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BABSON COLLEGE
F.W. OLIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
COMMENCEMENT
MAY 17, 2014
Babson Park, MA 02457-0310
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“… let us chart our lives
so that what we do will:
(1) perform a needed service
and make the world a better
place in which to live;
(2) make ourselves, and also
others, so far as we can, healthier
and stronger physically;
(3) free ourselves, and others,
as much as possible, from worry,
care, and mental stress.”
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—Roger Babson,
“What Is Success?” (1923)
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welcome
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to the sixty-second graduate school Commencement exercises
at Babson College. The College community is pleased and
proud to share this memorable day with you.
Your enthusiastic support of each graduate is appreciated.
As a courtesy to the graduates, please reserve your applause until
all candidates have received their diplomas.
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At the conclusion of the Commencement exercises, please join
us for a light reception in the Webster Center.
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Program
PROCESSIONAL
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Bobby Sager
CHIEF MARSHAL
Dennis Hanno
Provost
Senior Vice President
Murata Dean, Graduate School
INVOCATION
Bilal Mirza
Muslim Chaplain to the Babson Community
WELCOME
Kerry Healey
President
GREETINGS AND PRESENTATION
OF PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR
CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE
Master of Science in Accounting
Certificate in Advanced Management
Master of Business Administration
Dennis Hanno
Kerry Healey
Kate Buckman
Director, Graduate Student Affairs
Jamie Kendrioski
Director, International Student and
Scholar Services
Sebastian Gomez Puerto M’14
Linda E. Kean M’00
College Registrar
PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR ADDRESS
Steve Marchand M’01
Associate Registrar
Kevin Mulvaney M’72
Senior Lecturer, Entrepreneurship
FACULTY GREETINGS
SALUTATION
Joseph L. Winn M’74
Chair, Board of Trustees
WELCOME AND AWARD RECOGNITIONS
Dennis Hanno
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREE
Kerry Healey
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Dean, Faculty
Professor of Law
BENEDICTION
Rev. Jenny Rankin
Ecumenical Chaplain to the
Babson Community
RECESSIONAL
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT
Bobby Sager
Entrepreneur, Businessman, Philanthropist
Doctor of Humane Letters
presented by Marty Anderson
Lewis Family Distinguished Senior
Lecturer in Social Innovation
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Honorary Degree
THE BABSON COLLEGE HONORARY DEGREE
An honorary degree is the highest accolade a college or university can bestow and usually is awarded
during the Commencement ceremony. Babson College has given honorary degrees since presenting
a doctor of laws degree in 1959 to Ewan Clague, commissioner for the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics. While the award specifics are unique to each person, a common trait of all recipients is
their commitment to service in its broadest sense. Most honored by the College have distinguished
themselves as entrepreneurs and executives; however, Babson College also has honored a variety of
prominent individuals from various backgrounds, including Generals James Gavin and George H.
Akin; Senators Leverett Saltonstall, Edward M. Kennedy, and John F. Kerry; Governor William F.
Weld; journalist Robert L. Bartley; scholars Alfred D. Chandler Jr. and Leonard Woodcock; music
directors Sarah Caldwell and Arthur Fiedler; basketball legend KC Jones; digital media pioneers Reid
Hoffman and Biz Stone; former faculty members Clint Peterson and Peter Black; former Babson
presidents and trustees; and, most notably, our own distinguished alumni.
Roger W. Babson, founder of Babson College, said, “I have always tried to visualize a world of change
rather than a world at rest.” Babson College celebrates these men and women for the changes their
service has brought.
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Honorary Degree Recipient and Commencement Speaker
BOBBY SAGER
Founder, Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Roadshow
Robert (Bobby) Sager is an American businessman, philanthropist,
photographer, author, and founder of the charitable organization, the
Sager Family Traveling Foundation and Roadshow. A tough-minded
businessman who made a fortune by seeing opportunity where others
haven’t, Sager was a driving force behind the spectacular growth of the
Gordon Brothers Group, where he was partner and president from
1985 to 2000.
He joined Gordon Brothers in 1986 when it was a small Boston-based
trading business. Today, Gordon Brothers is a pre-eminent global
financial services business conducting more than $10 billion of transactions annually, with 10 offices
in North America, Europe, and Asia. Sager also serves as chairman of the board of Polaroid, one of
Gordon Brothers’ investments.
In 2000, Sager and his wife and children founded the Sager Family Traveling Foundation and
Roadshow. Three dozen trips later, the Sagers have established their special brand of hands-on,
eyeball-to-eyeball philanthropy. For an overview of initiatives, see teamsager.org. With Sager, there are
no handouts, no charity. His philanthropy uses business principles and business accountability, whether
it’s fostering entrepreneurship in Rwanda and Palestine, training teachers in Pakistan, or conducting a
leadership program for Tibetan monks.
Sager has been a pioneer in catalyzing the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) as a platform to make
a difference. YPO is an international network of about 19,000 presidents whose companies’ aggregate
annual sales are the equivalent of the third-largest economy in the world. In 2001, he was a founding
chairman of the YPO Peace Action Network, which convenes business leaders from different sides of
conflicts. Peace Action Network now has grown into eight Social Enterprise Networks with 4,000
presidents who are engaged in making a difference all around the world. Sager has served as a moderator
for both the India-Pakistan Action Forum and American Arab Action Forum. YPO recognized Sager
as the first recipient of its Global Humanitarian Award, and he recently won YPO’s most prestigious
Hickok Award for distinguished service. Sager also is the founding chairman of Presidents’ Action
Net, an international network of business leaders that maximizes their philanthropic impact by sharing
advice, contacts, best practices, and resources.
Sager’s photographs have been featured in numerous publications, and have been seen by more than
4 million people at concerts and events around the world. He uses his camera as a way to connect with
people, and the results often are dramatic portraits that focus on people’s eyes. His publisher, Chronicle
Books, wrote: “In war-torn countries around the world, philanthropist and photographer Bobby Sager
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has discovered the transcendent power of hope through the eyes of children. Despite unthinkable
violence and destruction, his portraits reveal joy, innocence, and strength.”
