, university professor
UNIVERSITY OF LAVERNE
Devorah Lieberman, president
1950
1899
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Jonathan K. Parker, provost
AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
Andrea C. McAleenan ’86, special advisor to the president
1954
1907
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE
Yolanda T. Moses, special assistant to the chancellor
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS
James R. Appleton, president
1965
1908
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO
Robert Gardner ’96, vice president
BIOLA UNIVERSITY
Deborah Taylor ’08, dean
1972
1911
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY IRVINE
Mary K. Scott, executive vice president
SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL
Bryant G. Garth, dean
1977
1915
WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Philip Pumerantz, president
Andrew Pumerantz, chair of internal medicine
CITRUS COLLEGE
Geraldine M. Perri, superintendent/president
2003
1919
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
Thomas H. Rice, university professor
JOHN PAUL THE GREAT CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
Derry Connolly, president
Delegates as of September 2, 2011
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Afternoon Events
CGU Art Gallery, corner of
Tenth and Columbia
Following the luncheon, you are cordially invited to join us for Celebrate CGU, an afternoon of
events highlighting the alumni, students, and faculty of Claremont Graduate University featuring:
• In CGU’s art galleries – the East and the Peggy Phelps Galleries – softcore HARD EDGE, an
international exhibition co-curated by CGU Art, Professor David Pagel, and the Art Gallery of Calgary
• Sixty open artists’ studios in the art building
• Alumni and faculty bookshelves, highlighting academic and exhibition catalog publications
from CGU graduates
• Graduate Student Council information fair
• A poetry reading by alumna Kate Gale
• Music from CGU doctor of musical arts students
• Latest copies of the Flame, the Pedant, and CGU’s new Foothill: a journal of poetry
• Alumni reception, school open houses, informational tables, and much more
8 The Installation of DEBORAH A. FREUND
Installation Planning
The university is deeply appreciative to these individuals who contributed to the planning of the installation.
INSTALLATION COMMITTEE
UNIVERSITY SENIOR STAFF
Priscilla Fernandez, co-chair, Planning Committee, trustee
Beverly Ryder, co-chair, Planning Committee, trustee
Philip Dreyer, faculty marshal
Jacob Adams, executive vice president and provost
Steven Garcia, senior vice president
Michael Avila, assistant vice president
Dean Gerstein, vice provost
Brenda Leswick, associate vice president
Wendy Martin, vice provost
Kathleen Fariss
Dean Gerstein
Betty Hagelbarger
DeWayne Hurst
Wendy Martin
Monika Moore
Kevin Riel
Danielle Segura
Daryl Smith
Donna Standlea
Louise Webber
Esther Wiley
GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL OFFICERS
Gina Carlson Brown, president
Heather Carr, vice president
Wendy Duran, secretary
Han Shannon Chen, treasurer
The Helen M. Smith Professor of Music and composer of Theme and Fanfare
PETER BOYER is the Helen M. Smith
Professor of Music at CGU. He is one
of the most performed American orchestral composers of his generation.
His works have received more than 250
performances by nearly 100 orchestras
and have received numerous national
broadcasts. He has received seven
national awards for his work.
Boyer received the Boston Pops’ 125th anniversary
commission honoring the legacy of John, Robert, and
Ted Kennedy, The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy
Brothers. Its premiere in 2010, narrated by Robert De Niro,
Morgan Freeman, and Ed Harris, was attended by members
of the Kennedy family, and received extensive national
media attention. The Pops also gave Kennedy Brothers two
separate telecasts, including on their Fourth of July Fireworks
Spectacular for an audience of over 750,000; and
released a recording of the work.
His major work, Ellis Island: The Dream of America, has received over 120 live performances by more than 50 orchestras, making it one of the most-performed orchestral works
of the last decade. It was nominated for a Grammy Award
for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. The League
of American Orchestras’ Symphony magazine profiled it as
one of “a handful of recent works by living composers
becoming orchestral standards.”
