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“These and many other initiatives will have formal courses and
degrees that amplify not just our intellectual and economic impact but
our social and ethical effect as well,” Wilson said.
But WesternU’s priority will always be education.
“We will always robustly prepare competent students in the full
range of health sciences,” Wilson said. “Yet we will do much, much more
including new campuses, colleges and programs imbued with and guided
by our pioneering culture and innovative character.”
More than 300 faculty, administrators and dignitaries graced the
Inauguration/Convocation stage. Twenty-two delegates, including
Board of Trustees Chair Richard Bond, DO ’82, DrPH, Wilson’s daughter, Victoria, represented universities from across the
presents Dr. Wilson with the President’s Medal. country and around the world. Pasadena Scottish Pipes and Drums
provided processional and recessional music, and also performed a
musical interlude. Wilson invited everyone to remember the rigor, pomp
“ sciences and, indeed, of the very life of life itself. So capture this and all
and splendor of the day.
“It is all a symbol not merely of academia but of the healing arts and
On behalf of this of life’s lessons. Carry these in your heart. There it all will be when you
marvelous university need it. At every turn. Whether to lift your own spirits amid the
inevitable travails ahead or, more importantly, to reach in, take it out,
and place in service to any who need succor and comfort,” Wilson said.
and for its future, your “On behalf of this marvelous university and for its future, your trust is
cherished, your amity is esteemed, your energy is welcome, and your
trust is cherished, your wisdom is treasured.”
amity is esteemed, your The Inauguration Ceremony featured several special guests and
dignitaries. State Sen. Connie Leyva and Creighton University Professor
energy is welcome, and Emeritus Richard Murphy, PhD, provided greetings. Johns Hopkins
University professor and author Kay Jamison, PhD, read “Epilogue,” by
your wisdom is Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Lowell. Wayne State University
President M. Roy Wilson, MD, MS, formally introduced Wilson and listed
treasured. his many accomplishments.
“In a way, Dr. Wilson has been preparing for the opportunity to lead
this great institution since he was a very young man,” M. Roy Wilson
Daniel R. Wilson, MD, PhD said. “I can think of no one better suited to answer the call. He is ready
President, Western University of Health Sciences for the challenge.”
The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the
Pacific – Northwest welcomed 108 students in the
Class of 2021 at its Convocation and white coat
ceremony August 4, 2017 in Lebanon, Oregon.
Holding true to previous classes, the Class of 2021
has a strong Pacific Northwest presence, with 62
students from the region, including 42 from Oregon.
Photos by Luke Rauch
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degrees that amplify not just our intellectual and economic impact but
our social and ethical effect as well,” Wilson said.
But WesternU’s priority will always be education.
“We will always robustly prepare competent students in the full
range of health sciences,” Wilson said. “Yet we will do much, much more
including new campuses, colleges and programs imbued with and guided
by our pioneering culture and innovative character.”
More than 300 faculty, administrators and dignitaries graced the
Inauguration/Convocation stage. Twenty-two delegates, including
Board of Trustees Chair Richard Bond, DO ’82, DrPH, Wilson’s daughter, Victoria, represented universities from across the
presents Dr. Wilson with the President’s Medal. country and around the world. Pasadena Scottish Pipes and Drums
provided processional and recessional music, and also performed a
musical interlude. Wilson invited everyone to remember the rigor, pomp
“ sciences and, indeed, of the very life of life itself. So capture this and all
and splendor of the day.
“It is all a symbol not merely of academia but of the healing arts and
On behalf of this of life’s lessons. Carry these in your heart. There it all will be when you
marvelous university need it. At every turn. Whether to lift your own spirits amid the
inevitable travails ahead or, more importantly, to reach in, take it out,
and place in service to any who need succor and comfort,” Wilson said.
and for its future, your “On behalf of this marvelous university and for its future, your trust is
cherished, your amity is esteemed, your energy is welcome, and your
trust is cherished, your wisdom is treasured.”
amity is esteemed, your The Inauguration Ceremony featured several special guests and
dignitaries. State Sen. Connie Leyva and Creighton University Professor
energy is welcome, and Emeritus Richard Murphy, PhD, provided greetings. Johns Hopkins
University professor and author Kay Jamison, PhD, read “Epilogue,” by
your wisdom is Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Lowell. Wayne State University
President M. Roy Wilson, MD, MS, formally introduced Wilson and listed
treasured. his many accomplishments.
“In a way, Dr. Wilson has been preparing for the opportunity to lead
this great institution since he was a very young man,” M. Roy Wilson
Daniel R. Wilson, MD, PhD said. “I can think of no one better suited to answer the call. He is ready
President, Western University of Health Sciences for the challenge.”
The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the
Pacific – Northwest welcomed 108 students in the
Class of 2021 at its Convocation and white coat
ceremony August 4, 2017 in Lebanon, Oregon.
Holding true to previous classes, the Class of 2021
has a strong Pacific Northwest presence, with 62
students from the region, including 42 from Oregon.
Photos by Luke Rauch
24
