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Facts on Summer Commencement 2007:

The Ohio State University

Sunday, August 26, 2007

The Jerome Schottenstein Center

Degrees and Certificates

Associate 25

Certificates 1

Bachelor's 1,047

Master's 594

Doctoral 230

Professional 19

Total: 1,916

Presiding Officer: Interim President and Provost Joseph Alutto

Welcoming Remarks: Richard A. Hollingsworth, interim vice president for Student Affairs

Commencement Speaker: Michael F. Curtin, vice chair and COO of The Dispatch Printing Co. and associate publisher of The Columbus Dispatch

Honorary Degrees: Ohio State awarded honorary degrees to David J. Gross, the Frederick W. Gluck Professor of Theoretical Physics and director of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California-Santa Barbara; and Orlando L. Taylor, vice provost for research, dean of the Graduate School, and professor of communications at Howard University.

Distinguished Service Award: Distinguished Service Awards were presented to Ted A. Beattie, president and CEO of the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago; and Judith E. Tuckerman, a leader in the Columbus philanthropic community.

Invocation: Chaplain George F. Gibbs, University Hospitals Pastoral Care

National Anthem and Carmen Ohio: Samantha R. Mowery, doctoral student in the School of Music

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