1.0Commencementhttps://www.clarku.edu/commencementCarol D'Onofriohttps://www.clarku.edu/commencement/author/cdonofrio-s/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nuh8UJ77s1"><a href="https://www.clarku.edu/commencement/recipients/robert-d-putnam/">Robert D. Putnam</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.clarku.edu/commencement/recipients/robert-d-putnam/embed/#?secret=nuh8UJ77s1" width="600" height="338" title="“Robert D. Putnam” — Commencement" data-secret="nuh8UJ77s1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.clarku.edu/commencement/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.clarku.edu/commencement/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2025/01/robert-putnam.jpg720720Citation Mr. President, I have the honor of presenting Dr. Robert D. Putnam, the Malkin Research Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, renowned scholar, political scientist, and prolific author who throughout his long and distinguished career has awakened us to the troubling reality of an America whose citizens have grown disengaged from one another, […]