Commencement 1999

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The Class of 1999	Bill Richardson Speaking	Richardson Delivers Keynote
Graduate Protests Department of Energy while Richardson Speaks	President Mohrman Presents Richardson with Honorary Degree	Grads Celebrate by Tossing Beach Ball
Graduate Walks to Stage	Class of 1999 after Ceremony	Mortar Boards in Flight
Richardson Talks to Press outside Armstrong Hall	President's Reception Following Ceremony in Armstrong Quad	Banners in the Quad

Colorado College celebrated its 118th commencement on May 17, under a cloudless sky on Armstrong quad. U.S. Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson addressed the Class of 1999. See a full transcript of his remarks.

President Kathryn Mohrman conferred degrees upon 547 excited graduates in the college's traditional Z-A order. She told the audience, "I have the vision and the belief that in the future CC will not only be the best place in the state of Colorado for an undergraduate education, not only the best liberal arts college in our time zone, but an institution nationally recognized as one of the finest liberal arts colleges in the country -- broadly recognized, even more than today, for its unique combination of intense undergraduate learning on the one hand, blended with an emphasis on creativity and individuality."

Senior speaker Michael Johnson then described the true measure of success to his classmates as the ability to "look in the mirror and believe you’ve tried your hardest to be an honest, decent person." Read about some outstanding graduates in a Gazette article.

Photographs by Todd Wilson, director of the CC Office of College Relations