U-M 13th Presidential Inauguration

THE CEREMONY

The Inaugural Procession
The Inauguration Program
Inaugural Speaker
Delegates
Marshals, Flags and Flag Bearers
Greetings
The University Mace
Academic Dress and Custom

View an Internet video of the ceremony

The Inaugural Procession

University Senate Chair and Chief Marshal

Student Flag Bearers

Inauguration Committee

Presidential Search Advisory Committee

Delegates of Learned and Professional Societies
and National Associations

Delegates from Institutions of Higher Education

Faculty

Deans

Executive Officers

Former Presidents

Regents Emeriti

Inaugural Speaker

Board of Regents

Provost

President

The Inauguration Program

Presiding, Paul N. Courant, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs

PRELUDE
The Sinfonians, Composed by Clifton Williams
Sine Nomine, Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Chester, Composed by William Schuman
The University of Michigan Inauguration Band
Damon Talley, Conductor

PROCESSIONAL
Proud Heritage, Composed by William Latham
The University of Michigan Inauguration Band

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
The Star Spangled Banner
Sung by the Audience
Accompanied by the University of Michigan Inauguration Band

WELCOME
Provost Courant

INAUGURAL ADDRESS
James S. Jackson
Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology
Director, Center for Afroamerican and African Studies
Senior Research Scientist and Director, Research Center for Group Dynamics

MUSICAL SELECTIONS
The Hymn, Composed by Earl V. Moore
The Last Words of David, Composed by Randall Thompson
The Men’s Glee Club
Stephen Lusmann, Director
Joao Vidal, Accompanist

INSTALLATION OF THE PRESIDENT
The Regents of the University of Michigan
Laurence B. Deitch, Chair

PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS
Mary Sue Coleman

PRESENTATION OF GIFT
Sarah Boot, President, Michigan Student Assembly
Brian E. Hulsebus, President, Rackham Student Government

Joined by:
Anocha Cornell, Custodial Supervisor, Plant Department
Saul A. Green, President, Alumni Association
Charles F. Koopmann, Jr., Chair, University Senate

CLOSING
Provost Courant

THE ALMA MATER
The Yellow and Blue, Composed by Michael W. Balfe
Sung by the Audience
Accompanied by the University of Michigan Inauguration Band

RECESSIONAL
Grand March, Composed by Clare Grundman
The University of Michigan Inauguration Band

POSTLUDE
Sine Nomine, Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
The University of Michigan Inauguration Band

Carillon music was performed earlier this morning on the Charles Baird Carillon in the Burton Memorial Tower, in the heart of central campus, by Professor Margo Halsted, University Carillonist, and can be heard again this afternoon following the Inauguration.

The University wishes to thank Ms. Joan E. Smith, American Sign Language Interpreter, for her important services during this program.

Inaugural Speaker

Professor James S. Jackson is a member of the faculty in the Department of Psychology, and holds the title of Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology. He also has appointments as Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education in the School of Public Health, as Director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics at the Institute for Social Research, and as Director of the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies.

Professor Jackson has also received the recognition of his professional colleagues outside the University of Michigan. He is Chair-Elect of the Section on Social, Economic, and Political Sciences of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2002, he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He is a fellow of numerous scientific organizations, including the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Gerontological Society of America, and the Society for the Study of Social Issues.

In addition to his professional memberships, Professor Jackson has been the recipient of a Fogarty Senior Postdoctoral International Fellowship for study in France, and he continues to hold the position of Chercheur Invité at the Ecole de Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, in Paris. He has been the national president of the Black Students Psychological Association and of the Association of Black Psychologists. He has conducted research and published numerous books, scientific articles, and other essays on comparative studies on immigration, race, and ethnic relations, physical and mental health, adult development and aging, attitudes and attitude change, and Afroamerican politics.

He has been the principal investigator of over two dozen grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is presently conducting the most extensive survey ever undertaken of the social and health issues of the black American population: the NIH-supported National Survey of American Life.

