Knowledge Crowns Those Who Seek Her
T h e I na ug ur at i o n o f K e nt S y v e r ud
a s 1 2 t h C h a nc e llo r a nd P r e s i d e nt
o f S y r a c us e U ni v e r s i t y
F r i d ay, A p r i l 1 1 , 2 0 1 4
H e nd r i cks C h a p e l
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Schedule of Events | 5
Biography of Kent Syverud | 7
Inaugural Ceremony Order of Exercises | 11
Delegates from Academic Institutions | 21
Academic Ceremony, Customs, and Traditions | 23
“I have faith in the mind and heart
and will of this people to honor
Christian beneficence in creating here
a genuine—a grand—University.”
Charter Mace | 23
Chancellor’s Medallion | 24
Academic Attire | 25
Colors | 27
The Alma Mater | 29
History of Syracuse University | 31
Hendricks Chapel | 33
Crouse Chimes | 35
Past Chancellors | 37
Ale xa nde r Winchell
Syracuse University Chancellor
1873–1874
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Music Notes | 39
Campus Community Celebration | 41
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s c h e du le o f e v e n ts F riday, A pril 1 1 , 2 0 1 4
7–8 a.m.
Campus Run with Chancellor Syverud
10:30 a.m.–Noon
Academic Symposium
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
“The true university idea implies rather a
school without limitation upward, than without
limitation laterally; a building without a roof,
rather than a building without sides.”
2–3 p.m.
Fast Forward Student Showcase
Hergenhan Auditorium, Newhouse 3
3:15–3:30 p.m.
Crouse Chimes
Syracuse University Chimesmasters
3:30 p.m.
Inaugural Procession
Shaw Quadrangle to Hendricks Chapel
3:45–4 p.m.
Crouse Chimes
Syracuse University Chimesmasters
Era stus O. Hav en
Syracuse University Chancellor
1874–1880
4–5:15 p.m.
Inaugural Ceremony
Hendricks Chapel
5:15–6:30 p.m.
Campus Community Celebration
Shaw Quadrangle
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Kent Syverud is the 12th Chancellor
and President of Syracuse
University since its founding in
1870. Appointed by the University’s
Board of Trustees in September
2013, he assumed the leadership
post in January 2014, coming
to Syracuse University from
Washington University in St. Louis,
where he served as dean of the
law school and Ethan A.H. Shepley
Distinguished University Professor
since 2006. Prior to that, he served eight years as dean at
Vanderbilt Law School. During his tenure at Washington
University, he led efforts to create university-wide programs
in Washington, D.C., in partnership with the Brookings
Institution and in New York in partnership with the Olin
School. He also advanced efforts to expand online education
opportunities, including development of an innovative online
master’s degree program.
Chancellor Syverud has served since 2010 as one of two
Independent Trustees of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Trust, a $20 billion fund created by BP in negotiation with
the White House to pay claims arising from the BP oil spill
in the Gulf of Mexico. A 1981 graduate of the University of
Michigan Law School, he also was an expert witness for the
University of Michigan in the landmark affirmative-action case
Grutter v. Bollinger.
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After earning a Juris Doctor degree and an M.A.
degree in economics, Chancellor Syverud went on to
serve as a law clerk for Judge Louis Oberdorfer of the
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and for
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. He
practiced law in the fields of litigation and insurance at
Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C., from
1985 to 1987. From 1987 to 1997, he served on the faculty
of the University of Michigan Law School, earning tenure
in 1992 and advancing to associate dean for academic
affairs in 1995. He has been a visiting professor at
the Cornell University Law School, the University of
Pennsylvania Law School, and the University of Tokyo
Faculty of Law and Politics.
A past editor of the Journal of Legal Education,
Chancellor Syverud also has served as president of the
American Law Deans’ Association, as chair of the Board
of the Law School Admission Council, and as president
of the Southeastern Association of American Law
Schools. He is a past chair of the accrediting authority
for law schools in the United States, the ABA Section on
Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar; and a past
chair of the Board of Access Group, which is evolving
into the largest funded nonprofit organization in the
world benefiting legal education. 8
Chancellor Syverud has published numerous law
review articles concerning civil litigation, insurance law, and
negotiation as well as a monograph on the professional
responsibilities of insurance defense lawyers. His more
recent writings have concerned legal education and service
as dean, including the articles “Three Principles of Effective
Deaning,” “A Parable of Law School Leadership,” and “How
Deans (and Presidents) Should Quit.” A frequent speaker
at conferences in the United States and abroad, he has
received outstanding teaching awards from students at both
the University of Michigan and Vanderbilt University.
