Time: 48 min
At Swarthmore's 136th commencement, President Bloom awarded honorary degrees to Alberto Mora '74, former general counsel of the Department of the Navy, Robert Storr '72, dean of the Yale School of Art, and Phyllis Wise '67, a renowned researcher and provost and executive vice president at the University of Washington. He also awarded degrees to 364 undergraduates at the ceremony, held at the Scott Outdoor Amphitheater. The senior speaker, as voted by his classmates, was Adam Dalva '08.
Time: 16 min
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In introducing senior speaker Adam Dalva '08, who graduated with High Honors in English literature, President Bloom lauded his "exuberantly imaginative mind, finely honed analytic and aesthetic sensibility, contagious personal warmth, and wonderful talent for offering others - through his art, his insight, his humor, and his care - a fuller love of life."
Time: 6 min
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In awarding Alberto Mora '74, former general counsel of the Department of the Navy, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, President Bloom noted that he "called for justice, at a time when the cherished values of this country were being severely compromised by the use of torture in the interrogation of prisoners at Guantanamo. In so doing [he] became a model for all who would stand up for liberty and the rule of law."
Time: 7 min
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In awarding Robert Storr '72, dean of the Yale School of Art, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, President Bloom remarked that he has "built a stunning career as a maker of art, a scholar of art history, and a visionary critic of contemporary work."
Time: 9 min
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