Convocation Features Bicentennial Medalists

Williams marked the start of the academic year and the accomplishments of the senior class at Convocation on Sept. 19. During the ceremony, five alumni received Bicentennial Medals: (clockwise from left) Michael F. Curtin ’86 (pictured with President Adam Falk), CEO of DC Central Kitchen, who gave the Convocation Address; Jonathan Fielding ’64, former director/health officer of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Claudia Rankine ’86, acclaimed poet and professor; Hernando Garzon ’84, director of Kaiser Permanente Emergency Management and medical director for Relief International; and Kristin Forbes ’92, the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Professor of Management and Global Economics at MIT.