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Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Citation Mr. President, I have the honor of presenting Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore, professor, scholar and author; a pioneer in the area of carceral geography, and a forceful activist in the prison abolition movement. Dr. Gilmore, in your teaching and writings, especially in your foundational book, “Golden Gulag,” you challenge us to consider the existing…
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Susan Hanson
To mark the 75th anniversary of the first class of undergraduate women admitted to Clark in 1942, all three recipients in 2018 — Commencement speaker Hauwa Ibrahim, Susan Hanson, and Christine Ortiz — were women. Citation Mr. President, I have the honor of presenting Susan Hanson, Distinguished University Professor Emerita in the Graduate School of…
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Robert W. Kates
Citation Mr. President, I have the honor of presenting Robert W. Kates, university professor and director emeritus of the World Hunger Program at Brown University, committed scholar on behalf of human dignity and the global environment, and former classmate and Clark University colleague. Robert W. Kates, your academic career began when you left work in…
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Saul Cohen
Citation Mr. President, I have the honor and personal pleasure to present Saul Bernard Cohen, distinguished geographer, educator, pioneer in higher education, and long-time leader of the Clark faculty. Saul Bernard Cohen, a cascade of accomplishments has marked your long and sterling career in the academy. As executive officer of the Association of American Geographers,…
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