Commencement program for Kalamazoo College's Class of 1959. The service took place at the Campus Quadrangle and included music, speeches, awarding honors, and conferring degrees.

Reverend Joseph Lawrence Roberts, Jr. received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree at Commencement in 1992. This is the text of the degree citation.

Journalist Daniel Louis Schorr received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at Commencement in 1975. This is the text of the degree citation.

Lawyer William Doyle Ruckelshaus received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at Commencement in 1971. This is the text of the degree citation.

I am pleased to introduce our commencement speaker, Dennis Brutus, poet, scholar, educator, and courageous proponent of social justice. Born in what is today Harare, Zimbabwe, he was educated at Fort Hare University College, ...