Chancellor Syverud and his wife, Dr. Ruth Chen, are
the parents of three grown sons: Steven, Brian and David.
Dr. Chen, an environmental toxicologist, holds a professor
of practice appointment in Syracuse University's College of
Engineering and Computer Science.
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> Musical Prelude
Organ Concerto in D Minor, Op. 7, No. 4
George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)
II. Allegro così così
arr. by Kola Owolabi
“When I first gazed upon the building,
rising like a dream of beauty before my eyes,
I thought it a symbol of the way in which the
University is to stand, firm and permanent.”
Cha rle s N. Sims
Syracuse University Chancellor
1881–1893
Prelude and Fugue in Eb Major, BWV 552
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Kola Owolabi, University Organist
>Procession and Mace Ceremony
>Processional Music
Prelude from Te Deum
Marc-Antoinette Charpentier (1643-1704)
Kola Owolabi, University Organist
>Invocation
Tiffany Steinwert
Dean, Hendricks Chapel
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> National Anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner
John Stafford Smith (1750-1836)
Francis Scott Key (1779-1843)
Please join us in singing the National Anthem
> Greetings for the Chancellor
Boris Gresely ’15
Boris Gresely is Student Association President. He is a dual major in political science and policy studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.
Oren Lyons ’58, H’93
Oren Lyons is a Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga
Nation and a Chief of the Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs
of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, the Haudenosaunee, “People of the Longhouse.” He has received numerous honors
for his work on human rights and environmental issues.
> Musical Selection
For the Beauty of the Earth
Conrad Kocher (1786-1872)
University Singers
John Warren, Conductor
Hymn arranged by Kola Owolabi in honor of the Inauguration.
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“I see in my mind’s eye a great university
on the Hill. Instead of three colleges,
I see a dozen colleges. Instead of several
buildings, I see a score of buildings.”
J a me s R. Day
Syracuse University Chancellor
1894–1922
> Greetings for the Chancellor
Suzanne Baldwin
Professor Suzanne Baldwin is a renowned geologist and thermochronologist. She was named the newly established
Michael G. and Susan T. Thonis Professor of Earth Sciences
in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Renée Schine Crown ’50, H’84
Renée Schine Crown is a Life Trustee of Syracuse University.
In recognition of her outstanding contributions to Syracuse
University, the Honors Program was named the Renée Crown
University Honors Program.
> Reflections
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (ret.)
> Musical Selection
You Shall Know the Truth
Craig Phillips (b. 1961)
University Singers
John Warren, Conductor
This work was commissioned for the 75th anniversary of Hendricks Chapel
in 2005. The text is from the following three Bible verses inscribed in the
dome of the chapel: John 8:32, II Corinthians 1:24, and John 4:24.
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> Charge of Office and Medallion Presentation
Richard Thompson G’67
Richard Thompson is Chairman of the Syracuse University Board of Trustees. He is senior counsel at the public policy
law firm Patton Boggs in Washington, D.C.
“There is no better laboratory for
leadership than in a full-orbed university,
a cross-section of society in personnel and
in range of interests served.”
> Chancellor’s Remarks
Chancellor Kent Syverud
> Alma Mater Junius W. Stevens, Class of 1895
Please join us in singing the Alma Mater (page 29)
> Recessional Music
Finale, from Symphony II in D major, Op. 13
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
Kola Owolabi, University Organist
Cha rle s W. Flint
Syracuse University Chancellor
1922–1936
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Sandra Day O’Connor was born in El Paso, Texas, March 26, 1930.