In addition to his work for the concert hall, Boyer is active in
the film and television music industry. He has contributed
orchestral arrangements to a number of major film scores,
including the Oscar-winning Up, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible
III, Super 8, and Cars 2 (for composer Michael Giacchino);
and The Conspirator and Dolphin Tale (for composer Mark
Isham). He has twice arranged music for the Academy
Awards and has composed music for The History Channel.
Boyer premieres Theme and Fanfare today with musicians
from the Pasadena Symphony, which has commissioned him
to compose his Symphony No. 1 to open its 2012-13 season.
The 15th President of Claremont Graduate University 9
Board of Trustees
Claremont Graduate University is profoundly grateful for the service of the members of our Board of Trustees.
Donald P. Baker (Chair)
John W. Bachmann
Alfred Balitzer ’72
Richard D. Byrd
Roy E. Christensen
Carolyn H. Denham
Jonathan L. Dolgen
Richard S. Falk, Jr.
Priscilla Fernandez ’78
Deborah A. Freund
Michael J. Johnston
John F. Llewellyn
Mohannad S. Malas
Richard Medley
Thomas J. O’Donnell
Mashi Rahmani
Virgil P. Roberts
Michael E. Rossi
Beverly P. Ryder
Megan Scott-Kakures
Stephen Rountree ’77
Sung Won Sohn
Elliot H. Stein, Jr.
Marilyn P. Sutton ’73
Marshall W. Taylor
Douglas M. West
EMERITI TRUSTEES
Patricia S. Bradshaw
Ernest A. Bryant, III
Vanessa C. L. Chang
Henry M. Duque
Lawrence R. Glenn
Jon B. Lovelace
John D. Maguire
Peggy Phelps
Joseph B. Platt
George F. Regas ’72
H. Russell Smith
Jean W. Smith
Deborah Szekely
Lawrence R. Tollenaere
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Christopher W. Brody
Ronald W. Burkle
Jewel Plummer Cobb
John C. Cushman, III
Elizabeth B. Duker
Ronald L. Olson
Jack Stahl
The university acknowledges with deepest appreciation the gift of support for this installation from its trustees.
10 The Installation of DEBORAH A. FREUND
The President’s Circle
The university is wholeheartedly grateful to these individuals, corporations, and foundations for the
foundational support of our vision for transdisciplinary research and teaching.
Ahmanson Foundation
AIG Sun America
Sonya Anderson ’87
Annenberg Foundation
ARCO Foundation
Atlantic Philanthropies
R. Stanton Avery*
John W. Bachmann
Frank J. Biondi, Jr.
Bright China Social Fund
Robert P. Buford
Ronald W. Burkle
California Wellness Foundation
Roy and Carol M. Christensen
Chauncey and Marie Clarke*
Coca-Cola Foundation
Ida Crotty*
Davre Davidson*
Donald* and Elizabeth DesCombes
Peter* and Doris Drucker
Edward D. Jones &
Company Foundation
Edward Jones Company
Robert B. Egelston
Fletcher Jones Foundation
Florence and John Schumann
Foundation
Ford Foundation
Albert Friedman*
GE Foundation
Robert V. Gibson
Marjorie Goldsmith*
Harry and Grace Steele Foundation
William and Dorothy Heide ’77
Hillcrest Foundation
Violetta L. Horton*
Howard Hunter Foundation
Humana Foundation, Inc.
William and Sally Hurt ’85
Henry* and Dorothy Hwang
IBM
Nobuhiro Iijima
Ito Foundation
Masatoshi Ito
J. Paul Getty Trust
Margaret and George* Jagels
James Irvine Foundation
Matthew and Roberta Jenkins
John Randolph Haynes and
Dora Haynes Foundation
John Stauffer Charitable Trust
John Templeton Foundation
Michael and Mary Johnston
David A. and Betty Jones
Kay Family Foundation
Steeve T.S. Kay
John Kluge
Cortus ’72 and Addie Koehler
George* and Ronya Kozmetsky
Lyn and Norman Lear Family
Foundation
Lincoln Foundation
David and Joan Lincoln
John F. Llewellyn
Jon and Lillian Lovelace
Luce Foundation
Mohannad Malas
Mellon Foundation
Pamela M. Mullin
Mary Enone Nicolai
Stuart Oskamp
Ethel Pearce*
Pew Charitable Trusts
Peggy Phelps
C. William Pollard
Proctor & Gamble Fund
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Rosecrans Foundation Trust
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Chikara Sano
Helen M. Smith ’75*
H. Russell Smith
Seaver Institute
ServiceMaster Company
ServiceMaster Foundation
Minglo Shao
Southern California Edison
Spencer Foundation
Starr Foundation
Times Mirror Foundation
Kate Tufts*
Suno Utsumi
Weingart Foundation
Michael Whalen
W.M. Keck Foundation
*deceased
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Boards of Visitors and Advisors
The university deeply appreciates the service of the members of our Boards of Visitors and Advisors.
