FACTS ON SUMMER COMMENCEMENT
The Ohio State University
Thursday, September 2, 1999
9:30 a.m., St. John Arena

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES:
Associate -- 32
Doctoral -- 201
Bachelor’s -- 1,007
Professional -- 18
Master’s -- 646
Certificates -- 0
Total: 1,904

HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS: 3.98 by Marilyn Campbell of Mansfield, B.S. in Business Administration; and Colleen McCarthy of Canfield, B.A. in Communication.

HONOR GRADUATES: As designated by their colleges, 20 will graduate summa cum laude, 43 magna cum laude, and 42 cum laude.

PRESIDING OFFICER: President William E. Kirwan.

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

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: John F. Wolfe, Dispatch Printing Co. chairman and CEO and publisher of The Columbus Dispatch.

HONORARY DEGREES: John F. Wolfe, newspaper publisher; William V. Lumb, veterinarian; and William G. Ouchi, educator.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: Alberta Banner Turner, psychologist; and Frederic Beekman, director emeritus of Ohio State’s Department of University Recreation and Intramural Sports.

INVOCATION: Chaplain Alice Herman, University Hospitals Pastoral Care.

NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO: Led by Daphne Chiung-Tan Hsu, Class of 1999.