Sager is the author of The Power of the Invisible Sun (2009), a book about the power of hope,
thankfulness, and his approach to making a difference. His book was featured on NBC’s “The
Today Show” and “ABC World News,” and UNICEF selected his book as one of its featured
publications. Sager also is the author of Beyond the Robe (powerHouse Books, 2013), which tells
the story of his foundation’s Science for Monks program, teaching Western science to Tibetan monks
and nuns. Science for Monks represents the first time in the approximately 1,500-year history of
Tibetan Buddhism that Western science is being taught in the monasteries.
In his speeches for business leaders, Sager talks about how to apply the entrepreneurial skill set to
maximize philanthropic return on investment. He also shares his family’s experiences doing hands-on
philanthropy. He has given speeches at venues all around the world, including the General Assembly
Hall of the United Nations and the Sydney Opera House. Countries include Afghanistan, Argentina,
Australia, China, India, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Pakistan, Rwanda, South Africa,
Syria, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Zimbabwe.
He was the executive producer for “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints” (2006), winner of the
Sundance Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize and the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week Prize. His
philanthropy was the inspiration for the NBC prime-time drama “The Philanthropist” (2009). He
is an honorary consul general for the governments of Rwanda and Nepal.
Sager earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Brandeis University, and his master’s
degree in management from Yale University.
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Graduates
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING
CERTIFICATE IN ADVANCED MANAGEMENT
Susan Ellen Blake
Alfredo Gago
Gwendolyn Caroline Campero
Richard Guy Pagano
Peter Costello Castrichini ^
** Yimiao Chen
* Yu Chen
Jean Choi
Jason Todd Abelowitz ^
** Nanda Abeysekera
John Richard Clausing
Luis Enrique Adrianzen Trint
Jacob Chaim Friedland
Aditi Jitendra Agarwal
Kelly Marie Hanly
Vicente Alamos Alessandri
Qiawen He
Lorenza Alatorre Benard
Stephen Gregory Hodgson
Sherin Albert
Ashley Ann Hoffstetter ^
Haifa Ibrahim AlHumaid
Benjamin Albert Jette
Omar A. Ali
Virginia LaFauci ^
Kristen Alioto Gelwick
Darline Elizabeth Lefevre
Adam Cantwell Allen
** Conor Michael Lynch
* Joshua Warren Allison
Rebekah Ann Miller ^
Sandeep Alluri ^
Katherine Mary Mowles
Edwin E. Almonte ^
* Tyler Patrick Murphy
Virgilio Alon Jr. ^
Sven Perry
Stephen Thomas Amisson
Christopher David Pierce
Kofi Bediako Amoa-Mensah
*** Jessica Lynne Plunkett
Adam Matthew Wilkocki
Alyson Yau
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MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Timothy Paulson Amudala ^
Kevin James Anderson
*** Scott Anderson
Graduates
Claudio Angelini Amadori
** Jennifer Marie Annese
Dennis Michael Ansbro
Jad Hamid Antoun
Hans Mirko Bastien
Kunal Batra ^
Maria Isabel Becerra
* Charles Evan Beckman
Sara Anwar
Matthew Steven Belkin
Nicole Antonette Arboleda
Sergey Belov
* Walter D. Armer III
Jesus Ramon Bernardy-Rodriguez ^
Arcand Peter Arnold
Balaji Bhagawan
Arpita Arora
Laksh Bhambhani
Vikram Aryan ^
Vinod Bhardwaj
Shayan Assar
* Amit A. Bhatia
Sathyanarayana J. Atreyam
* Rishabh Mahipal Bhurat
Kyle David Austin
Davis Roberto Austria
Laura Azzalina
Frank Michael Bilotta III
** David Craig Binney
Jenna Birkhold
Kurian Babykutty
*** Shay Blanchette Proulx
Tameesh Bagga ^
* Todd Michael Boling
* Andrew Stevens Baker
Cathlin Felice Bosch
Richard James Baker Jr. ^
Christopher Gerard Bostrom
Michael James Balger
Jake S. Bowman
** Mauricio Ballesteros Ruiz
Maura Anne Banks
*** Anna Geraldine Barensfeld
Jose Andres Brache
Emily Clare Brady
Jason David Breton
Christopher Mark Barlow
David F. Brosnan
Amir Bar-Or
Douglas William Brown
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Graduates
** Nathan Alexander Brown
Sarah Michilina Brunell
Samuel Langdon Chandler
Lucy Drummond Brush ^
Gurupandian Chandrasekaran
Laura Elizabeth Bucci
Daniel Chun Hao Chang
Daniel Joseph Buckley
Cassandra Charles
Michael Budiman ^
Elisabeth Charnley ^
Scott Michael Buquor
Pamela Chavarria Simpson
Stephanie Lee Burke
Polina Y. Burns
Delainna S. Burton ^
** Jugminder Singh Chawla
Guo Cheng
** Subhendu Choudhury
Joseph Michael Buscaino
Peter G. Christie Jr.
