In June 1971 at my doctoral ceremony, the only one I went to in those days, all others I got via mail, we had a a small short ceremony. Viet Nam was still afoot, there were no job recruiters on campus that year, Nixon's economy was starting to explode, off gold standard and massive tariffs, so we had no useless speaker, and we all were trying to figure out how to support ourselves. Frankly we could not even get drafted! Too old and probably physically exhausted.
Now above is this years Engineering doctoral students. You could not recognize this class if you were from 1971. First we never had hats, second the doctoral gowns were black, the hoods were simple. Below is MIT 1960.
One wonders what these folks will contribute 55 years from now?
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