She earned her masters degree and Ph.D. here and taught in both the History Department and the Divinity School from 1969 to 1976.

Bynum later became the first woman to attain the prestigious title of University professor at Columbia.

She will receive a Doctor of Laws degree today.

D. RONALD DANIEL

D. Ronald Daniel served on the Harvard Corporation as treasurer of the University from 1989 to 2004.

Daniel graduated from Wesleyan University and received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1954. He is currently a director at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, where he was previously a managing partner.

During his tenure as Harvard’s treasurer, the University’s endowment grew from about $4 billion to $22 billion.

Daniel will receive a Doctor of Laws degree today.

JOHN A. LITHGOW ’67

John A. Lithgow ’67, who will address the Class of 2005 as Commencement speaker today, is an award-winning actor who has appeared on television, stage, and film.

He won three Emmy Awards for his starring role in NBC’s “3rd Rock from the Sun” and is currently appearing on Broadway in “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.”

Lithgow, who was a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers from 1989 to 1995, spearheaded the annual Arts First festival and remains closely involved with Harvard’s Office for the Arts.

Lithgow will receive a Doctor of Arts degree today.

QUENTIN R. D. SKINNER

Quentin R. D. Skinner is a prominent historian and philosopher at the University of Cambridge in England.