She married John Jay O’Connor III in 1952 and has three sons—
Scott, Brian, and Jay. She received her B.A. and LL.B. degrees
from Stanford University. She served as Deputy County Attorney
of San Mateo County, California from 1952–53 and as a civilian
attorney for Quartermaster Market Center, Frankfurt, Germany
from 1954–57. From 1958–1960, she practiced law in Maryvale,
Arizona, and served as Assistant Attorney General of Arizona from
1965–69. She was appointed to the Arizona State Senate in 1969
and was subsequently reelected to two two-year terms. In 1975
she was elected Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court and
served until 1979, when she was appointed to the Arizona Court
of Appeals. President Reagan nominated her as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, and she took her seat on the
bench September 25, 1981. Justice O’Connor was the first woman
appointed to the high court. She retired from the Supreme Court
on January 31, 2006, and on August 12, 2009, she was awarded the
U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.
Scott Bales
Escorting Justice O’Connor is Scott Bales, Vice Chief Justice of the
Arizona Supreme Court. A graduate of Michigan State University,
he holds a master of arts degree in economics from Harvard
University and received his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from
Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Harvard Law
Review, Board of Editors. Bales clerked for U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 1984-85.
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D e le g at e s f ro m A c a de m ic I n stit u t io n s
Academic institutions are listed in order of their founding.
“Let us not forget that the success of
Syracuse rests on the work done earlier by the
first faculties and the new students who had
the courage to come to the new University.”
W i lli a m P. Gr aham
Syracuse University Chancellor
1937–1942
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1789 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1795Union College
1816State University of New York at Potsdam
1817University of Michigan
1819 Colgate University
1819University of Virginia
1824 Cazenovia College
1829Rochester Institute of Technology
1831New York University
1835State University of New York at Brockport
1838Duke University
1850 University of Rochester
1853Washington University in St. Louis
1856St. Lawrence University
1861State University of New York at Oswego
1865 Cornell University
1868State University of New York at Cortland
1868Wells College
1870Syracuse University
1871SUNY Upstate Medical University
1871State University of New York at Geneseo
1872 Boston University School of Law
1873Vanderbilt University
1887North Carolina State University
1889State University of New York at Oneonta
1892Ithaca College
1896 Clarkson University
1911SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
1912Rice University
1946Le Moyne College
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A c a de m ic C e re m o n y a n d T ra dit io n s
> Charter Mace
Regal and bold in appearance, the Charter Mace has opened
Syracuse University academic processions since its first appearance at
the 1959 Commencement ceremonies. The mace is an ancient symbol
of authority, representing the University’s mission and integrity.
Gordon D. Hoople G’49, a former trustee and medical director of
the University’s Hearing and Speech Center, commissioned the 3 1/2foot, sterling silver mace with inlaid carnelian and lapis lazuli stones
to replace an unadorned wooden one. The vibrant stones from
India and Brazil emblematize the school color and the University’s
international character.
Heraldic inscriptions on the mace signify Syracuse traditions and
the University’s relationship with the City of Syracuse and the State
of New York. A circuit rider on horseback represents ties with the
Methodist clergy who founded the University in 1870; the Latin word
Communitas—meaning “community” or “fellowship”—describes the
relationship between the University and the City of Syracuse; and the
inscription of New York State’s motto, Excelsior—meaning “higher”—
aligns the University with the state’s goals.
Atop the mace appears a campfire, symbolizing the University’s
role to provide the light of knowledge and its aim to respect the historic
role played by the Onondaga Nation in Central New York. Known as
the fire keepers of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Onondagas
were the first in the region to pursue the path of enlightenment through
peace and democracy more than 600 years ago.
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> Chancellor’s Medallion
The Chancellor’s Medallion is the official symbol of the Syracuse
University Office of the Chancellor and President. Created in
1970 by John C. Marshall, an internationally known silversmith
and former Syracuse University faculty member, the medallion
is designed to be worn with academic dress at official University
functions.
The medallion consists of two parts: the upper round coin,
containing a stylized “Lamp of Learning” and the words “Syracuse
University”; and the lower main form, which incorporates the
University motto, Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat, or “Knowledge
crowns those who seek her.” The coin and lower main form are
hand-shaped and soldered to achieve a raised effect. A wreath,
created by a unique granulation process, encircles the motto. A
hand-woven, loop-in-loop chain consisting of more than 1,300
separate links holds the medallion. This chain-making process is
modeled after the weave used by ancient Greeks and Etruscans.
Upon retirement, each Chancellor receives a separate replica of
the upper coin that bears the Chancellor’s name and years of
service on the reverse side.
