Images from Commencement 2005

Members of the Washington University Class of 1955 wait their turn to enter Brookings Quadrangle as part of the Commencement ceremony.
Members of the Washington University Class of 1955 wait their turn to enter Brookings Quadrangle as part of the Commencement ceremony.
Senior class president and student Commencement speaker Jordan Friedman walks with Richard A. Gephardt, former U.S. House minority leader who delivered the Commencement address. Gephardt also received an honorary doctor of humane letters during the ceremony.
Senior class president and student Commencement speaker Jordan Friedman walks with Richard A. Gephardt, former U.S. House minority leader who delivered the Commencement address. Gephardt also received an honorary doctor of humane letters during the ceremony.
From left: Honorary degree recipients Robert G. Roeder, Ph.D., the Arnold O. and Mabel S. Beckman Professor of Biochemistry and head of the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Rockefeller University, and William H. Gass, Ph.D., the David May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at WUSTL, stand next to Jordan Friedman, senior class president and student Commencement speaker, and honorary grand marshal Lee N. Robins, Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology in psychiatry in the School of Medicine.
From left: Honorary degree recipients Robert G. Roeder, Ph.D., the Arnold O. and Mabel S. Beckman Professor of Biochemistry and head of the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Rockefeller University, and William H. Gass, Ph.D., the David May Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at WUSTL, stand next to Jordan Friedman, senior class president and student Commencement speaker, and honorary grand marshal Lee N. Robins, Ph.D., professor emeritus of sociology in psychiatry in the School of Medicine.
Commencement speaker Richard A. Gephardt (left), a two-time presidential candidate who has served as both majority and minority leader for Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, with other honorary degree recipients Emily Rauh Pulitzer, founder and chairman of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis; and James E. Stowers Jr., co-chairman of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City and founder and current board member of American Century Companies Inc.
Commencement speaker Richard A. Gephardt (left), a two-time presidential candidate who has served as both majority and minority leader for Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, with other honorary degree recipients Emily Rauh Pulitzer, founder and chairman of the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis; and James E. Stowers Jr., co-chairman of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City and founder and current board member of American Century Companies Inc.
Richard A. Gephardt delivers his Commencement address to the Washington University Class of 2005. A two-time presidential candidate, Gephardt has served as both majority and minority leader for Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Richard A. Gephardt delivers his Commencement address to the Washington University Class of 2005. A two-time presidential candidate, Gephardt has served as both majority and minority leader for Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Grand Marshal Edward N. Wilson, Ph.D., professor of mathematics and chair of the Commencement Committee, hoods Robert G. Roeder, Ph.D., the Arnold O. and Mabel S. Beckman Professor of Biochemistry and head of the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Rockefeller University, signifying the conferral of an honorary doctor of science. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton (right) and University Trustee Priscilla L. Hill-Ardoin look on.
Grand Marshal Edward N. Wilson, Ph.D., professor of mathematics and chair of the Commencement Committee, hoods Robert G. Roeder, Ph.D., the Arnold O. and Mabel S. Beckman Professor of Biochemistry and head of the Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Rockefeller University, signifying the conferral of an honorary doctor of science. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton (right) and University Trustee Priscilla L. Hill-Ardoin look on.
Honorary grand marshal Lee Robins, Ph.D., (right) professor emeritus of sociology in psychiatry in the School of Medicine and the founder of the Master in Psychiatric Epidemiology Program, leads the procession into Brookings Quadrangle to kick off the 144
Honorary Grand Marshal Lee N. Robins, Ph.D., (right) professor emeritus of sociology in psychiatry in the School of Medicine and the founder of the Master in Psychiatric Epidemiology Program, leads the procession into Brookings Quadrangle to kick off the 144th Commencement ceremony.
Students, their families and friends crowd Brookings Quadrangle for Washington University's 144th Commencement. More than 2,500 academic degrees were conferred in the ceremony.
Students, their families and friends crowd Brookings Quadrangle for Washington University’s 144th Commencement. More than 2,500 academic degrees were conferred in the ceremony.
Graduating students stand during the singing of
Graduating students stand during the singing of “America the Beautiful” at the start of the Commencement ceremony.
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton (left) with James E. Stowers Jr., co-chairman of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City and founder and current board member of American Century Companies Inc.Stowers received an honorary doctor of science during the Commencement ceremony.
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton (left) with James E. Stowers Jr., co-chairman of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City and founder and current board member of American Century Companies Inc.Stowers received an honorary doctor of science during the Commencement ceremony.
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton delivers his remarks to the more than 2,500 graduating students.
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton delivers his remarks to the more than 2,500 graduating students.