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Diana Chapman Walsh was President of Wellesley College from 1993 to 2007.

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During her tenure, the college revised its curriculum and expanded its programs in global education, internships and service learning, and interdisciplinary teaching and learning. The faculty established new majors in environmental studies, quantitative reasoning, cinema and media studies, neurosciences, and astrophysics. Japanese, Arabic and Korean languages were added to the curriculum as well, and a new department of East Asian Languages and Literatures was launched.Other innovations included the opening of the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, the establishment of the Religious and Spiritual Life Program, the creation of a media and technology center, a social science center, a center for the humanities, annual day-long conferences to showcase student learning in the classroom and beyond, and other initiatives designed to strengthen the quality of campus intellectual life. Many of the college’s administrative structures were strengthened and major landscape restoration and building projects were completed across the campus. The college raised over $700 million in new gifts during this 14-year period, strengthened the management of the endowment and increased it fourfold, to over $1.6 billion. Applications to the college increased by 42%.

Legacy at Wellesley

Wellesley's Alumnae Hall was renamed the Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall in Walsh's honor after its 2010 renovation. The hall was originally constructed in 1923, but was cramped and inaccessible; following its renovation, it now houses a 1,000-seat performing arts hall and the college's Theater Studies department, and houses many important college events.

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Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall was named in Walsh's honor when it was renovated in 2010.

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Biographical Information

Walsh's sister, Sally Chapman was a professor at Barnard College. She passed away in 2012, and Diana Chapman Walsh accepted the Barnard Medal of Distinction on her behalf.