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 ===== 2020s ===== ===== 2020s =====
 +==== 2024 ====
 +  * Luke A. Bronin, LLD, Attorney, politician, 67th mayor of Hartford
 +  * Sara C. Bronin, LLD, Architect, attorney, professor, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
 +  * **Danny Meyer, '80, LHD, Leader, author, humanitarian, founder of Union Square Hospitality Group**
 ==== 2023 ==== ==== 2023 ====
 [{{ :trinity-commencement-2023-selects-51.jpg?300|Nicole Hockley ’92, Co-Founder and CEO of Sandy Hook Promise, delivers the 2023 Commencement address. Photo credit: [[https://trincoll.photoshelter.com/galleries/C00006Xg6nbQRRL4/Public|Office of Communications and Marketing]]}}] [{{ :trinity-commencement-2023-selects-51.jpg?300|Nicole Hockley ’92, Co-Founder and CEO of Sandy Hook Promise, delivers the 2023 Commencement address. Photo credit: [[https://trincoll.photoshelter.com/galleries/C00006Xg6nbQRRL4/Public|Office of Communications and Marketing]]}}]
   * Sidnie White Crawford, 1981, DD, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism, Emerita, University of Nebraska-Lincoln   * Sidnie White Crawford, 1981, DD, Professor of Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism, Emerita, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
-  * **Nicole Hockley, 1992, LHD, Advocate for gun violence prevention, co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise**+  * **Nicole Hockley, '92, LHD, Advocate for gun violence prevention, co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise**
 ==== 2022 ==== ==== 2022 ====
   * Lloyd Alexander Lewis Jr., '69, DD, Episcopal Church preacher, scholar   * Lloyd Alexander Lewis Jr., '69, DD, Episcopal Church preacher, scholar
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   * <sup>2</sup>Peter Schumann, LHD, Creator of Vermont's Bread & Puppet Theater   * <sup>2</sup>Peter Schumann, LHD, Creator of Vermont's Bread & Puppet Theater
  
-1: Awarded at [[https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1999-09-18-9909180289-story.html|September 1999 concert]], 2: Awarded at [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2088&context=reporter|November 1999 convocation "The Art of Courage"]]+1: Awarded at [[https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1999-09-18-9909180289-story.html|September 1999 concert]], 2: Awarded at [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31638367|November 1999 convocation "The Art of Courage"]]
  
 ==== 1998 ==== ==== 1998 ====
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   * <sup>1</sup>Helen A. Thomas, LittD, White House bureau chief of United Press International   * <sup>1</sup>Helen A. Thomas, LittD, White House bureau chief of United Press International
  
-1: Awarded at "[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2087&context=reporter|Women at the Millennium]]" Convocation, November 1998, 2: Commencement speaker in 2018+1: Awarded at "[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31638366|Women at the Millennium]]" Convocation, November 1998, 2: Commencement speaker in 2018
  
 ==== 1997 ==== ==== 1997 ====
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   * <sup>2</sup>Henry Petroski, LHD, Professor of history and civil engineering, Duke University   * <sup>2</sup>Henry Petroski, LHD, Professor of history and civil engineering, Duke University
  
-1: [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2083&context=reporter|Ceremony]] in September 1997, 2: "[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1276&context=tripod|Century of Engineering]]" Convocation, November 1997+1: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31638361|Ceremony]] in September 1997, 2: "[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30172294|Century of Engineering]]" Convocation, November 1997
  
 ==== 1996 ==== ==== 1996 ====
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   * <sup>2</sup>William Gorham, LLD, President of the Urban Institute   * <sup>2</sup>William Gorham, LLD, President of the Urban Institute
  
-1: [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2080&context=reporter|Ceremony]] in April 1996, 2: "[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2082&context=reporter|Public Policy]]" Convocation, September 1996+1: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31638359|Ceremony]] in April 1996, 2: "[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31638360|Public Policy]]" Convocation, September 1996
  
 ==== 1995 ==== ==== 1995 ====
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   * <sup>1</sup>Rt. Rev. Desmond M. Tutu, DD, Bishop of Johannesburg, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate   * <sup>1</sup>Rt. Rev. Desmond M. Tutu, DD, Bishop of Johannesburg, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
  
