On the Green, students from each degree program wait to accept a diploma on behalf of their classmates.
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Alpert Medical School dean Edward J. Wing hands diplomas to new MDs.
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One of the first students to receive a joint degree from Brown and RISD.
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In all, the College conferred 1,554 bachelor’s degrees, the Graduate School gave out 705 advanced degrees, and the Alpert Medical School graduated 113 physicians.
Photos by Frank Mullin (top and bottom); Scott Kingsley (Med School)