Founders’ Day Gallery
Photography by Lawson Whitaker.
Never-Failing Succession of Benefactors
The newly updated list of the Never-Failing Succession of Benefactors is presented and added to the original plaque.
Convocation
The Convocation processional takes shape outside All Saints’ Chapel.
The Rev. Sally Grover Bingham awaits the presentation of an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.
Inside All Saints’ Chapel.
Claude Nielsen, C’73, chair of the Board of Regents.
Dedication
Vice Chancellor Joel Cunningham introduces William M. Spencer, III, C’41.
The crowd gathers in Spencer Hall’s Harris Commons for the dedication.
Spencer Hall’s two-story atrium accommodated visitors on both levels.
Claude Nielsen, C’73, chair of the Board of Regents, accepts Spencer Hall on behalf of the Regents and Trustees.
Celebration
Former Vice Chancellors and their wives flank Trudy and Joel Cunningham (Joan and Sam Williamson, Trudy and Joel Cunningham, Patricia and Bob Ayres).
William Stamler, C’56, and David Beecken, C’68, receive framed Lost Cove photographs from Claude Nielsen in appreciation for their leadership of The Sewanee Call.
Courtenay Budd, C’90, entertains guests at the gala.
Schedule at a Glance
Monday, Oct. 6
- Honorary Degree Dinner, 6:30 p.m., Cravens Hall (by invitation only)
Tuesday, Oct. 7
- Dedication of the new Never-Failing Succession of Benefactors plaque, 11 a.m., Walsh-Ellett Hall (by invitation only)
- Founders’ Day Convocation, 12:30 p.m., All Saints’ Chapel
- Community celebration, approximately 2 p.m., Spencer Hall lawn
- Special presentations about key accomplishments of The Sewanee Call campaign, 3-5 p.m.
- The Sewanee Call gala celebration, 7 p.m., Robert Dobbs Fowler Center (by invitation only)
