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Summer Commencement 2004

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Facts on Summer Commencement 2004

The Ohio State University
Sunday, August 29, 2004
2 p.m., The Jerome Schottenstein Center

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Associate 39
Bachelor's 1,078
Master's 648
Doctoral 177
Professional 13

Total: 1,955

HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS:
3.98 by Kristen Granchi of Canton, B.S. in human ecology; and Kelly Sutherland of Akron, B.S. in business administration.

PRESIDING OFFICER: President Karen A. Holbrook.

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

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Lee Shulman, president, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

HONORARY DEGREES: Honorary doctorates will be presented to Ernest M. Henley, one of the most influential theoretical nuclear physicists in our time; and Howard M. Johnson, a three-time Ohio State graduate whose immunology research has played an important role in the use of interferon in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: Distinguished Service Awards will be presented to Clarence Cole, professor emeritus in veterinary pathobiology in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine; and Elaine H. Hairston, three-time Ohio State graduate and chancellor emerita of the Ohio Board of Regents.

INVOCATION: Chaplain Carmen Seibold, University Hospitals Pastoral Care.

NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO: Dr. Susan Olsen, Spring class of 2004.