Bradway Adams ’83
Dennis V. Alfieri
Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Arde K. Anoshivani
Arman Ariane
John W. Bachmann
Ahmed Badruzzaman
Donald P. Baker
Alfred Balitzer ’72
Eric Randall Ball ’08
Joseph Bentley
Bina Bhatia
Robert L. Borrelli
Lester Breslow
George Brinton ’63
James E. Buckheit
Robert P. Buford
Sandra Lee Burud ’86
John A. Byrne
Bruce Cash
Jacqueline Castillo
Roy Christensen
Matthew Cobb
Shelby Coffey
William Alan Cohen ’79
Mark Dean Crowley ’03
Paul W. D’arcy ’75
Miguel de la Madrid
Jennifer Flinton Diener
Jacqueline Powers Doud ’76
David Dreier ’77
Cecily Drucker
Doris Drucker
Betty Duker
Charles G. Emley
Richard S. Falk
Frank Farner ’60
John W. Farquhar
J. Michael Fay ’74
12 The Installation of DEBORAH A. FREUND
Father Joseph Fenton
Priscilla Fernandez ’78
Jonathan Fielding
Stephen P. Fortmann
Daniel Foster
Deborah A. Freund
James P. Gallagher
Carlos A. Garcia ’77
Nangy Ghafarshad
Jaime Gomez
Jody Greenstone-Miller
Cynthia Frances Grennan ’96
Jessie Gruman
Gail Guge
Webster J. Guillory
Michael M. Hertel ’72
Frances Hesselbein
David L. Heymann
Roderick M. Hills
Amy Karin Hoyt ’07
P. Blair Hoyt
R. Randall Huff
Tamorah Gail Hunt ’94
Nobuhiro Iijima
Natsumi Iwasaki
Roberta Jenkins
Carl A. Johnson
Michael J. Johnston
Howard Kahn
Kim Kerry
Noor Zubeida Khan
Mary Lynn Kotz
Lisa C. Krueger
Satish Lal
Shushma Lal
Michael D. Landes ’85
Norman Lear
Liming Lee
Alexandra M. Levine
Emily Levine
Michael J. Lindsay
John Llewellyn
Robert W. Lovelace
Russell Vincent Luepker
Joseph M. Lumarda ’00
Bernard J. Luskin
Earl H. Maize ’81
Mohannad Malas
Ernest M. Maldonado ’83
Marc Massoud
Dave Master
David Russell McCarthy ’52
Thomas V. McKernan ’94
J. Mario Molina
Synthia L. Molina ’89
K.H. Moon
Richard L. Moore ’65
Albert Moreno
Chrismon Nofsinger ’97
Charles Joseph Papenfus ’10
Pamela R. Peabody
Peggy Phelps
Cesar A. Pina ’87
Joseph B. Platt
C. William Pollard
Curt Pullen
Jerry Emmett Purcell ’95
Pekka Puska
R. Scott Racusin ’92
Mashi Rahmani
Marcos Vinicio Ramirez ’98
George F. Regas ’72
Peter Rhein
R.J. Romero
Walter B. Rose
Larry Rosen
William A. Ruh
Beverly P. Ryder
Michael Saad
Mary A. Scherr ’83
Jack H. Schuster
Minglo Shao
Deepak Shimkhada ’01
John W. Sibert, III
Beverly LeBov Sloane ’75
Herbert C. Smith
Rodney T. Smith
Daniel Gilbert Solorzano ’86
Shelley Alexa Somerville
Edward Sonnenschein
Douglas Christopher Stahl ’00
Elliot H. Stein, Jr.