-1: "[[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2060&context=reporter|A Time for Reconciliation]]" convocation, January 1986+1: "[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29971519|A Time for Reconciliation]]" convocation, January 1986
 ==== 1985 ==== ==== 1985 ====
   * Arthur C. Banks, Jr., LHD, President, Greater Hartford Community College   * Arthur C. Banks, Jr., LHD, President, Greater Hartford Community College
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   * <sup>1</sup>Arthur Winograd, DM, Conductor laureate, Hartford Symphony Orchestra   * <sup>1</sup>Arthur Winograd, DM, Conductor laureate, Hartford Symphony Orchestra
  
-1: [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=tripod|Fall convocation]], October 1985+1: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29971529|Fall convocation]], October 1985
 ==== 1984 ==== ==== 1984 ====
   * Bernard Bailyn, LHD, Professor of history, Harvard University   * Bernard Bailyn, LHD, Professor of history, Harvard University
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   * <sup>1</sup>William Gaylord Conway, ScD, General director, New York Zoological Society   * <sup>1</sup>William Gaylord Conway, ScD, General director, New York Zoological Society
  
-1: Awarded at [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2269&context=tripod|ceremony honoring donation of Enders Natural History Collection]], March 1984+1: Awarded at [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29938116|ceremony honoring donation of Enders Natural History Collection]], March 1984
 ==== 1983 ==== ==== 1983 ====
   * Jewel Plummer Cobb, LHD, President California State University, Fullerton   * Jewel Plummer Cobb, LHD, President California State University, Fullerton
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   * June Jackson Christmas, ScD, Commissioner, New York City Dept. of Mental Health   * June Jackson Christmas, ScD, Commissioner, New York City Dept. of Mental Health
   * Edmund Clayton Gengras, LLD, Chairman of the Board, Transit, Inc.    * Edmund Clayton Gengras, LLD, Chairman of the Board, Transit, Inc. 
-  * **Hanna Holborn Gray, LittD, Provost, (Acting President), Yale University President-Designate, University of Chicago**+  * **Hanna Holborn Gray, LittD, Provost, (Acting President) of Yale University, President-Designate of University of Chicago**
   * Joseph Thomas Heistand, '45, DD, Bishop Coadjutor, Episcopal Diocese of Arizona    * Joseph Thomas Heistand, '45, DD, Bishop Coadjutor, Episcopal Diocese of Arizona 
   * Peter Van Metre, '50, LLD, Senior Judge, First Judicial District of Iowa   * Peter Van Metre, '50, LLD, Senior Judge, First Judicial District of Iowa
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   * <sup>1</sup>Charles Hill Morgan, LittD, Professor of Fine Arts, Amherst College, Acting Chairman, Dept. of Fine Arts, Trinity College   * <sup>1</sup>Charles Hill Morgan, LittD, Professor of Fine Arts, Amherst College, Acting Chairman, Dept. of Fine Arts, Trinity College
  
-1: Awarded at [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1930&context=reporter|dedication for Austin Arts Center]], May 15, 1965+1: Awarded at [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31571888|dedication for Austin Arts Center]], May 15, 1965
 ==== 1964 ==== ==== 1964 ====
   * Kingman Brewster Jr., LLD, President, Yale University   * Kingman Brewster Jr., LLD, President, Yale University
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   * Fred Donald Carpenter, Class of 1910, LHD, Professor of German and literature, University of Vermont   * Fred Donald Carpenter, Class of 1910, LHD, Professor of German and literature, University of Vermont
   * Arthur Amory Houghton, Jr., LittD, President, Steuben Glass, Inc.   * Arthur Amory Houghton, Jr., LittD, President, Steuben Glass, Inc.
-  * **Frank Diehl Fackenthal, LLD, Acting president, Columbia University, past president, Brookhaven National Laboratory**+  * **Frank Diehl Fackenthal, LLD, Acting President, Columbia University, past president, Brookhaven National Laboratory**
   * Frederick Braut Rentschler, LLD, Aviation pioneer, Chairman of the board, United Aircraft Corp.   * Frederick Braut Rentschler, LLD, Aviation pioneer, Chairman of the board, United Aircraft Corp.
   * Abraham Alexander Ribicoff, LLD, Governor, State of Connecticut   * Abraham Alexander Ribicoff, LLD, Governor, State of Connecticut
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   * <sup>1</sup>Lawrence Rose, DD, Dean, General Theological Seminary, New York City   * <sup>1</sup>Lawrence Rose, DD, Dean, General Theological Seminary, New York City
  
