Photographs of the 182nd Commencement, 2003 May 25
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Color photographs of the 182nd Commencement held May 25, 2003. Included are images of honorary degree awardees Rosanne Haggerty, Asma Jahangir, LeSalle D. Leffall, Jr., Charles Ashby Lewis, Minoru Ōya, Gordon Parks, Gary Alan Sinise, Peter Morrison Vitousek, and Douglas Wilson, along with others posing for a group portrait in front of Stearns Steeple. Mead Art Museum can be seen in the background of these images. Other scenes include graduates during the commencement ceremony with numerous photos of the seniors holding or waving their class canes. Photographs are taken on the Main Quadrangle (also known as the first-year quad). Tom Gerety (President of Amherst College, 1994-2003) appears in one photograph handing out a diploma. These photographs were taken by the College Photographer for the Office of Public Affairs (now the Office of Communications). Frank Ward was the College Photographer from 1984-2005.