George Stern
Richard Strayer ’74
M.C. Sungaila
Marilyn P. Sutton ’73
Johnny Thomas ’01
Nancy Thum
Larry Tint
Kerry Toolan ’07
Paul Torrens
Robert E. Tranquada
Arthur Lawrence Ulene
Ramses Wassif
Peter Watson
Nicholas West
Michael Whalen
Ian White-Thomson
Pamela Wiley-Wells ’93
Larry Wilson
Craig Wynett
Honorable Andrew Young
Michael Zarrilli
Joseph Zeronian
The 15th President of Claremont Graduate University 13
Distinguished Alumni Awards
Claremont Graduate University recognizes the distinction our alumni ambassadors bring to the university.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
AWARD RECIPIENTS
DISTINGUISHED
AWARD RECIPIENTS
1975 Byron M. Taylor*
1976 Lorraine Tilden*
H. Jerry Voorhis*
1978 Harold Gault
1980 J. Michael Fay
1982 Carlos Teran*
1983 Mary Montes
Douglas B. Pearce*
1984 Gerald Bush*
1986 Edmond Haddad
1987 Kathleen Ross
Tae Han Kim*
1989 Mary J. Martz
1990 Joseph Forcinelli*
1991 Terry Saario
1992 Robert Swette
1993 Teresa Hughes
Jacqueline Powers Doud
1994 F. Haynes Lindley, Jr.
1995 Beverly Miklich*
1996 Sherry Bebitch Jeffe
1997 Sally Olsen Thomas
1998 Jonathan Nwomonoh
1999 Sally Whiting Miller*
2000 Patricia Arkin
2002 Donald L. Phillips
2003 Priscilla Fernandez
George M. Brinton
2004 Michael M. Hertel
Synthia Laura Molina
2005 Mary Toepelt Nicolai
César A. Piña
2006 Subramanyam Murthy
2007 Ernest Maldonado
2008 Deepak Shimkhada
2009 William Alan Cohen
2010 James Kay Hightower
Sharon Wiley Hightower
2011 Sonya Lee Anderson
1975 Ruth S. Lamb*
1978 Margaret Regnery*
T. Stanley Warburton*
Wiley Mather*
1979 Marguerite Brydegaard*
Teresa Hughes
Rosemary Ruether
William Van Cleave
1980 Natividad Barranda*
Joseph Forcinelli*
Margaret Preska
1981 Sandra Glass
John D. Seelye
1982 Enid H. Douglass*
1983 Glen Davidson
Suzanne E. Muchnic
1984 Daniel Lewis
1985 Frank Farner
1986 Thomas Gillespie
1987 McCay Vernon
Karl Benjamin
1988 Ron Lehman
1989 Stephen T. Davis
1991 Yvette Del Prado
1992 Thomas Curry
Charles Navarro
1993 Richard Moore
1994 William N. Dunn
1995 Sacvan Bercovitch
1996 Martin Glassner*
Joyce O. Appleby
1997 Judy Rosener
Gloria Jean Willingham
1998 Stephen Rountree
1999 Melodie Irene Mayberry-Stewart
2000 Jack A. Scott
Ashleigh Brilliant
2001 Charles C. Emery
2002 Marilyn P. Sutton
14 The Installation of DEBORAH A. FREUND
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
James A. Turrell
Jacqueline Powers Doud
Paul K. Longmore*
Alfred Balitzer
David Dreier
Diane E. Watson
Rajiv Dutta*
Earl H. Maize
Gail L. Thompson
Edward R. Baker
Catherine E. Keller
Kathleen A. Ross
* deceased
The University Mace and Presidential Medallion
The symbolic carrying of the mace is thought to date
from about the thirteenth century. Claremont Graduate
University’s mace is symbolic of the flame that is part of
our logo, and the words on our official seal, Multa lumina,
Una lux. This translates from the Latin to “many lamps,
one light,” referring to the consortium and our collective
commitment to “one light” in the search for wisdom and
truth. It also underscores the many individual “lamps”
from our alumni as they engage the world, empowered by
the shared flame of the education they received from CGU.