-1: Awarded at [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1631&context=bulletin|"The Challenges to Liberal Education" convocation]], November 10 - 13, 1955+1: Awarded at [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38786985|"The Challenges to Liberal Education" convocation]], November 10 - 13, 1955
 ==== 1954 ==== ==== 1954 ====
 [{{ ::10.2307_community.34262542-1.jpg?400| Dwight D. Eisenhower at commencement on October 20, 1954. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34262542|Trinity College Archives]]}}] [{{ ::10.2307_community.34262542-1.jpg?400| Dwight D. Eisenhower at commencement on October 20, 1954. Photo credit: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.34262542|Trinity College Archives]]}}]
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   * <sup>1</sup>Dwight David Eisenhower, LLD, 34<sup>th</sup> President of the United States   * <sup>1</sup>Dwight David Eisenhower, LLD, 34<sup>th</sup> President of the United States
  
-1: Special [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2116&context=reporter|convocation]], October 20, 1954+1: Special [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38786983|convocation]], October 20, 1954 
 ==== 1953 ==== ==== 1953 ====
   * John Blair Barnwell, Class of 1917, ScD, Chief of the Tuberculosis Division, Veterans Administration, Wash., D.C.   * John Blair Barnwell, Class of 1917, ScD, Chief of the Tuberculosis Division, Veterans Administration, Wash., D.C.
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   * <sup>1</sup>Robert Livingston Johnson, LLD, President of Temple University   * <sup>1</sup>Robert Livingston Johnson, LLD, President of Temple University
  
-1: Awarded at [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1609&context=bulletin|Inauguration of Pres. Albert Jacobs]], May 16, 1953+1: Awarded at [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31526080|Inauguration of Pres. Albert Jacobs]], May 16, 1953
 ==== 1952 ==== ==== 1952 ====
   * George Malcolm-Smith, Class of 1925, MA, Author, assistant publicity manager, Travelers Insurance Co.   * George Malcolm-Smith, Class of 1925, MA, Author, assistant publicity manager, Travelers Insurance Co.
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   * <sup>2</sup>Karl William Hallden, Class of 1909, MS, Inventor and industrialist   * <sup>2</sup>Karl William Hallden, Class of 1909, MS, Inventor and industrialist
  
-1: [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1156&context=reporter|Open Air Service Address]] 2: [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1575&context=bulletin|125 Anniversary Convocation]] May 16, 1948+1: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31511583|Open Air Service Address]] 2: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38787333|125 Anniversary Convocation]] May 16, 1948
 ==== 1947 ==== ==== 1947 ====
   * Frederick Charles Hinkel, Jr., Class of 1906, MA, Banker, secretary of the New York Alumni Association   * Frederick Charles Hinkel, Jr., Class of 1906, MA, Banker, secretary of the New York Alumni Association
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   * Newton Case Brainard, MA, President of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, former mayor of Hartford   * Newton Case Brainard, MA, President of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, former mayor of Hartford
   * Murray Hart Coggeshall, Class of 1896, MA, Investment banker, veteran of Spanish-American War   * Murray Hart Coggeshall, Class of 1896, MA, Investment banker, veteran of Spanish-American War
-  * [[hughes_arthur_howard|Arthur Howard Hughes]], LHD, Professor of modern languages and acting president, 1943 to 1945, Trinity College+  * [[hughes_arthur_howard|Arthur Howard Hughes]], LHD, Professor of modern languages and Acting President, 1943 to 1945, Trinity College
   * Sidney James Weinberg, LLD, Investment banker, former vice chairman, War Production Board   * Sidney James Weinberg, LLD, Investment banker, former vice chairman, War Production Board
   * **Vannevar Bush, ScD, President, Carnegie Institute of Washington**   * **Vannevar Bush, ScD, President, Carnegie Institute of Washington**
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   * <sup>1</sup>Conrad Herbert Gesner, Class of 1923, DD, Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of South Dakota   * <sup>1</sup>Conrad Herbert Gesner, Class of 1923, DD, Bishop Coadjutor of the Diocese of South Dakota
  
-1: Awarded at [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1525&context=bulletin|Inauguration of Pres. George Funston]], February 22, 1946+1: Awarded at [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38787283|Inauguration of Pres. George Funston]], February 22, 1946
 ==== 1945 ==== ==== 1945 ====
   * <sup>1</sup>**Stanley Hart Osborn, DPH, Commissioner of Public Health of the State of Connecticut**   * <sup>1</sup>**Stanley Hart Osborn, DPH, Commissioner of Public Health of the State of Connecticut**
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   * <sup>1</sup>Joseph Clark Grew, LLD, Former ambassador to Japan   * <sup>1</sup>Joseph Clark Grew, LLD, Former ambassador to Japan
  
