Dear Members of the Wesleyan Community,

Every year Wesleyan recognizes outstanding teaching with three prizes awarded at Commencement. These prizes, made possible by gifts from the family of the late Frank G. Binswanger Sr., Hon. '85, underscore Wesleyan’s commitment to its scholar-teachers, who are responsible for the university’s distinctive approach to liberal arts education.

Recommendations are solicited from alumni of the last ten graduating classes, and current juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Recipients are chosen by a selection committee of faculty, emeriti, and members of the Alumni Association Executive Committee.

This year, Wesleyan will be honoring Professor Nathanael Greene, for his excellence in teaching:

Nathanael Greene, Professor of History

Nathanael Greene joined the Wesleyan faculty in 1963 and served the university as vice-president for academic affairs from 1977 to 1990. He has an A.B. from Brown University, and an A.M. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University. He has received awards from the Fulbright Program, John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and American Council of Learned Societies. His books include From Versailles to Vichy: the Third French Republic, 1919–1940 and Crisis and Decline: The French Socialist Party in the Popular Front Era. He is also the author of numerous articles on French politics and society and is editor of collections on European socialism and fascism.

Courses taught by Professor Greene include surveys of European history since 1815, and seminars on the Spanish Civil War, appeasement and the origins of the Second World War, and France in the 1930s and 1940s.

He now joins his wife, Anne Greene, adjunct professor of English, in the company of recipients of the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching. She received the prize in 2006.

Michael S. Roth '78
President