The Presidential Medallion is worn at formal ceremonies
by the president. The medallion identifies its wearer as the
temporary embodiment of the institution’s power and
authority. The medallion is a casting of the university’s
seal. The symbols on it consist of a shield containing three
lamps and one flame, with the name of the institution
and our founding date.
Academic Regalia
The academic costumes worn on formal academic
occasions trace their origins to those worn by faculty and
students at medieval European universities. With minor
modifications, these costumes have remained largely
unchanged since the sixteenth century. Regalia standards
for colleges and universities in the United States were
established in 1895 with the adoption of an intercollegiate
code that specifies design and color appropriate for
various degrees.
Modern academic costumes consist of three parts: the
gown or robe, a headpiece, and a hood. The gown denotes
the wearer’s level of education. The doctoral gown is full
flowing and has large bell-shaped sleeves. It is trimmed
with velvet panels down the front and has velvet chevrons
on the sleeves. The master’s gown has a closed or glove
sleeve that is open at the wrist. Both the master’s gown
and the doctoral gown may be worn either open or
closed. The baccalaureate gown is the simplest in design.
Usually black, it is distinguished by a wide yoke with
shirring in the front and back and by open flowing sleeves
which end in a point. The gown is worn closed.
The mortar board, or Oxford cap, is the headpiece usually
worn at American universities. The mortar board is appropriately worn with the board flat on the top of the head.
Of the costume’s three components, the hood is the most
interesting. Originally it had three uses; as a head covering, as a shoulder cape, and as a bag in which alms could
be collected. It is mentioned as early as 1480 in classical
literature. When large wigs were in vogue in Britain, the
cape part of the hood was split in front and a narrow
neckband was inserted. The color of the velvet trim on
the hood designates the subject field of the degree; the
width of the trim designates the level of the degree; and
the lining, the colors of the university granting the degree.
The 15th President of Claremont Graduate University 15
Toward a Century of Excellence: a Brief History
“The center of a
college is in great
conversation and
out of the talk of
college life springs
everything else.”
These famous words spoken by James A. Blaisdell,
Claremont Graduate University’s founding president, are
emblazoned on a bronze plaque at the formal entryway of
the university. While it might be missed by students and
faculty hurrying to classes, these words, by their very permanency, form the continuing message amid the changing
conversations that have shaped the university throughout its
history. In 86 years, Claremont Graduate University has
had seven names, 15 presidents, and countless interesting
conversations. Although there are no transcripts of those
early voices, their impact is written in our history.
Here are some of the highlights: Founded on October 14,
1925, CGU is the founding institution of the Claremont
Colleges Consortium. With an endowment of $1 million,
an initial graduating class of four, and the construction of
Harper Hall, CGU's early history was dynamic, enduring
the financial challenges of the Great Depression of the
1930s and hardships of World War II in the 1940s.
16 The Installation of DEBORAH A. FREUND
In the 1950s, Honnold Library, which now holds 2 million
volumes, was dedicated. During the next several decades
more buildings were erected, more faculty joined our ranks
(including Peter Drucker), more programs were added,
and more students came to learn. In the late 1980s, CGU
celebrated the successful completion of its first individual
campaign, the Campaign for Pre-eminence, which exceeded its
$50 million goal. At the end of the 1990s, when we were
known as Claremont University Consortium and Graduate
School, we formally separated from the full consortium
responsibilities and became Claremont Graduate University.
The next decade saw numerous milestones: CGU’s
endowment grew, placing it among the top 10 percent of
colleges. The university also completed its third fundraising
campaign, Building the Foundation for Greatness, with a total of
more than $54 million. Our alumni grew to more than
20,000, and included three MacArthur Foundation“genius”
grant winners, three elected members of the United States
Congress, and more than 50 college presidents. After only
86 years, CGU is a thriving graduate institution with
multiple schools, 38 buildings, 132 full-time faculty, and
2,200 students studying across multiple fields and starting
their own conversations.
What James Blaisdell said in
1923 is true today:
“We are only at the
beginning of things
to come.”
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