Autumn Commencement 2003
Facts on Autumn Commencement 2003
The Ohio State University
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003
2 p.m., St. John Arena
NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Associate 38
Doctoral 148
Bachelor’s 1,335
Professional 20
Master’s 397
Certificates ---
Total: 1,938
HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS: 3.99 by Tara Magusiak of Youngstown, B.S. in Bus. Admin; and Taralee Cyphers of Bellville, B.A. in English.
HONOR GRADUATES: As designated by their colleges, 19 will graduate summa cum laude, 77 magna cum laude, and 106 cum laude.
PRESIDING OFFICER: President Karen A. Holbrook
WELCOMING REMARKS: Richard A. Hollingsworth, associate vice president for Student Affairs.
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER:
M. Marnette Perry, senior vice president, The Kroger Company.
HONORARY DEGREES:
Honorary doctorates will be presented to Geradus ‘t Hooft, Nobel laureate and professor of physics at the University of Htrecht in The Netherlands; Nathaniel R. Jones, a retired judge
for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; and Mark B. Rucker, a baritone who has earned an international reputation as a performer in some of opera’s most challenging roles.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD:
Distinguished Service Awards will be presented to Norman M. Stanley, retired from The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) in Wooster; and Charles C.
Warner, a graduate and friend of the Moritz College of Law.
INVOCATION:
Chaplain Carmen Siebold, University Hospitals Pastoral Care.
NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO:
Chia-Wei Lee, College of the Arts, Class of 2003.