Delegates

1209 University of Cambridge – Martin W. Walsh
1231 University of Oxford – Elliot H. Gertel
1636 Harvard University – Warren S. Wilkinson
1693 The College of William and Mary – Christian Vinyard
1740 University of Pennsylvania – Mary Ann Baker Greenawalt
1746 Princeton University – Bruce T. Wallace
1754 Columbia University – Lee C. Bollinger
1769 Dartmouth College – Richard W. Paul
1773 Dickinson College – Peter D. Jacobson
1787 Franklin & Marshall College – James D. Hoeschele
1787 University of Pittsburgh – David S. Ablauf
1789 Georgetown University – J. Albert Bailey
1789 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Mary Evins Branch
1791 University of Vermont – Jeff Kuhman
1793 Williams College – Sarah Hart Petersen
1794 University of Tennessee, Knoxville – Gina D. Hilditch
1800 Middlebury College – Michael Olinick
1813 Colby College – Bruce E. Thomson
1819 Colgate University – Peter S. Fischbach, M.D.
1821 Amherst College – Alina S. Wong
1826 Lafayette College – William C. Cassebaum
1833 Kalamazoo College – James F. Jones, Jr.
1833 Oberlin College – Thomas David Gelehrter
1836 Emory University – James N. Cather
1837 Knox College – Jon Ripperger
1837 Mount Holyoke College – Anne Elizabeth McKenny
1838 Duke University – Kathleen K. Wagoner
1841 Fordham University – Theodore J. St. Antoine
1842 Ohio Wesleyan University – Robin Rasor
1842 University of Notre Dame – Joseph P. Marino
1842 Villanova University – Dorothy A. Malloy
1845 Baldwin-Wallace College – Elizabeth Budd Novak
1847 Lawrence University – Richard H. Price
1847 The University of Iowa – Phillip E. Jones
1849 Eastern Michigan University – Samuel A. Kirkpatrick
1851 Ripon College – William J. Schang
1851 University of Minnesota – Peter Polverini
1852 Tufts University – Clifford L. Craig, M.D.
1852 University of Massachusetts Boston – Rasa I. Regan
1853 Washington University in St. Louis – Anne Duncan
1855 Michigan State University – Lou Anna Simon
1857 Lake Forest College – Rebecca McGowan
1857 The University of the South – Richard Tillinghast
1858 Iowa State University – Kevin Brady Atkins
1860 Wheaton College – Ben Richert
1861 Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Edie N. Goldenberg
1861 University of Washington – Donald E. Petersen
1861 Vassar College – Amy McCarthy
1862 The University of South Dakota – Vern C. Powell
1863 Kansas State University – David Esau
1864 Swarthmore College – Paul N. Courant
1865 Cornell University – Jon M. Wardner, M.D.
1865 Lehigh University – Richard J. MacAdams
1865 University of Kansas – Donald E. Nease, Jr., M.D.
1865 University of Kentucky – Judith A. Lesnaw
1865 University of Maine – Frederic C. Blow
1866 Hope College – David E. Cole
1867 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign – Nancy Cantor
1868 University of California, Berkeley – Stephen W. Director
1868 Wayne State University – Irvin D. Reid
1869 Purdue University – Beverly Davenport Sypher
1869 Trinity University – Peyton H. Bland
1869 University of Nebraska-Lincoln – William C. Schwartz
1870 Syracuse University – A. Mark Winter
1870 The Ohio State University – William H. Hall
1870 Wellesley College – Christine C. Nelson, M.D.
1871 Smith College – Jane E. Leu
1872 The University of Toledo – Alan G. Goodridge
1873 Spring Arbor University – Charles J. Livesay
1873 Vanderbilt University – David Williams, II
1874 Colorado College – Patricia M. Carson
1876 The Johns Hopkins University – Dawn Phillips Misra
1877 University of Detroit Mercy – Mary Kelly
1880 Emerson College – Myra G. Gutin
1880 University of Southern California – Christopher P. Kittides
1881 South Dakota State University – Richard L. Miller
1883 Cleary University – Vince Linder
1884 Temple University – Gary Joseph Faerber, M.D.
1885 Goucher College – Rita Specter Gelman
1885 Michigan Technological University – Claude A. Verbal
1885 University of Arizona – Joaquin Ruiz
1886 Alma College – Reginald S. Avery
1886 Aquinas College – Cynthia VanGelderen
1886 University of Wyoming – Christopher F. Bigge
1887 Clark University – Frederick Kron
1888 Utah State University – C. Raymond Bingham
1889 Barnard College – Junia Doan
1890 University of North Texas – Irving Freeman
1892 University of Chicago – Rebecca A. Boylan
1897 Bradley University – J. Greg Merritt
1899 Northern Michigan University – Mary Lincoln Campbell
1900 Carnegie Mellon University – Karem A. Sakallah
1905 Marygrove College – Joan Connell
1905 University of California, Davis – Peter B. Kaufman
1906 College for Creative Studies – Richard L. Rogers
1910 Kent State University – Michelle Fitzpatrick
1911 Kyushu University – Masaharu Yanagihara
1911 Skidmore College – Elizabeth McMath
1919 Siena Heights University – Joseph J. Fitzsimmons
1925 University of Miami – Nelson Case, Jr.
1926 Muskegon Community College – Frank P. Marczak
1937 Madonna University – Richard Sax
1937 Renmin University of China – Keyong Dong
1939 Nagoya University – Nobuhiro Okuno
1948 Brandeis University – Samuel M. Silver, M.D.
1956 Kellogg Community College – Arthur W. Angood
1957 Oakland University – Susan M. Awbrey
1963 Saginaw Valley State University – Donald J. Bachand
1964 Monroe County Community College – Thomas R. Waldecker
1965 University of California, Irvine – Sanjay Kishor Saint, M.D.
1966 Washtenaw Community College – Larry Whitworth American Academy of Arts and Sciences – Stephen W. Raudenbush
American Association for the History of Medicine – Howard Markel, M.D.
American Council on Education – Michael Baer
American Dialect Society – Anne Curzan
Association for Jewish Studies – Todd M. Endelman
Association of American Law Schools – Mark Tushnet
Dictionary Society of North America – Richard W. Bailey
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities – Antonio R. Flores
History of Science Society – Joel D. Howell, M.D.
Linguistic Society of America – Sarah Thomason
Michigan Colleges Foundation – John S. Dobson
Phi Beta Kappa – David G. Shappirio
President's Council, State Universities of Michigan – Michael A. Boulus

