Program
Prelude
Fanfare
Processional
“Proud Heritage”
William Latham (b. 1917)
Illinois Wesleyan Wind Ensemble, Steven W. Eggleston, Professor of Music, Conductor
Special Music
“America the Beautiful”
Samuel A. Ward (1848-1903)
Carren Moham, Associate Professor of Voice, and the Illinois Wesleyan Wind Ensemble
Invocation (remain standing)
Dennis Groh '61, University Chaplain and Professor of Humanities/Archaeology
Welcome
Janet McNew, Provost and Dean of the Faculty
Poem for the Inauguration: Knowledge and Wisdom
James McGowan, Professor of English Emeritus
Special Music
“Illinois”
arr. Chester L. Alwes
Illinois Wesleyan Collegiate Choir and University Choir, J. Scott Ferguson, Associate Professor of Music, Director
Greetings and Call to Leadership
FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Gilbert L. Dorsey '62, First Vice President, Board of Trustees and Chair of Presidential Search Committee
FROM A PRESIDENTIAL PERSPECTIVE
Robert S. Eckley H'88, President Emeritus
FROM ALUMNI
Jean S. Baird '80, President, Illinois Wesleyan Alumni Association
FROM FACULTY
Paul Bushnell, Professor of History and Senior Advisor to the Faculty
FROM STAFF
Dolores Helm, Director, Arnold Health Service and 2004 Max L. Starkey Award Recipient
FROM STUDENTS
Kevin Maliszewski '06, President, Student Senate
FROM THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Sharon A. Brown Christopher, Bishop of the Illinois Area Office, United Methodist Church
FROM THE COMMUNITY
Judy Markowitz, Mayor, City of Bloomington
Christopher Koos, Mayor, Town of Normal
FROM COLLEAGUES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
Richard Herman, Interim Chancellor, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
FROM DELEGATES AND THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
C. Alvin Bowman, President, Illinios State University
Special Music
“Der Lindenbaum” from Winterreise
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Joel Jameson, Class of 1986, accompanied by R. Kent Cook, Associate Professor of Piano
Introduction of President Richard F. Wilson
Craig C. Hart, President, Board of Trustees
Installation Ceremony
Inaugural Address
President Richard F. Wilson
Special Music
“Oh Clap Your Hands”
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
llinois Wesleyan Collegiate Choir and University Choir, with brass and timpani
“Alma Wesleyana”
National Hymn
George William Warren (1828-1902)
arr. Peter Andrew Gilbert '98
lllinois Wesleyan Collegiate Choir and University Choir and Illinois Wesleyan Wind Ensemble
Benediction
Richard Shearer, President Emeritus, Alderson-Broaddus College
Recessional
“Procession of the Nobles”
Nikolai Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Illinois Wesleyan Wind Ensemble