The start of an era: outgoing chair of the board of trustees Alvin Shoemaker invests President Rodin with the President's Badge of Office on behalf of the University as then-Mayor Ed Rendell looks on. [Steven Waxman/SP File Photo]
The start of an era: outgoing chair of the board of trustees Alvin Shoemaker invests President Rodin with the President's Badge of Office on behalf of the University as then-Mayor Ed Rendell looks on. [Steven Waxman/SP File Photo]