Convocation, Bicentennial Medals Kick off the Book Unbound

 

Medal Silo

During Fall Convocation on Sept. 20, six alumni will receive Bicentennial Medals from the college. This year’s honorees were selected for distinguished achievement in fields relevant to The Book Unbound, a yearlong initiative celebrating the dedication of Sawyer Library taking place that weekend.

The medal recipients are: Kristen Anderson-Lopez ’94, Oscar-winning songwriter for the Disney movie Frozen; Mary Cotton ’01, pseudonymous author of 11 best-selling novels for young adults and owner of Newtonville Books in Newton, Mass.; Kenard Gibbs ’86, CEO of Soul Train Holdings and co-founder of MadVision Entertainment; Steven Rothstein ’78, recently retired president of the Perkins School for the Blind; historian David Spadafora ’72, president and librarian of the Newberry Library in Chicago; and Ethan Zuckerman ’93, director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT and a principal research scientist at the MIT Media Lab.

For information about convocation and The Book Unbound, visit convocation.williams.edu.