Commencement 2019
Daishi Miguel Tanaka ’19
Photography by Ela Chavez ’21
DACA recipient Daishi Miguel Tanaka '19 graduated last month without his parents in attendance.
Davóne Tines
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Short takes from Commencement, from a stirring “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and powerful reunion moments to Mme. Caller and a neglected feline would-be honorand
President Bacow’s lighter, and personal, side during Commencement week
President Bacow’s first baccalaureate
Photograph by Kris Snibbe/HPAC
Commencement remarks on character and conduct by President Lawrence S. Bacow, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Teju Cole, and more
The honorands of 2019
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(1 of 9) Bright-red clackers helped public-health degree candidates promote hand-washing.Photograph by Jim Harrison
At the 368th Commencement, sober talk about the times—and life lessons from a cohort of powerful women
From left: Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland, Dan H. Fenn Jr., Tamara Elliott Rogers
Photographs from left by: Jim Harrison; Kris Snibbe/HPAC; Jim Harrsion
For extraordinary service to the University
Election results
Evelyn Richmond and Arsen Charles
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Evelyn Richmond ’41 and Arsen Charles ’42 led the 2019 alumni parade.
In a conversation with Soledad O’Brien ’88, Dolores Huerta discussed activism’s past, present, and future.
Photograph by Tony Rinaldo
Radcliffe Medalist Dolores Huerta has spent her life helping people realize that they have power.
Angela Merkel
Photograph by Jim Harrison
German chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the class of 2019.
Photograph by Jim Harrison
Beyond the formalities, a message at the Morning Exercises of the University’s 368th Commencement
