Inauguration of President Richard F. Wilson

April 9, 2005

Read President Wilson's Inaugural Address

Watch streaming video of the Inauguration (requires RealPlayer)

Inauguration program

Read about the Inauguration Presidents' Panel or watch streaming video of the panel (requires RealPlayer).

Inauguration Photo Album Click on the image at left to see a collection of images from Inauguration events.

Read Inauguration speeches:

• Introduction of President Wilson by Craig C. Hart, President of the Board of Trustees
• Welcome by Provost Janet McNew
• An Inauguration Poem by Professor of English Emeritus James McGowan

Greetings and Charge to Leadership:

• Gilbert L. Dorsey '62, First Vice President, Board of Trustees and Chair of Presidential Search Committee
• Robert S. Eckley H'88, President Emeritus
• Jean S. Baird '80, President, Illinois Wesleyan Alumni Association
• Paul Bushnell, Professor of History and Senior Advisor to the Faculty
• Dolores Helm, Director, Arnold Health Service and 2004 Max L. Starkey Award Recipient
• Kevin Maliszewski '06, President, Student Senate
• Sharon A. Brown Christopher, Bishop of the Illinois Area Office, United Methodist Church
• Judy Markowitz, Mayor, City of Bloomington
• Christopher Koos, Mayor, Town of Normal
• Richard Herman, Interim Chancellor, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• C. Alvin Bowman, President, Illinois State University