-1: Speaker, [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1931&context=reporter|Mid-winter graduation exercises]], December 20, 1942+1: Speaker, [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31511574|Mid-winter graduation exercises]], December 20, 1942
 ==== 1941 ==== ==== 1941 ====
   * Charles Edgar Sherman, Class of 1911, MA, Librarian, Providence Public Library, Rhode Island   * Charles Edgar Sherman, Class of 1911, MA, Librarian, Providence Public Library, Rhode Island
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   * <sup>1</sup>William Augustus Bird, IV, Class of 1912, MA, Foreign correspondent, //New York Sun//, Paris, France   * <sup>1</sup>William Augustus Bird, IV, Class of 1912, MA, Foreign correspondent, //New York Sun//, Paris, France
  
-1: Speaker, [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2106&context=reporter|Class of 1944 Matriculation Ceremony]], October 30, 1940+1: Speaker, [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31511518|Class of 1944 Matriculation Ceremony]], October 30, 1940
 ===== 1930s ===== ===== 1930s =====
 ==== 1939 ==== ==== 1939 ====
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   * William Greenough Thayer, DD, Former headmaster, St. Mark's School, Southborough, MA   * William Greenough Thayer, DD, Former headmaster, St. Mark's School, Southborough, MA
 ==== 1933 ==== ==== 1933 ====
-  * George Donald Harrison, MA, Englishman, builder of organs, responsible for the beauty of our Trinity organ+  * George Donald Harrison, MA, Englishman, builder of organs, responsible for the beauty of our Trinity [[chapel_organ|organ]]
   * Walter Patten Murphy, MA, Railroad engineer, philanthropist   * Walter Patten Murphy, MA, Railroad engineer, philanthropist
   * Albert Milford Turner, MS, Field Secretary of the Connecticut Park and Forest Commission   * Albert Milford Turner, MS, Field Secretary of the Connecticut Park and Forest Commission
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   * <sup>2</sup>William Sterling Cogswell, Class of 1861, LLD, Attorney, life member Trinity Board of Trustees   * <sup>2</sup>William Sterling Cogswell, Class of 1861, LLD, Attorney, life member Trinity Board of Trustees
  
-1: [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3219&context=tripod|Centennial celebration]]; Prof. Herford is alum of Trinity College of Cambridge University +1: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.29394242|Centennial celebration]]; Prof. Herford is alum of Trinity College of Cambridge University 
-2: [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1119&context=bulletin|Trinity College Bulletin, 1935-1936 (Necrology)]]+2: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.38786887|Trinity College Bulletin, 1935-1936 (Necrology)]]
 ==== 1922 ==== ==== 1922 ====
   * Arthur Priest, BM, Organist, Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford   * Arthur Priest, BM, Organist, Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford
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   * <sup>2</sup>Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, LLD, Former Connecticut Governor and U.S. Senator   * <sup>2</sup>Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, LLD, Former Connecticut Governor and U.S. Senator
  
-1: //in absentia// 2: [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3031&context=tripod|Trinity Tripod, Commencement Issue, June 22, 1917]]+1: //in absentia// 2: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30935848|Trinity Tripod, Commencement Issue, June 22, 1917]]
 ==== 1916 ==== ==== 1916 ====
   * <sup>1</sup>Francis Cutler Marshall, MA, Major, United States Army    * <sup>1</sup>Francis Cutler Marshall, MA, Major, United States Army 
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   * <sup>3</sup>Edward Campion Acheson, Doctor of Sacred Divinity, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut   * <sup>3</sup>Edward Campion Acheson, Doctor of Sacred Divinity, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut
  
-1: //in absentia//, 2: [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2977&context=tripod|Awarded in 1914]] but unable to attend, 3: [[https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3000&context=tripod|Awarded on Founders' and Benefactors' Day]], November 1, 1916+1: //in absentia//, 2: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30928227|Awarded in 1914]] but unable to attend, 3: [[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.30935815|Awarded on Founders' and Benefactors' Day]], November 1, 1916
 ==== 1915 ==== ==== 1915 ====
   * Leigh Robinson Gignilliat, MA, Superintendent, Culver Military Academy, Culver, IN   * Leigh Robinson Gignilliat, MA, Superintendent, Culver Military Academy, Culver, IN
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