Marshals, Flags and Flag Bearers

Linda K. Gregerson
Professor, English Language and Literature
College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Chief Marshal

Anthony W. England
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences
College of Engineering
Assistant Chief Marshal

Leigh A. Woods
Professor, Theatre and Drama
School of Music
Assistant Chief Marshal

The flags behind the platform are arranged in the order in which the schools and colleges they represent were founded. As the audience faces the flags, the arrangement from left to right is the following:

College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Peter Woiwode
Medical School, Joe Taylor
Law School, Maren Norton
School of Dentistry, Rajeev Prasher
College of Pharmacy, Kurt Hammond
College of Engineering, Chitra Laxmanan
Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies Bradley Edward Layton
A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture
and Urban Planning, Donald Gray, Jr.
School of Education, Evelyn Lustila Vecsernyes
School of Business Administration, Anand Patel
President's flag on stage
University flag on stage
Regents' flag on stage
School of Natural Resources and Environment, Jumana Z. Vasi
School of Music, Kenneth Kellogg
School of Nursing, Robbie Menyah
School of Public Health, Kamau Peters
School of Social Work, Hector Torres-Cacho
University of Michigan–Flint, Nikole Patson
University of Michigan–Dearborn, Brooke Cioma
School of Information, Dheeraj A. Motwani
School of Art and Design, Emily Squires
Division of Kinesiology, Robyn Katz
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Angélica Gutiérrez-Enrìquez

