03-17-94 Commencement Facts

FACTS ON WINTER COMMENCEMENT

The Ohio State University
Friday, March 18, 1994
9:30 a.m., St. John Arena

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES:
Associate          48              Doctoral           117
Bachelor's      1,240              Professional         0
Master's          315              Certificates         0
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Total:          1,720   (About 1,400 expected to attend)

HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS: 4.0 by
Richelle Lynna Echelberger Strimple of Delaware, Ohio.  B.S. in
Human Ecology.

HONOR GRADUATES:  As designated by their colleges, 39 will
graduate summa cum laude, 34 magna cum laude, and 38 cum laude.

PRESIDING OFFICER:  President E. Gordon Gee.

WELCOME REMARKS:  Richard A. Hollingsworth, dean of student life.

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER:  Martha McMackin Garland, associate dean of
the College of Humanities.

HONORARY DEGREES: Virginia Hamilton of Yellow Springs, award-
winning author of children's literature, Doctor of Humane
Letters; Torsten N. Wiesel of New York, Nobel Prize-winning
neuroscientist and president of Rockefeller University, Doctor of
Science.

INVOCATION:  Larry VandeCreek, assistant director, pastoral care,
University Hospitals.

NATIONAL ANTHEM: Led by Douglas W. Bolin, graduate teaching
assistant, School of Music.


[Submitted by: REIDV  (reidv@ccgate.ucomm.ohio-state.edu)
               
Thu, 17 Mar 1994 09:56:47 -0500 (EST)]
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