Todd Robertson Butler
Matthew Wirthlin Cole ^
Kevin M. Byrd
Kofi Callender
* Alexandra Beth Canney
Lauren Elise Cantner
Richard Capatosto ^
*** Nir Carmel
** Kaitlin Emily Coleman
* David Geer Coler
Matthew Aaron Coley ^
** Nicholas Joseph Collatos
Guillaume Alexandre Collin
* Brent Allen Colson
Daniel Carranza Dada
Stephanie Conde
Michael John Caslin III ^
Stacey Gayle Conn
Michael John Cassata III
Brian Daniel Connaughton
Carmen Castillo Badia
Kevin Patrick Connors
Luca Ceschin
Rafael A. Cortez
Minhyun Cha
** Stephen Paul Covel
** Srabana Chakravorty
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Kong Yew Chan
Jason Tyler Craparo
Graduates
Jessica Gregory Crowley
Kyle Leigh Cunningham
Eric Daniel Curry
Marc Stephen Cushway ^
David Douchkoff ^
* Corinne Victoria Doughty
Yada Duangsawai ^
*** Victor Dubinsky
Aaron Ryan Cyr
Julian Vincent Duggin ^
Manisha M. Dadhania
Sashanka Srinivasa Dwivedula
*** Tri Dang
Peter Noble Darrow
Shankar Das
Fernando Gabriel de León de León
* David Farias De Souza
Jeffrey Thomas Dean
Miguel del Bosque
Ashley Clark Dyer ^
*** Andrea Echavarria
* Eric Vincent Echelmeyer
** Raimundo Echeverría Ruiz - Tagle
Michael Joseph Egizio
James Eric Eidswick
*** Judy Ann Embree
Gonzalo Delgadillo Toro
* Carlos Alberto Escotet
Nicholas A. DeMagistris
Andres E. Espinosa ^
Patrick Dempsey
Jose Fernando Estrada
Gregorio Dersdepanian Lopez Tolsa
Mateo Maria Fadul Gonzalez
Akin Y. Desai
Diana Fahrer ^
* Vaibhav Dhandia
Ryan Paul Dillon
Nicholas Kenneth DiMatteo
Xin Ding
Taylor Bicknell Doggett
* Xiao W. Fang
Soorena Farboodmanesh
* Kenneth James Faris
Sean Michael Farrell ^
* Lucas Fehsenfeld
Matthew Dominici
Roberta Fernandes
Robert J. Donahue Jr. ^
Felix Tadeo Figueira Goncalves
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Graduates
Caryn Fishlevich
Justin T. Fishwick
Gene A. Glekel
Matthew C. Follett
Roni Avi Gloger Betancourt
Juliana Fonnegra
*** Christopher Lawrence Golub
Luis Alberto Fontana Pelgron
*** Sebastian Gomez Puerto
Nina Foroutan
Camila Rezino Gonçalves
Patricia Jean Foster
Xu Gong
Matthew Samuel Fox
Alberto Octavio Gonzalez
* Erin T. Freda
Brian Hoen Freedman
*** Curtis Kimball Freedman
Elizabeth Ann Friel
Karina Vanessa Gonzalez
Carolina Isabella Gonzalez Loumiet
*** DeShaunda Lorraine Gooden Warner
* Cody Lewis Gordh
Derek Matthew Fritz ^
Vishal Gotecha
Giulia Fulci
Jeffrey Jack Goudie
*** Richard Paul Fulkerson
* Sara Fuller
* Donald Alexander Gourley
Jessica Marie Grant Sljivar
Maria Gagne ^
Allison Caswell Gray
Rahul H. Gajbhiye
Jonathan Reid Greven
Rahil Rajesh Gala
Gustavo Andres Grinberg
** Patricia A. Gallagher
Joseph Scott Guilmartin III
Leigh Gammino ^
Jai Vijay Gulabani
Anish Anilkumar Gangwal
Mohan Gundu
** Sebastián Andrés García Saba
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* Colin Taylor Gillespie
Zhida Guo
Marcelo Garza T
Alpa Desai Gupta ^
Alan P. Garzon
Janine M. Gustafson
Graduates
James Vincent Gutierrez
Yen Chieh Hsu
Jorge Gutierrez Alvarez
Dawei Hu
Arshiya Hakhu
Jie Huang
** Kimberley Haley
Melissa Anne Haley
Paul Cushing Hammond
Roc Hargrove ^
Rachel Dell Harmeling
Adriane Jean Harrington
* John Robert Charles Hunter
** Andrew Scott Hurley
Paul Michael Hurrie Jr. ^
* Juan Icaza
John R. Iuliano
* Munif Ali Jaafar
Rachel Leigh Hayek
Ana Carolina Jaar
Baruch Hecht ^
Rahul Jagdale
Pranjal Nikita Hegde
Jason George Jamijian
* Matthew Emerson Helming
David Henesey
** Roberto Henriquez Autrey
Erin Leah Janklow
Daytheon Allen Jeffries
Andrew Robert Jenkins
Jesus Hernan Herrera
Robby Jeune
Tamika L. Hewlett ^
Payal Jhaveri
Erin Doris Hickey
Joshua Daniel Johnson
*** Stephen Michael Hoelper
Lisa Renee Hoenigsberg
Ana-Lisa Price Jones
** Cara Anne Jones
Hans Homberger
Derrick C. Jones ^
Jennifer Marie Horne
Meara Kathleen Jones
Kaoutar Houmairy
Susan L. Jones
Maura Grace Howley
Francis X. Joyce
Angel Hsu
Violet Chinyanta Kabaso ^
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Graduates
Stephanie Kabore
Gururaj Annaji Kalkeri
Mohan Kumar Kandra
** Stephanie Christina Ko
*** Steven G. Kolak
Man Yan Kong
*** Yunn Koo Kang
Nemi M. Kotadiya ^
Ilan Kann
John Russ Kotsinonos
Dhaval Kapadia ^
* Ani Karamyan
Suhas Gajanan Kasar
Hamzah Fuad Kattan
Kazuki Kawaguchi
** Paula Cecilia Kowalczik
** Andrea Kowalski
Anand Krishnamurthy ^
* Clinton Frank Kucera III
Amanda Lynn Teresa Kelly
Suresh Kumar
Christopher Matthew Kelly
Naruechol Kunsamatikit
Geoffrey L. Keniry ^
Dritan Kurshumi
Richard Patrick Kenney Jr.
Michael Robert Kutzen
Timothy Riley Kerrigan
Marc Labbe
Fraz Khalid
Arun Lakshmi Narasimhan
Zoya Khatuntseva
George Albert Lambert
** Bharat Khetan
Patrick Henry Lantry
Victor Passian Kimaro
Javier Andres Lara Reinhold
Steve Kipuros Jr.