Greetings

Alcorn State University
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
Beloit College
Denison University
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Gallaudet University
Gettysburg College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Lawrence Technological University
Montana State University – Bozeman
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
North Dakota State University
Northwood University – Midland Campus
Pomona College
Prairie View A&M University
St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Texas Tech University
The California State University
The University of British Columbia
The University of Georgia
The University of Manchester
The University of Memphis
The University of Mississippi
The University of North Carolina
Towson University
University of Florida
University of Houston
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of North Dakota
University of the Philippines
University of Wisconsin System
Virginia State University
Warsaw University
Washington & Jefferson College
West Virginia State College
West Virginia University
Yale University

The University Mace

The University’s mace, a symbol of authority, traditionally is carried at the head of academic processions. It is displayed on such important ceremonial occasions as commencements and inaugurations.

The mace being carried today by University Senate Chair Charles F. Koopmann, Jr. was given to the University in 1968 by the Senior Board, representing all of the undergraduate schools and colleges. It was used for the first time in the 1968 Spring Commencement. Crafted of red oak, and trimmed with silver, the mace is three feet long and weighs two pounds, twelve ounces. The head of the mace features the seals of the University and of the State of Michigan. Also engraved on the mace are the names of the University presidents.

An earlier mace, now housed in the Bentley Historical Library, was created from a railing from University Hall, which was built in 1873 and demolished to make way for an addition to Angell Hall. First used at the dedication of the Angell Hall addition in 1952, the original mace is made of fifteen rods representing the University’s then-fifteen schools and colleges; today the University has nineteen schools and colleges. The rods of the handle are painted in the color of each school; the maize and blue ribbons that intertwine the rods symbolize the unity of the University. The top of the original mace is patterned after the first seal of the University – a round dome supported by six columns. The first seal, which resembles a Greek temple, was adopted by the Regents and officers of the University in 1817, the founding date for the Catholepistemiad, also called the University of Michigania.

Academic Dress and Custom

The colorful gowns and hoods worn by faculty members at commencement and other academic ceremonies represent the degrees, disciplines, and alma maters of the wearers. The American academic costume tradition, imported from England, dates to Colonial days.

Gowns

Bachelor's or master's degree gowns traditionally are black, as are many doctoral gowns in the United States. Some universities prescribe that their graduates wear gowns of another solid color such as blue, crimson, or green. Gowns differ in sleeve cut and trim. For example, the bachelor's gown has long, pointed sleeves while the master's gown has oblong sleeves. Doctoral gowns, with their distinctive bell-shaped sleeves, feature velvet panels down the front and around the neck, as well as crossbars of velvet on the sleeves. Colored trim denotes the field or discipline in which the degree was earned. Usually only a single degree from one institution is indicated by a garment. If more than one degree is held, the gown and hood of the higher or highest degree usually are worn.

Hoods

The hood most precisely describes the wearer's level of degree earned, the major field of learning, and the alma mater. The level of the degree held is indicated by the hood's shape and size and the width of its velvet or velveteen trimming. The bachelor's, master's, and doctor's hoods are 36 inches, 42 inches, and 48 inches long, respectively. The velvet trim is two, three, and five inches wide, with the narrowest being for the bachelor's hood and the widest for the doctor's hood. The color of trim on the hood, as on the gown, identifies the major field of learning in which the degree was awarded. The hood is lined with the official colors of the college or university conferring the degree.

Caps

Caps vary in style from the traditional black mortarboard to eight-, six- and four-corner tams, and Elizabethan-style caps. The mortarboard may be of any appropriate material, such as cotton, poplin, rayon or silk, to match the gown. Velvet is reserved for holders of doctorates.


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