The college has selected five alumni to receive 2011 Bicentennial Medals for distinguished achievement in any field of endeavor. The medals were to be presented during Convocation on Sept. 10.

Michael F. Roizen ’67, chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic and a distinguished anesthesiologist and internist, was to give the principal convocation address on behalf of his fellow medalists.

Also being honored were: Navjeet K. Bal ’84, the first ethnic minority and second woman ever to serve as commissioner of revenue for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Wilfred Chabrier ’77, general manager of tunnels and bridges for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, recognized for his influential support of minority-owned businesses; Bethany McLean ’92, financial writer and Vanity Fair contributing editor who, while at Fortune magazine, was the first journalist to question how Enron made its money (see the Review profile of her on p. 26); and Frederick Rudolph ’42, one of the most celebrated historians of American undergraduate education.

Check here for video, citations and more from the Bicentennial Medals ceremony.