David Wei-Lin Lee
Regina Kirschbaum
Richard L. Leeds III
Andrew Charles Kites ^
Natjaree Leelathanapipat
* Sarach Kitnitchiva
Andrew R. Klopfer
Andres Klose Escobar
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** Gena J. Koufos
Brian Michael Lemek
* John Stephan Jayakumar Lenard
Hanna Rose Letts
Graduates
Tyler Robinson Lewis
Guanhong Li
Zhijie Caroline Li
Elvis Jacob Lieban
*** Andrea Jean Light
Alec Hayden Mackenzie ^
*** Stefan Bezegh Huszagh de Madach
* Jaideep Majumdar
Jacqueline Mwende Makilya
Heather Lee Malooly ^
Parinya Likitrattanadara
James Samuel Mamary Jr.
David Douglas Liloia
Bojan S. Manic
* Hui Liu
Francisco Javier LLamas Encinas
** Nicholas James Lodestro
Evan Davis Lodge
Sandeep Kumaran Loganathan ^
* Mark Longchamps
Luis Andres Longoria
Caleb John Manscill ^
Juan Francisco Marinovi Vial
Rodrigo Martínez Molina
** Vinay Marwaha
Megan Sue Massey
Brian J. Matt ^
* Joseph Mattaini
Antonio J. López
Fernando Maturana Almarza
Meredith Anne Loring
Brian Robert Maziarz
Thomas P. Lovett
Aengus McAllister
Alexander Weston Lowe
Amy Christine McClellan ^
Cristian Lüders
Terence Patrick McCoy III
Christopher B. Lung
John T. McDonough
Joanna Catherine Lussier
Brooke English McDowell
Michael Siv Ly ^
Christopher Martin McGowan ^
Charles David Lyle
* Brian F. McIntosh
Redington Barclay Lynch
Scott McLaren
Xin Ma ^
Erin McNamara
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Graduates
Elizabeth Mary McPartland
** Mallory McQueen
Christopher J. Meenan II ^
Aman Mehra
** Adam Greenspan Melnick
*** Eduardo Melo Braga
Victor Menchaca Sepulveda
Steeve Mendez
Adam Hayden Motyl-Szary
Abhishek Moudgil ^
* Shamoyita Mukherjee
Noah Munro ^
Eduardo E. Murat Hinojosa
* Kathleen O’Hara Murray
Rajalakshmi Muthukumarasamy ^
*** Ashwin Janakaraj Mysore
Sarah Meyer
* Hiyam M. Nadel
Katherine Thorne Meyers
* Dhiraj Ishwar Nandwani
** Murugappan Meyyappan
Michael Ranaldo Napolitano
** Domenic Millen
Sreenivasan Nataraja
Corey James Waskin Miller
** Judith Michelle Miller
Catherine Marie Mills ^
*** Chethan Mittapalli
** Rafael Navarro
Vahid N’Dobe
Sharatbabu Nellutla
Matthew Mittelmark
Nancy Warigo Nganga
Ehsan Moghimi
Kaine Lowell Nicholas
Diego Monsalve Arbulu
Leif Carsten Nielsen
Linda Monteiro
Philipp Nietlispach ^
Alvaro Gerardo Montemayor
Eriko Nishimoto ^
** Jonathan Francis Morgan
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Preethi Natarajan
Ekaterina A. Novikova ^
Randall David Morin
Tara Lynn O’Brien ^
Manabu Morita
Jennifer B. O’Connor
Lebone Chisara Moses
Kathleen Ann O’Donnell
Graduates
William Joseph O’Donnell
Lauren Elizabeth O’Gorman
Juan Carlos Olivares Stuven
** Daniel James Pearce
Rajesh Vasant Pednekar
*** Jose Pena
Anne O’Loughlin
Giorgiana Penon
Hans F. Olson ^
Oscar Pérez Altamirano
Roberto Ordaz Ruiz
Netzahualcoyotl Rafael Pérez Amezcua
Daniela Estefania Ortiz Bahamonde
** Daniel A. Perron
Erin Rosemarie Ortmeier ^
** Nicholas Planeta
Kevin Solomon Osborne
* Alan L. Oslan
Jirair G. Ostayan
Jose Guillermo Ovalle Mendivil
Patricia Palumbo Mancera
Thanapol Poopunsri
Caitlin Porte
* Meredith Lee Porter
Rajesh K. Potti
** Daniel Morgan Powell
Sutthamon Panichwatanyu
Suppasit Pradyawong
Utsav Parasrampuria
Christopher Edwin Pratt
Anushree Parchuri
Jeffrey Nelson Pratt
Vamsi Parchuri
*** Dante Eduardo Paredes Chumacero Rubli
Katherine Parks
* Christopher J. N. Patel
Tejal Kirit Patel
* Vishal S. Patel
Jerri Patlyek
** Nabeeha Qazi
Jeronimo Quintana
Nicholas Daniel Rabbitt
Roddy Radnia ^
*** Varadharajan Ragunathan
Manish Ramesh Raichandani
* Steve Rakusin
Chanta Ella-Noel Patton
Arun Ramamurthy
Melissa F. Pawlishen ^
Shashank Ramineni
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Graduates
Gene Ramirez
Veera Raghavan Ramkumar ^
Hitesh Sahni
Chirag Hasmukh Rana
Carlos Miguel Pelaez Salazar
Christian James Randecker
Mahesh Sale
Bilal Ahmad Ranjha
* Moulay Rachid Salim
David K. Rego
James Salois ^
Elizabeth Reinhart
Tamar R. Salter
Jennifer Kristiana Rekemeyer ^
Mark Daniel Sanders
** Jane Relton Rhodes
* Anthony Marco Righetti
Hernán Sangüeza González
Katie Jane Sardina
Daniel Joseph Riva
Murali N. Sastry ^
Giorgio Rivera Montoya
Das T. Satanur
Emily Clare Robertson
Nithi Satchatippavarn
Kristen M. Robson ^
Prashant Sumant Savanagouder
Selvin Vinicio Rodas
Hilda Amelia Rodríguez Páez
* Karina Rodríguez Páez
** Ankush Anil Sawant
Jillian Godfrey Scaife ^
*** Michael Scott Scherr
Jing Rong ^
Brady Keith Schwarz
Michael M. Rosenberg
William Mohrhardt Schwidder
Teesha Roy Chowdhury
*** Thorsten Georg Ruehl
Jennifer Elizabeth Russo
Robert Edward Russo Jr. ^
Andrey Ryazanov
Johann Sabbath ^
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* Nikhil Sadhwani
* Brian Michael Scotti
Eric Sedransk
Lindsey L. Sellers ^
* Deep Prakash Shah
Devang Anil Shah
** Pooja Bellur Shah
Graduates
Vaibhav Prakash Jasmine Shah
Vishal Shah ^
*** Thomas J. Snow
Yudie Soenjoto
Sanket Sharma
** Sierra Alain Sohl-Dickstein
Arun Shastry
** Vikram Sokkalingam
Nina Kathleen Shaut
Jignesh Sureshbhai Sonchhatra
* Timothy Joseph Sheehy
Prateek Sood
Derek Aaron Shehata ^
Rocio Sotelo
