This video titled, The Inaugural Convocation: Leo M. Lambert, Eighth President of the College, was held on Wednesday, September 15, 1999 at 10:30am in the Alumni Gym, Elon College, Elon College, North Carolina. The program included: The Prelude, Suite of Dances was written by Andre Campra, Choral and Minuet (Gothic Suite) was written by Leon Boellmann, Feierlicher Einzung, was written by Richard Strauss; The Processional, Grand Processional March was written by Charles Gounod and the Interlude for the Knights, was written by Sergei Prokofiev; The Academic Procession – The College Mace was led by Dr. J. Earl Danieley, The Presidential Medallion, The Faculty Marshals, The Alumni Representatives, The College Trustees, The College Faculty, The Delegates of Institutions of Higher Education and Professional Associations, The Flags, and the Platform Party; The Invocation was given by Richard McBride, College Chaplain; The National Anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key was led by Nancy E. Snow, Class of 2000; The Welcome was given by Gail M. Drew, Chair, Board of Trustees; The Conferring of the Honorary Degree was given by Charles Williams, Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Burlington, North Carolina, Presented by Dr. W. Robert Guffey, Associate Professor of Business Administration, and Conferred by Dr. Leo M. Lambert, President; The anthem, Simple Gifts, was arranged by Aaron Copland, sung by Elon College Choir, Chamber Singers, Elan, and Stephen Futrell, Director; The Presentation of the Speaker was given by Maurice J. Koury; The Keynote Address was given by The Honorable James B. Hunt Jr., Governor of North Carolina; The Investiture, Dr. Leo M. Lambert, Eighth President of Elon College, The Charge and the Oath of Office, was led by Noel L. Allen, Class of 1969, Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, and the Presentation of the Presidential Medallion was presented by Mrs. Gail M. Drew; The Response was given by President Lambert; The Alma Mater was led by the Combined Choirs; The Benediction and the Choral Response was led by Chaplain McBride; Go Now in Peace was sung by Don Besig, Darla Bray, Class of 1985, John Bryant, Class of 1999, Larry Fordham, and Laurie Lambert; and The Recessional, Kronungsmarsch from Der Prophet, Giacomo Meyerbeer was played by Mary Alice Bragg on the organ. The Elon Alumni Mace Line included: Isabella Walton Cannon, Class of 1924; Dell Cotton Scott, Class of 1924; Darden W. Jones, Class of 1927; Hattie McKinney Ledbetter, Class of 1929; Josie Loy Huey, Class of 1930; Lois McAdams Bost, Class of 1931; Marguerite Harris Waters, Class of 1934; William J. Andes, Class of 1935; Esther Cole Kernodle, Class of 1936; Leon S. Newman, Sr., Class of 1937; Geraldine Mangum Horton, Class of 1938; Archie G. Israel, Class of 1939; James W. White, Class of 1940; Irene Hook Covington, Class of 1941; Sara Corbitt Roberts, Class of 1942; Joseph C. Whitaker, Jr., Class of 1943; Virginia Jeffreys Darden, Class of 1944; Margaret Rawls Bullard, Class of 1946; Harvey Oliver Hook, Class of 1947; William H. Duncan, Class of 1948; Mary Griffin Butler, Class of 1949; Joh W. Sparks, Class of 1950; J. Fred Bowman, Class of 1951; Joan Summers Drummond, Class of 1952; Charles Jeter Wilkins, Class of 1953; D. York Brannock, Jr., Class of 1954; Mary Sue Colclough Mann, Class of 1955; Jack R. Lindley, Sr., Class of 1956; Richard Bowers Simpson, Class of 1957; Stewart T. Cas, Class of 1958; John K. Patterson, Class of 1956; Donald K. Blalock, Class of 1960; Victor H. Hoffman, Class of 1961; Della Vickers McKinnon, Class of 1962; Dewey Verne Andrew, Class of 1963; Ocie Fraser Murray, Jr., Class of 1964; Lowell Lawrence Thomas, Class of 1965; William James Ruth, Class of 1966; Thomas Leon Bass, Jr., Class of 1967; John Hugh Whitlatch, Jr., Class of 1968; Chester Walton Burgess III, Class of 1969; Wade Williamson, Jr., Class of 1970; James Alvah Hendrickson, Class of 1971; Kathryn Lawson Roekle, Class of 1972; Stephen Miles Ross, Class of 1973; Marcelle Walsh McInnis, Class of 1974; Raymond Lynn Beck, Class of 1975; Robert Edward Sandell III, Class of 1976; David W. Bordeaux, Class of 1978; C. Grayson Whitt, Class of 1979; J. King White, Class of 1980; James Roger Riddle, Jr., Class of 1981; William Hunt Ward, Class of 1982; David Stephenson Massey, Class of 1983; Michael James Ford, Class of 1984; Melinda Truitt Reinheimer, Class of 1985; Deborah Adams Comer, Class of 1986; Burney Jennings, Class of 1987; Anita Butler Smith, Class of 1988; Annette Leath Orbert, Class of 1990; Feliciano Sergio Sabates III, Class of 1991; Carter MacKenzie Smith, Class of 1992; Maureen