FACTS ON WINTER COMMENCEMENT

The Ohio State University
Friday, March 20, 1998
9:30 a.m., St. John Arena

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES:
Associate          41			Doctoral           113
Bachelor’s      1,024			Professional         2
Master’s          300			Certificates         2
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Total:          1,482 

HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS:  3.98 
by Mary Carol Murphy of Granville, Ohio, B.S. in Business 
Administration.

HONOR GRADUATES:  As designated by their colleges, 34 will 
graduate summa cum laude, 39 magna cum laude, and 45 cum 
laude.

PRESIDING OFFICER:  Interim President Richard Sisson.

WELCOME REMARKS:  Richard A. Hollingsworth, special 
assistant to the president.

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER:  Bruce Bursten, Distinguished 
University Professor and professor of chemistry, The Ohio 
State University. 

HONORARY DEGREES:  Stanley Katz, Doctor of Laws; Gerhard 
Levy, Doctor of Science; and Marcel Marceau, Doctor of 
Humane Letters.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD:  John T. Eby, retired executive 
director of corporate strategy for Ford Motor Co.; and J. 
Gilbert Reese, senior partner of the law firm Reese, Pyle, 
Drake & Meyer.

INVOCATION:  Joan M. Maynard, chaplain, Pastoral Care, 
University Hospitals.
 
NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO:  Led by Loretta G. 
Robinson, assistant professor of music.