A video of the full ceremony:
The inauguration of Daniel H. Weiss, Haverford’s 14th president, took place on Saturday, Oct. 26, on a spectacular fall day that brought sunshine, blue skies, and pleasant temperatures.
The event brought together five of the College’s previous presidents, who were part of the more than 200-member robed processional that conducted Dan Weiss into Marshall Auditorium in Roberts Hall for the ceremony.
Various members of the Haverford community, representing, faculty, staff, students, and alumni, took to the podium to welcome Weiss, as did members of the Corporation and the Board of Managers. Anya Krugovoy Silver ’90 read her poem “Kore,” and Bryn Mawr College Interim President Kimberly Wright Cassidy, Swarthmore College President Rebecca S. Chopp, and William G. Bowen, president emeritus of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a longtime friend of Weiss, all offered remarks. And after the ceremony, an expanded Haverford community (which included the throngs on campus for Inauguration, as well as those attending Family and Friends Weekend) gathered in Alumni Field House for a community luncheon.
Weiss (left) before the ceremony with (L-R) Bob Gavin, Tom Tritton, Steve Emerson, and Joanne Creighton.
With Haverford’s 11th President, Tom Kessinger.
With the College’s 12th President, Tom Tritton
With Stephen G. Emerson ’74, the 13th President.
The presidents gather for a formal portrait. (left to right) Kessinger, Tritton, Weiss, Emerson, Joanne Creighton (interim president 2011-2013), and Robert Gavin (who served as acting president in 1996).
The members of the President’s procession gather in Founders Great Hall.
The procession enters Roberts Hall, with Weiss at the end.
Clerk of the Corporation, Jonathan Wood Evans ’77 welcomes the audience.
Anna Krugovoy Silver ’90, reads her poem “Kore.”
Catherine P. Koshland ’72.
Rebecca S. Chopp, president of Swarthmore College, holds up a copy of the book she and Dan Weiss recently co-authored.
Interim President of Bryn Mawr College Kimberly Wright Cassidy.
William G. Bowen, president emeritus of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Deborah H. Roberts, chair of the Classics department and clerk of the faculty.
A performance by the Chamber Singers of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, directed music professor Thomas Lloyd. 
Board of Managers Co-Chair Howard Lutnick ’83 presents Dan Weiss to the College.
On behalf of the College, Lutnick presents to Weiss a framed quotation from Isaac Sharpless that was part of his commencement address to the Class of 1888.
Weiss walks with Board Co-Chairs Catherine Koshland and Howard Lutnick after the ceremony.
Photos by Jim Roese and Dan Z. Johnson.
For more coverage of inauguration, read a live-tweeted account of the day, including excerpts from the different inauguration speeches, here.
The Inauguration in Video and Photos
The inauguration of Daniel H. Weiss, Haverford’s 14th president, took place on Saturday, Oct. 26, on a spectacular fall day that brought sunshine, blue skies and pleasant temperatures.