Nowak Allen, Class of 1993; Shannon Lynn Moody, Class of 1994; Natasha Ray Euliss, Class of 1995; Mittie Crumpler Landi, Class of 1996; Mary Anne Elder Ryals, Class of G’1997; Jonathan David Gardner, Class of 1998; and Amy Jill Jumba, Class of 1999. The Presidential Medallion is an ancient symbol of authority, the chain of office worn by the head of a university signifies the institution’s royal charter and right to confer honors. The Elon College presidential medallion, a chain of the office, is worn on academic and ceremonial occasions by those who serve Elon College as president. The medallion was given to the College by the Class of 1969. The Elon College presidential medallion was carried by Dr. J. Fred Young, who was president of the College from 1973 to 1998. The Mace is an ancient symbol of authority. Handcrafted in Portugal, the Elon College Mace of sterling silver and gilding is approximately 40 inches in length. The shaft has four sections representing four years of study and is ornamented with bands of oak leaves. An acorn, symbolizing the seed of learning, is carved at the end of the shaft. The head of the mace is a six-sided replica of Elon’s brick colonnades, complete with open arches and brickwork, which signify the strength and stability of the College. The mace was a gift of the estate of E.M. Martin in memory of Elon Professor Alonzo L. Hook, is crowned by the official College seal. The Elon College mace is carried by the senior member of the faculty, Dr. J. Earl Danieley, who was president of Elon from 1957 to 1973. In the Inauguration program, there was a biography of Dr. Leo Michael Lambert. Lambert’s Inaugural biography in the program read: As the eighth president of Elon College, Dr. Leo M. Lambert is working to define a nationally distinctive academic mission for the institution in the 21st century. A teacher at heart, Dr. Lambert believes in the importance of preparing students for lifelong learning by giving them a solid foundation in the liberal arts and sciences and an excellent professional education. Since beginning his duties as president on January 1, 1999, Dr. Lambert has worked to enhance the learning and teaching environment at Elon College by increasing funding for library resources, establishing a plan to make the College a national leader in the use of technology, and examining and defining the role of graduate education. Through his leadership, Elon College is participating in Campus Teaching Academy, a project of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Dr. Lambert is also completing fund raising for the Elon Vision, the College’s current strategic plan, and working with the Board of Trustees and the Elon College community to prepare a new strategic plan for the new century. During his 20-year career in higher education, Dr. Lambert has built a reputation for innovation and enhancing the quality of undergraduate teaching at colleges and universities nationwide. His accomplishments were recognized by the Change magazine, which name him one of the 40 Young Leaders of the Academy. Dr. Lambert came to Elon College from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, where he served as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. He also held the positions of associate vice chancellor/dean of graduate studies and professor of foundations of educational policy and practice. At La Crosse, Dr. Lambert championed international education, supported the establishment of a new undergraduate research program, and strengthened the graduate program. Dr. Lambert spent 12 years at Syracuse University in New York. As associate dean of the graduate school, Dr. Lambert developed the Teaching Assistant Program and the Future Professoriate Program that became a model emulated by institutions nationwide and was awarded a Certificate of Excellence in the Theodore M. Hesburgh Prize for Faculty Development. Dr. Lambert began his career at the University of Vermont in Burlington. He served as director of the innovative Living and Learning Center, where students and faculty integrated academic and residential activities into a seamless learning environment. Dr. Lambert graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in English from the State University of New York at Geneseo. He earned a master’s degree in education at the University of Vermont in Burlington and a doctorate in education from Syracuse. He has written extensively on undergraduate teaching and is a member of the board of directors of the American Association of Higher Education. Dr. Lambert and his wife, Laurie, both natives of Scotia, New York, have two daughters, Callie, 14, and Mollie, 11.