> Academic Attire
Academic caps, gowns, and hoods date back to the Middle
Ages when monks and students wore them as a shield
against the dampness and drafts of 12th-century castles
and monasteries. Bachelor’s degree gowns have a semi-stiff
yoke, long pleated front, and intricate shirring across the
shoulders and back. The gown—which may be worn open
or closed—is distinguished by its long, pointed sleeves.
Master’s degree gowns are worn open. The very long sleeves
are square and closed at the end, the forearm coming
through a slit near the elbow. Doctoral degree gowns carry
broad velvet panels down the front and three velvet bars on
full, round, open sleeves. This trimming may be black or a
color representing a specific discipline. Doctors’ caps may
be velvet and the tassels gold.
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> Colors
College of Arts and Sciences, 1871
White, Bachelor of Arts
Gold, Bachelor of Science
“There are no freedoms
more important than the freedom
of the spirit and the mind.”
College of Visual and Performing
Arts, 1873
Brown, School of Art and Design
Gray, Department of Drama
Pink, Setnor School of Music
Silver Gray, Department of
Communication and Rhetorical
Studies
College of Law, 1895
Purple
College of Engineering and
Computer Science, 1901
Orange
W i lli a m P. Tolley
Syracuse University Chancellor
1942–1969
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School of Education, 1906
Light Blue
Graduate School, 1911
Black, Master’s degree
Gold, Doctoral degree
School of Information Studies, 1915
Black
University College, 1918
Royal Blue
Martin J. Whitman School
of Management, 1919
Tan
Maxwell School of Citizenship
and Public Affairs, 1924
Gold
S.I. Newhouse School of Public
Communications, 1934
Crimson
School of Architecture, 1945
Blue Violet
David B. Falk College of Sport
and Human Dynamics, 2001
Citron
State University of New York
College of Environmental Science
and Forestry, 1911
Dartmouth Green
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A lm a Mat e r
Where the vale of Onondaga
Meets the eastern sky;
Proudly stands our Alma Mater
On her hilltop high.
Flag we love! Orange! Float for aye—
Old Syracuse, o’er thee.
Loyal be thy sons and daughters
To thy memory.
Junius W. Stevens
Class of 1895
Junius W. Stevens, a liberal arts student who
graduated in 1895, wrote the song that was
to become Syracuse University’s Alma Mater.
For many generations it has been sung at
Commencements, sporting events, and
whenever and wherever Syracuse University
alumni gather. In 1988, a portrait of Stevens and
his original penned manuscript were donated
to the University by his son, Ford Stevens Sr.
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H isto ry o f Syra c u s e U n iv e rs it y
“A university should remain an
open institution so no one has to tear
the place apart to be heard.”
From its very beginning in 1870, Syracuse University
sought to develop the full potential of the human mind
by offering equal education to men and women from
all walks of life. At a time when most other private
institutions of higher learning closed their doors to
women and people of color, in 1876 Syracuse University
awarded a medical degree to one of the first African
American women to become a physician in the United
States. Syracuse’s inclusive campus community is
characteristic of its setting in the geographic center of
New York State—a location that holds a remarkable
place in American history. The campus is but a few
miles from the Onondaga Nation, which was the seat
of governance of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and
near Seneca Falls, where the women’s rights movement
was born.
J ohn E. Corbally Jr.
Syracuse University Chancellor
1969–1971
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H e n dric ks C h a pe l
Throughout its 84-year history,
Hendricks Chapel has been
at the very center of Syracuse
University life, serving as an
interfaith “family” that seeks
to benefit from the wisdom of
the past while caring for the
persons, values, and ideas
that will shape the world of
tomorrow. The chapel was made
possible through a bequest from
Syracuse University Trustee
Francis Hendricks in memory of his wife, Eliza Jane. His
bequest called for a chapel that would serve all faiths.
Dedicated on June 8, 1930, the Georgian Colonial building
was designed by architects James Russell Pope and
Dwight James Baum, Class of 1909. The pulpit was the
gift of the Class of 1918. The original Aeolian organ, the
gift of Kathryn Hendricks, niece of Francis Hendricks,
was replaced in 1952 with a new organ built by Walter
Holtkamp. With a seating capacity of 1,450, Hendricks
was the third largest university chapel in the country at
the time of its construction.
