First Ladies' First Joint
Speech Addresses 112th Commencement
Wellesley MA -- Presiding over Wellesley College's 112th
Commencement Exercises today, President Nannerl 0. Keohane
presented Bachelor of Arts degrees to 575* seniors, including 25
continuing education students Commencement speaker Barbara Bush,
the United States' 38th First Lady, and Raisa Gorbachev, First
Lady of the Soviet Union, both addressed the assembled crowd in an
historic moment - their first joint speaking event and Mrs.
Gorbachev's first public talk in this country....
WELLESLEY COLLEGE CLASS OF
1990 FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
WELLESLEY, MA - Five members of Wellesley College's Class
of 1990 are recipients of 1990 Mellon Fellowships in the
Humanities. This marks the first time a women's college is among
the leaders in the national competition that awards men and women
of outstanding promise for teaching and scholarship. It is also
the highest number of Mellon Fellows at any college this
year...
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