Anthony Troy Sheppard
Zachary F. Sousa
Eric D. Sherman
Savitha Sridharan
Rahul Sheth ^
Vijayachandra Sriram Kotinaga
** Kenton Matthew Shirk
Einar Sigurdsson
*** Michael James Silverman
Harbaldeep Singh
* Maninder Singh
Leticia D. Stallworth
** John K. Standard
Andrew Starr ^
Steven W. Stavrou
David Newman Stempler
Nazm Manjeet Singh
Hardie Marshall Stevens ^
Christopher Allen Singleton
Damien Matthew Stile
Marcos Siqueiros
Peter Elliott Stobaugh
Peson Sirikolkarn
Jason Everett Stoff
** Zachary A. Sloan
Allison L. Smith
Joshua Smith
John-Marshall Stubbs ^
Karthik Subrahmanian
** Ganesh K. Subramanian
Justin Leo Smith
Katie Diane Summering
Michael Howard Smith ^
Bharath Sundararaman ^
Nicole Marie Smith ^
Justin Matthew Swain
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Graduates
Pablo Swaine Portilla
** Robert E. Swint Jr.
** Sunil Ramchandra Upalekar
Vannarith Thomas Tamom Jr. ^
Timothy Urban
Pankaj Taneja ^
Yusuke Ushijima
* Trit Tantasathien
Lewedwyn Kippur Taylor
Linda Kirsten Tedder ^
* Jordan Michael Teel
** John-Paul David Vachon
** Alvaro Valdez
Samika Vanasin
Dhruv Varma
Hiroaki Terauchi
Santiago Vasquez Obando
James Vincent Tessier
Alison Velasco
Luigi Testa
** Camilo Velásquez Restrepo
John Milburn Thoms ^
Vishnu Venkatesh ^
Christopher Ryan Thornberry
Pawan Kumar Venugopal
Ivanka Lubomirova Toudjarska
* Siriorn Vichaiwatanapanich
Paul Edward Towle
Daisuke Toyoda
Monette Villalobos Cannon
** Heather Buttolph Vincent
Jacklyn Bichthuy Tran-Nguyen
Katherine D. Viniello
Shane Treadway
Balaji Viswanathan
Juliann E. True
* Mark Heinrich Wallace
Robert Carroll Trumbull
Ashley Kaye Walsh ^
Huong N. Truong
Lucas Rolston Walsh
Melissa Beth Turetz
Guillermo Turull
* Zakery St. John Tutino
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Veronika Vsevolodovna Tyukova
** Mary Beth Walsh
Nicholas Ames Walton ^
* Benjamin Weili Wang
Graduates
Chujing Wang
Ying Wang
** Anmol Wassan
*** Summa Cum Laude
** Magna Cum Laude
* Cum Laude
Poranee Wattanachot
Robert Christopher Welch ^
^ August 2014 Master of Science in
Kevin Kimo Westervelt ^
Accounting, Certificate in Advanced
Kimberly Ann Wiedeman ^
Management, or Master of Business
*** Julie Ann Williams
Administration Degree Candidate
Justin Brian Williams
Man Xi
*** Shaoyu Xue
Yang Yang
Allison Nina Yee ^
** Faisal Zaman
Jingsi Zhang
** Heng Zhu
Lingguo Zhu
June Elizabeth Zinck ^
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Awards and Graduate Student Council
ROGER W. BABSON AWARD
Jason Tyler Craparo
FAIRLEIGH S. DICKINSON JR. FOUNDATION INC.
GLOBAL MANAGER AWARD
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE –
ONE-YEAR MBA PROGRAM
FINANCE AWARD
Jose Pena
Eric Vincent Echelmeyer
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE –
BLENDED LEARNING MBA PROGRAM
GLOBAL STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD
Judy Ann Embree
AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE –
MS PROGRAM
Jessica Lynne Plunkett
Karthik Subrahmanian
Kazuki Kawaguchi
HELEN O’BRIEN AWARD – ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE FOR EVENING MBA PROGRAM
Shaoye Xue
BABSON-UNITED INC. MCFE AWARD
LEWIS W. MUSTARD AWARD – ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE FOR TWO-YEAR MBA PROGRAM
Sathyanarayana J. Atreyam
Eduardo Melo Braga
Karina Vanessa Gonzalez
MANAGEMENT AWARD
CHARLEY OSBORN MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS AWARD
Mary Beth Walsh
DEAN’S LEADERSHIP AWARDS
Nicole Antonette Arboleda
Walter D. Armer III
Shayan Assar
Curtis Kimball Freedman
Cody Lewis Gordh
Erin Leah Janklow
Robby Jeune
Emily Clare Robertson
Linda Kirsten Tedder
Lucas Rolston Walsh
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARD
Mark Heinrich Wallace
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Lauren Elizabeth O’Gorman
MARKETING AWARD
Daniel A. Perron
RALPH Z. AND CHARLOTTE R. SORENSON
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS
Jason Tyler Craparo
Cody Lewis Gordh
GRADUATE STUDENT COUNCIL
Lucas Rolston Walsh
President
Erin Leah Janklow
Executive Vice President
Dante Eduardo Paredes Chumacero Rubli
Vice President of Finance
Graduate Student Council, Retiring Faculty, and Marshals
Nicole Antonette Arboleda
Vice President of Student Activities
Luis Enrique Adrianzen Trint
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Amanda Lynn Teresa Kelly
Emily Clare Robertson
Vice Presidents of Evening Students
Ami Milne-Allen
Vice President of Blended Learning
Students
Shayan Assar
Curtis Kimball Freedman
Vice Presidents of One-Year Students
Oscar Garcia Montero
Vice President of First-Year Students
Kazuki Kawaguchi
Director of Alumni Relations
Cara Anne Jones
Director of Marketing
Kaitlin Emily Coleman
Director of Center for Career
Development Relations
Alvaro Gerardo Montemayor
Director of International Affairs
Maninder Singh
Director of Technology
Hilda Amelia Rodríguez Páez
Director of Partners Program
Ana-Lisa Price Jones
Director of Admissions Relations
RETIRING FACULTY
Stephen A. Allen
Professor, Management
Lawrence P. Carr
Professor, Accounting
William L. Casey Jr.
