COMMENCEMENT 1988

Claremont McKenna College held its 41st annual commencement Sunday. Degrees were conferred on 213 students.

Keynote Speaker: William Styron, Pulitizer Prize-winning author, said: “It is doubtless true that history, as Stephen Dedalus declared, is a nightmare. But I believe that we awaken from it and that when we do, we are able to erase its anguish through the serene and composed energy of art. Those who teach us are the mediators between art and ourselves and therefore are the only reliable link between what we know and what remains to be revealed about our destiny on this planet.”

Other Graduations:

Pitzer College celebrated its 24th commencement Sunday with poet-novelist James Dickey as the keynote speaker. Degrees conferred on 149 students.

Pomona College featured Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University zoologist, paleontologist and geologist, as keynote speaker at its 95th annual commencement Sunday. Degrees conferred on 326 students.

Harvey Mudd College, celebrating its 30th annual graduation Sunday, awarded 123 diplomas, including 10 masters degrees. Ben Bova, science fiction author, spoke.

Scripps College featured Andrea Van de Kamp, president and chief executive officer of the Independent Colleges of Southern California, at the college’s 58th annual commencement. Degrees conferred on 131 students.