Commencement 2018 Citations & Remarks
05/12/2018
Socrates Citation in Honor of Virginia Maksymowicz
During the many years Professor Virginia Maksymowicz—known to her students as Professor Maks—taught sculpture at Franklin & Marshall, she could be found in Herman Arts instructing students in the art of handmade paper or, outfitted from head...
05/12/2018
Socrates Citation In Honor of Joel P. Eigen
Winner of both the Lindback and Dewey Awards, Joel Eigen has been, for 40 years, the embodiment of our ideal of the Scholar/Teacher, and a fully engaged citizen of the College. As a scholar, Dr. Eigen has become the internationally recognized expert...
05/12/2018
Socrates Citation In Honor of Lynn Matluck Brooks
In 1984, Dr. Lynn Matluck Brooks was hired to start a dance program at Franklin & Marshall, housed in the Department of Drama. Gordon Wickstrom, then department chair, charged Professor Brooks with "the sensual salvation of our students." Stunned...
05/12/2018
Socrates Citation In Honor of Annette Aronowicz
"But what is religion?" For many years, the hiring interviews conducted by the Department of Religious Studies would culminate in this most pressing question of Professor Aronowicz, a question that candidates had to pass through in order to accede...
05/12/2018
Socrates Citation in Honor of D. Alfred Owens
Fred Owens graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in 1972 with honors in psychology. In 1978, after earning a doctorate in Experimental Psychology at Penn State and undertaking NIH-funded post-doctoral research at MIT, he returned to F&M as a...
05/12/2018
Dewey Award Citation In Honor of Scott H. Brewer
Dr. Scott Brewer is enthusiastically engaged in several research projects that have attracted impressive national and international recognition from his professional colleagues. His biophysical chemistry research program is highly interdisciplinary...