Professor, Economics
Norman P. Govoni
Professor, Marketing
H. David Hennessey
Professor, Marketing
Robert J. Kopp*
Associate Professor, Marketing
Ivor P. Morgan
Associate Professor, Management
Stephen A. Shapiro
Lecturer, Marketing
* Retiring December 2014
GOVERNANCE MARSHAL
Richard J. Snyder Esq. ’60, H’94, P’93 ’01
Amanda G. Strong ’87
COORDINATOR OF STAGE LINES
Beth Bristol M’06
STAGE MARSHALS
Betsy Newman ’97
Nan Langowitz
Gena J. Koufos
Director of Student Health and Wellness
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Marshals, Committees, and Board of Trustees
STUDENT MARSHALS
COMMENCEMENT LOGISTICS COMMITTEE
Matt Allen
Jon Anderson
Danielle Beasley
Joe Corbett
Gaurab Bhardwaj
Judy Curley
Janna Bonofiglio
Andrew Dutton
Alison Cady
John Florendo
Michael Chmura
Emily Groccia
Ryan Davies
David Hawes
Katrina Fludd ’08, M’10
Linda E. Kean M’00
J.B. Kassarjian
Gregory Kelley
Susan Lemke
Peter Latvis
Gisela Lokpez M’82
Romeo Lopez
Amanda Malin
Ian MacLeod
Terry Marroquin
Steve Marchand M’01
Catherine Merlo
Jim McLaughlin
Harry Paul-Emile
Lola Norman-Salako ’99
Keith Rollag
Bill O’Donnell
Elizabeth Saumsiegle
Stan Park
Donna Sosnowski
Keri Pereira
Janet Strimaitis M’81
Jim Pollard
Petia Whitmore
Lisa Robinson ’96
Erik Shaw
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMMING
COMMITTEE
Terry Sullivan
Lisa Alvezi
Steve Tolley
Sandy Sweetman
Beth Bristol M’06
Kate Buckman
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Alisha Cahue
Michael J. Angelakis ’86
Anne Heller ’70
The Honorable Craig R. Benson ’77, H’03
Carolyn Hotchkiss
Ettore V. Biagioni ’80
Linda E. Kean M’00
Marla M. Capozzi M’96
Lola Norman-Salako ’99
Paul W. Chisholm M’82
Tracee Petrillo M’00
Theodore A. Clark M’94
Ashly Siteman
Ann-Marie Sweeney Copland ’86
Samantha Stanley
Timothy A. DeMello ’81
Deborah L. DeSantis ’85
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Boards of Trustees and Overseers
Gary T. DiCamillo
TRUSTEES EMERITI
Craig M. Donaldson ’88
John M. Daigle ’54, H’84, P’82
Frank M. Fischer P’06
Andronico C. Luksic Jr. ’76, H’04, P’04
’06 ’11 ’14
Marco Gargurevich M’01
Thomas F. Gilbane Jr. ’70
Leonard C. Green
Muhammad H. Habib ’81, P’09
Kerry Healey
William F. Markey Jr. M’64, H’09
Richard J. Snyder Esq. ’60, H’94, P’93 ’01
Thomas T. Stallkamp
Ronald Weiner ’66
Bruce T. Herring ’87
Eric G. Johnson ’72, P’08
Fred S.C. Kiang ’70, M’75
Carleton F. Kilmer M’69, P’09
Carmella R. Kletjian
David F. Lamere ’82
Louis J. Lavigne Jr. ’69, P’92
Michael S. Lorber ’01
David L. Lucchino
Warren K.K. Luke ’66
Carlos J. Mattos M’76
Richard K. Miller P’02
Gordon D. Prichett
Richard A. Renwick ’79
Kenneth G. Romanzi ’82
Amanda G. Strong ’87
Martha D. Vorlicek ’81
Robert E. Weissman ’64, H’94, P’87 ’90
Joseph L. Winn M’74
BOARD OF OVERSEERS
Peter A. Bailey M’83
Linda Bourn M’11
John J. Burns P’10 ’12
Daniel S. Calista ’96
Gillian Newton Callaghan ’85
Vicente Carvajal ’91
Myron Cohn ’60
Adam J. Collins ’94
Stephen P. Connelly ’82
Matthew D. Consigli M’08
Ann-Marie Sweeney Copland ’86
Paul J. Cunningham Jr. ’84
Stephen D. Cutler M’61
Lupo M. del Bono ’79, P’09
Richard R. Dubois ’82
Arthur X. Duffy ’90
Bruce H. Freedman ’70
Gary L. Zwerling P’06
Steven A. Gaklis M’97
FORMER PRESIDENTS
Brett A. Gordon M’98
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01
William R. Dill H’91
William F. Glavin H’99
Leo I. Higdon Jr. H’07
Leonard A. Schlesinger H’14
Ralph Z. Sorenson H’85
Daniel L. Gay M’09
I. Bradley Hoffman ’82
Robert E. Kelly Jr. ’81
Willy S.M. Lin ’81, P’10 ’13
Andrew T.S. Lo ’83, M’84
Timothy G. Marken ’81
Stephen Martiros ’83, M’85
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Board of Overseers and Global Advisory board
Jeffrey J. McLane ’96
Lupo M. del Bono ’79, P’09
Christopher C. McMahon ’83
Moullay Hafid Elalamy P’15
Rena P. Mirkin
Mariana Salazar Fernandez ’83
Kevin F. Moran M’85
Carlos Fernandez Gallardo P’15
Gregory G. O’Brien M’83, P’07 ’11
Susana Gallardo P’13
Ted E. Orenstein ’94
Paul S. Gass ’59
Joseph G. Parham Jr. ’72, M’75
Muhammad H. Habib ’81, P’09
Kevin C. Phelan
Alvaro J. Heilbron P’17
Jason A. Reuben ’07
James J.K. Hung M’71, P’99 ’01
David W. Sargent ’82, P’12
Massimo Iacono ’83, P’15
Sylvia Shepard M’09
Vivek Jain M’83, P’07
James W. Taylor ’86
Prashant Jhawar P’14
Lisa Spadafora Thompson M’96
Surya K. Jhunjhnuwala P’09 ’11 ’14
Davide D. Visco ’95
Karlheinz M. Kaiser ’82, M’84
Amy Reich Weil ’87
Raymond Kassin ’84
John D. White Jr. ’81
Fred S.C. Kiang ’70, M’75
Gudmundur Kjaernested ’91
OVERSEER EMERITI
Markus T. Krautli ’81, P’12
Bernard G. Berkman ’52, P’79
Pimjai Laochinda P’13
William H. Cruickshank Jr. ’49, H’99
Willy S.M. Lin ’81, P’10 ’13
Adelaide Van Winkle
Narender Manoj Madnani ’91
Umer Mansha ’95
GLOBAL ADVISORY BOARD
Pedro Martin P’17
Steven I. Bandel P’16
Richard A. Maser Jr. ’89
Eduardo Barco ’82
Ricardo Antonio Pellerano P’06