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Crouse College was built through
the generosity of John R. Crouse, a
Syracuse wholesale grocer, banker,
and trustee of Syracuse University.
Designed by architect Archimedes
Russell in the Romanesque Revival
style with High Victorian Gothic
details, Crouse College’s stately bell
tower houses the first tower chimes
installed in Syracuse. The original
nine bells, manufactured by Clinton
Meneely Bell Co. in 1889, are made
of copper and tin and range in weight from 375 to 3,000
pounds. A tenth bell was added in 1937. The 250-pound bell,
which is capable of sounding high D above high C, is the
smallest of the 10 bells that now compose the chimes. Today
the bells are rung by the student group known as the Syracuse
University Chimesmasters. The two 15-minute daily concerts
they give each day can be heard within a one-mile radius
by an audience numbering in the thousands. The group’s
repertoire ranges from Syracuse University’s Alma Mater and
Amazing Grace to current pop music.
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C h a n c e llo rs o f Syra c u s e U n iv e rs it y
Alexander Winchell, 1873-1874
Erastus Otis Haven, 1874-1880
Charles N. Sims, 1881-1893
James Roscoe Day, 1894-1922
“A university is a wondrous place,
the more you use it, and the more you take
and borrow from it, the more there will be
left for those who follow after you.”
Charles Wesley Flint, 1922-1936
William Pratt Graham, 1937-1942
William P. Tolley, 1942-1969
John Corbally, 1969-1971
Melvin A. Eggers, 1971-1991
Kenneth A. Shaw, 1991-2004
Nancy Cantor, 2004-2014
Me lvi n A. Eg g er s
Syracuse University Chancellor
1971–1991
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m u s ic n o t e s
“Perfection is perpetually elusive, but
once we stop seeking it, we slide backward.
Only those who strive to get better do so.”
University Singers
John F. Warren, Conductor
The University Singers is the most select choral ensemble of the
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music and has upheld a
rich tradition of excellence in choral singing for nearly 50 years.
It is composed of 34 undergraduate and graduate students from a
variety of majors. The choir tours annually, regularly performs with
professional orchestras, and has performed at multiple conferences
of the American Choral Directors Association, including its recent
appearance at the 2014 Eastern Division Conference in Baltimore.
Annual tours have included the eastern United States and Canada,
and a 2013 Chicago area tour. Recent masterwork performances
include Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Mahler’s 2nd Symphony, and
Haydn’s Creation, and requiems by Brahms, Fauré, and Verdi.
Pride of the Orange
Syracuse University’s Pride of the Orange Marching Band performs
for all home football games in the 50,000-seat Carrier Dome. It is
one of the finest university marching band programs in the nation
and the flagship college band in the state of New York.
Ke nne th A. Shaw
Syracuse University Chancellor
1991–2004
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A Cappella Ensembles
Syracuse University’s a cappella ensembles are entirely studentrun and directed. The groups perform without instruments and
are composed of strictly voice and optional vocal percussion.
All-female, all-male, and co-ed groups exist, as well as a Jewish
a cappella ensemble. While the groups perform a number of
individual concerts during the semester, a large concert for all
ensembles is held each semester.
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C a m pu s C o mm u n it y C e le b rat io n
Please join us for a campus community celebration
on the Shaw Quadrangle.
Keyboard
Bill DiCosimo,
assistant professor of music
“Leading a university is about
exploring the life of the mind.
It’s about development, discovery,
and changing lives.”
Marching Band
Pride of the Orange,
Justin Mertz, director
A Cappella Ensembles Mandarins (12-voice female),
April Woltersdorf, director
Orange Appeal (19-voice male),
Alex Shenkman, director
Main Squeeze (13-voice female),
Arianna Giorgetti, director
Na nc y Cantor
Syracuse University Chancellor
2004–2014
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Otto Tunes (16-voice male),
DaJon James, director
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“I am absolutely certain that we are going to
accomplish great things together, that we are
going to turn heads…and that along the way we
will help the whole world see Syracuse as the
best university, and Central New York as the
best place, that anyone could want.”
Ke nt S yv eru d
Syracuse University Chancellor
2014–
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