FACTS ON SPRING COMMENCEMENT
The Ohio State University
Friday, June 11, 1999
9:30 a.m., the Oval

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES:
Associate 79    Doctoral 158
Bachelor’s 3,547    Professional 685
Master’s 1,079    Certificates 3
   Total: 5,551

HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS: 4.00 by Thomas Lewis of Waverly, B.S. in Biological Sciences; Leonid Trostyanetsky of Reynoldsburg, B.S. in Math and Physical Sciences; Debra Merold of Kenton, B.S. in Social and Behavioral Sciences; Matthew Green of Cambridge, B.S. in Business Administration; and Kari Mount of Knoxville, Tenn., B.S. in Pharmacy.

HONOR GRADUATES: As designated by their colleges, 280 will graduate summa cum laude, 227 magna cum laude, and 229 cum laude.

PRESIDING OFFICER: President William E. Kirwan.

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

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Dumisa Ntsebeza (Doo ME suh Ent see BAY suh), a member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

HONORARY DEGREES: Elias Burstein, solid state physicist; Lawrence J. DeLucas, astronaut and first optometrist in space; and posthumously to David W. Longaberger, founder and chair of the Longaberger Co.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD:

Alex Shumate, managing partner of the Columbus office of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey; and Loann Crane, director of Crane Plastics Co., partner in the Winning Images arts consulting firm and president of Fairwood Investment Co.

INVOCATION: Robert L. Brummel, director of University Hospitals Pastoral Care.

NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO: Led by Allison McDaniel Grandey, Class of 1999.