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01
Elizabeth P. Powell M’76, P’01
Bettina S. Beckhoff Longinotti P’11 ’14
Gabriel R. Safdie M’86, P’09 ’16
Ettore V. Biagioni ’80
Michaela M. Seeger P’11
Paloma Botin P’12
Richard J. Snyder Esq. ’60, H’94, P’93 ’01
David D. Brillembourg ’93
Xing-Yan Sun
William Greg Burrill P’04 ’04 ’06, ’11 ’11
Giuseppina Vinaccia ’74
Ricardo Campollo P’13
Cyril C. Camus ’91
Vicente Carvajal ’91
Said S. Darwazah P’15
Rogelio de Los Santos Calderon
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The History of Babson College
ROGER WARD BABSON (1919–1921) was a highly successful pioneer in the financial investment
business. On September 3, 1919, he opened the Babson Institute with an enrollment of 27 students.
In 1921, Babson named George Coleman (1921–1935) as the second president. That same year,
Babson was incorporated under the educational laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a
not-for-profit institution.
In 1923, Babson acquired farmland in Wellesley Hills, established an endowment fund, and began to
build a campus. By the end of that year, Mustard, Bryant, and Lyon (now Luk
) Halls, and Knight
Auditorium were completed. Two years later, the Babson Park Clubhouse and Coleman Hall were
finished. To accommodate the rise in student enrollment, the Clubhouse was renamed Park Manor
South, and the hotel rooms, originally designed for visiting businessmen, became residence rooms
for Babson students.
With the appointment of Carl Smith (1935–1944), Babson was now led by its first professional
educator. He reorganized the curriculum, adding liberal arts courses, and in 1943, Babson Institute
received permission to confer both the bachelor of science and master of business administration degrees.
Following World War II, Babson, which had been used by the U.S. Navy for three years, reopened
to record enrollments. New President Edward B. Hinckley (1946–1956) tightened admission
standards and strengthened the academic content. By 1950, the Institute had received accreditation
from the New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Under Gordon Trim (1957–1961), an evening MBA program was developed and the first alumni
fundraising effort was held to fund the construction of the dining hall that bears his name.
Henry Kriebel (1961–1974), the school’s sixth president, expanded the curriculum to four years,
redefined its mission as a school of management, opened the doors to women, began a massive building
program, created the School of Continuing Education, and changed the name from Babson Institute
to Babson College. Kriebel’s administration laid the foundation for the next 20 years of development.
Babson’s seventh president, Ralph Z. Sorenson H’85 (1974–1981), also strengthened the curriculum.
He created the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in 1978, and Babson became the first college in
the United States to offer entrepreneurship as a major. Horn Library was built, the Babson Recreation
Center (now the Boston Sports Club) was completed, and more student housing was added.
In 1981, William R. Dill H’91 (1981–1989) became the College’s eighth president. He placed a
greater emphasis on a curriculum, faculty, and student body that focused on globalization. Many
campus buildings were renovated and others added, including the Webster Center for physical education
and recreation, to provide students with state-of-the-art facilities and services, thus enabling Babson
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The History of Babson College
to compete with the nation’s top business programs. It was during the Dill era that the Center for
Executive Education (now the Babson Executive Conference Center) was added.
During the presidency of William F. Glavin H’99 (1989–1997), Babson moved from being a strong
regional presence to an internationally respected school of business. Building on the College’s legacy
of entrepreneurship, the idea of entrepreneurial leadership was woven into every aspect of the institution.
Glavin believed that people at all stages of their careers could demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership
and become well-rounded, analytical problem-solvers who seize opportunities and move boldly and
creatively to take advantage of them.
In 1997, Leo I. Higdon Jr. H’07 (1997–2001) became the 10th president to lead Babson College.
He strengthened Babson’s curriculum with a renewed emphasis on technology, practice-based learning,
and entrepreneurship in a global context. A commitment to diversity and the arts brought about the opening
of the Reynolds Campus Center, Richard W. Sorenson Center for the Arts, and the Glavin Family Chapel.
Higdon also was instrumental in establishing the Center for Women’s Leadership at Babson College.
