May 24, 2009

Calling the members of the Class of 2009 “the real return on our endowment,” Amherst College President Anthony W. Marx urged the school’s graduates to “step into the forest ahead, toward rewards you had not even known you would seek” because “what we do is invest in you, in your possibilities.” “Our most significant endowment lies in you, as it lies in the generations of alumni you now join,” he told the assembled students in his traditional address during the college’s 188th Commencement. Read more...

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