Commencement 2024 Citations & Remarks
Honorary Degree Recipient: Madeline Anderson
Madeline Anderson is a Lancaster native and a media pioneer who is widely credited as the first Black woman to produce and direct a TV documentary.
Bradley R. Dewey Award: Professor John Modern
Professor John Modern is arguably the top — and inarguably among the top three — scholars of American religious history today.
Commencement Remarks by 2024 Williamson Medalist Roxy Calder ’24
To make the unfamiliar familiar is something we have done from the moment we became F&M students. We arrived here four years ago to an unfamiliar college campus, made even more strange and distant by masks and plexiglass dividers. And when restrictions...
Socrates Citation In Honor of Van E. Gosse
Whether teaching U.S. history surveys or topics such as “When Black Lives Matter” or “Irregular Wars,” Professor Van Gosse insists students recognize how the past swirls around us. More than any other member of his department, Professor Gosse...
Williamson Medal Winner: Roxana Calder
The Williamson Medal is the highest student award presented each year at Franklin & Marshall’s Commencement
Socrates Citation In Honor of Annalisa Crannell
Professor Annalisa Crannell loves doing mathematics, and she especially loves doing math with other people. Her love of mathematics — as well as her optimism, generosity, and goodwill — have enriched the lives of students and colleagues at Franklin...