Brian M. Barefoot ’66, H’09, P’01 (2001–2008), Babson’s 11th president, is the first Babson
alumnus to hold this position. During his presidency, Babson developed a long-term strategic
and financial plan, expanded the College’s leadership in entrepreneurship, improved the quality of
campus life, committed to new efforts in diversity, strengthened the alumni network, and partnered
with leading global educational institutions.
Leonard A. Schlesinger H’14 (2008–2013), Babson’s 12th president, brought to the College
extraordinary leadership experience in academia and industry. He formulated the conversations that
led to the development of today’s strategy, starting with a community-wide discussion and decisions
around Babson’s strategic direction. That work resulted in a strategy focused on Entrepreneurial
Thought and Action® as the core of Babson’s distinctive expertise and culture; integrating social,
environmental, economic responsibility, and sustainability into the core of the curriculum and
educational experience; building a generation of leaders representing Entrepreneurship of All Kinds™;
and creating a Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Education to disseminate Entrepreneurial
Thought and Action to the world through a global network of educators and institutions.
In 2013, Kerry Healey was named Babson’s 13th president and is the first woman to hold the
position. Internationally recognized for her more than three decades of service in academia,
government, and humanitarian work, she believes deeply in the transformational power of
entrepreneurship to create opportunities for positive economic and social development everywhere.
President Healey is expanding and enhancing Babson’s institutional profile as the recognized global
leader in entrepreneurship education and is preparing to lead the College’s Centennial Campaign to
accelerate Babson’s success into its second century of academic leadership, innovation, and excellence.
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The History of Commencement Exercises and Academic Regalia
Babson is consistently ranked among the nation’s top management schools. The College has received
international recognition for its innovative educational programs for undergraduate and graduate
students and business professionals. With a distinguished reputation for entrepreneurial excellence,
Babson teaches students to make and find opportunities, to innovate, and to develop creative
problem-solving ability.
The key to Babson’s success are its people—students, faculty, administrators, alumni, governance
members, and parents who share a passion for excellence and have helped the College grow.
THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY dates to medieval times. Through the centuries, the
ceremony has been altered, but its purpose remains the same: to recognize those persons who
have earned academic degrees and to honor the traditions and institutions of scholarship.
The term commencement is a translation of the Latin inceptio, the name given in the Middle Ages
to the ceremony at which candidates were granted the master of arts degree and thereby licensed to
begin teaching. Today, the original concept has been broadened to suggest that, at commencement,
degree recipients are graduating from academic life and commencing their professional life.
The history of academic regalia stretches far back to the early days of the world’s oldest universities.
A statute in 1321 required that all doctors, licentiates, and bachelors of the University of Coimbra
(Portugal) wear gowns. In England, in the second half of the 14th century, the statutes of certain
colleges forbade “excess in apparel” and prescribed wearing the long gown.
In 1895, American colleges and universities adopted a uniform system for academic regalia. Today,
while the academic dress code, like the ceremony itself, has undergone several revisions, it remains
essentially the same as when it was first adopted.
The gowns recommended for use by American colleges and universities have the following characteristics.
The gown for the bachelor’s degree has pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The gown for the master’s
degree has oblong sleeves open at the wrist like the bachelor’s and may be worn open or closed. Both
bachelor’s and master’s robes are traditionally black. The doctoral gown, which also may be worn
open or closed, has velvet panels draped around the neck and stitched down the front edges. Three
horizontal velvet bars are sewn on the upper arm of the bell-shaped sleeves. This trim may be either
black or the color distinctive of the faculty to which the degree refers. Many institutions have adopted
distinctively colored doctoral robes using the official institutional colors.
Members of the governing body of a college or university, whatever their degrees, are entitled to
wear doctoral gowns (with black velvet), but their hoods may be only those of degrees actually held
by the wearers or those especially prescribed for them by the institution.
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The History of Commencement Exercises and Academic Regalia
The hood is the most distinctive feature of the academic costume. The shape of the bachelor’s and
master’s hoods is similar, but the length varies. The hood lining is the official color or colors of the
institution. The Babson hood, for example, is forest green with a single white chevron. The hood
is edged in velvet of two, three, or five inches in width for the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral
degrees, respectively. The edging should be in a color distinctive of the subject to which the degree
pertains. Among the most common trims are tan for business administration; white for arts, letters,
and humanities; golden yellow for science; and light blue for education.
The traditional academic cap for all degrees is the mortarboard of black cloth with a flat, stiffened
square top. Today, there is an option, particularly for those holding doctoral or terminal degrees, to
wear a soft cap. These are of several designs and in many cases represent a particular college or university.
The tassel, fastened to the middle point of the top of the cap, may be black or the color appropriate to
the subject. Those holding doctorates may wear a tassel of gold thread. There is no general rule for
the position of the tassel on a mortarboard. However, Babson and a number of colleges and universities
have adopted the practice of requiring candidates for the bachelor’s degree to wear the tassel on the
right front side before degrees are conferred and to shift it to the left after the degrees are awarded.
In today’s ceremony, some graduates are wearing cords, tassels, and stoles that represent specific
designations. Below are those related to academic honors:
Gold Cord
Valedictorian
Gold Tassel
Summa Cum Laude
White Tassel
Magna Cum Laude
Red Tassel
Cum Laude
The origin of the mace also dates to medieval times when it was first used as a weapon. Medieval
European bishops, forbidden the use of the sword, were allowed to enter battle with a mace, often an
iron or steel club designed to split armor. By the 16th century, the mace, a symbol of authority, was
embraced as a ceremonial object by colleges and universities. Traditionally, the mace is carried on
formal academic occasions by the most senior faculty member, often referred to as the “chief” or
“grand” marshal of the institution.
The mace of Babson College was designed and crafted by Chas. Thomae & Son, silversmiths, and
has been one of the symbols of the authority of the College for many years. Today, it is carried by
the chief marshal of Babson College.
Today’s Commencement also features flags of the world. These flags represent the homelands of
the Babson undergraduate and graduate students. With students from more than 85 countries,
and faculty members involved in research, training, and development around the world, Babson’s
international presence is evident and we are proud to honor it with this display.
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