Abstract
Ronald D. Liebowitz, former president of Middlebury College, was inaugurated the ninth president of Brandeis University on Thursday November 3, 2016. The invocation was delivered by Rabbi William G. Hamilton of Congregation Kehillath Israel in Brookline, Mass. The ceremony was enriched by a performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms by the Brandeis Chamber Singers and University Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Robert Duff, choral conductor and associate professor of the practice in the department of music. Bernstein was a member of Brandeis’ music department faculty from 1951 to 1956 and received an honorary degree from the University in 1959. The event concluded with benedictions from eight different faith traditions offered by Brandeis students, faculty and staff.