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Autumn Commencement 2006

Ohio State University Commencement

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Facts on Autumn Commencement 2006

The Ohio State University
Sunday, December 10, 2006
1 p.m., St. John Arena

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Associate: 47
Bachelor's: 1,542
Certificates: 2
Doctoral: 156
Master's: 340
Professional: 11
Total: 2,098

PRESIDING OFFICER:
President Karen A. Holbrook

WELCOMING REMARKS:
Richard A. Hollingsworth, vice president for Student Affairs

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER:
Roy R. Romer, former three-term governor of Colorado and recently retired superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District

HONORARY DEGREES:
Honorary doctorates were presented to T.R. Lakshmanan, professor of geography and environment at Boston University and 1965 graduate of Ohio State; Douglas D. Osheroff, professor of physics at Stanford University and a co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Physics; Roy R. Romer, former three-term governor of Colorado; and Pedro A. Sanchez of the Earth Institute of Columbia University.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD:
Distinguished Service Awards were presented to Vera J. Blaine, professor and chair emerita of The Ohio State University Department of Dance; and Edward J. Ray, president of Oregon State University and former executive vice president and provost at Ohio State.

INVOCATION:
Chaplain Everett Sherman, University Hospitals Pastoral Care

NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO:
Elizabeth Neer, Class of 2006