· MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY * * * * * TUESDAY, DECEMBER FOURTH NINETEEN FIFTY -SIX '\ UNIVERSITY AUDITORIUM ALMA MA TER M.S . U . we love thy shadows When .twilight silence falls, Flushing dee p and softly paling O'er ivy covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true , Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M. S. U. II When from these scenes we wander And twilight shadows fade, Our mem'ry still will linger Where light and shadows played . In the evening oft w",'ll gather And pledge our faith anew, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M. S. U. ORDER OF CEREMONIES Tuesday, December 4, 1956, 8:00 P . M. AUDITORIUM PROCESSIONAL - "Processional" . . . . . . . Marcelli Michigan State University Band Professor Leonard Falcone, Director Smith "AMERICA" INVOCATION ADDRESS Michigan State University Band The Reverend C . Brandt Tefft People's Church East Lansing, Michigan L . Dale Faunce, B . S., M. A., D. Ed. Vice President , Western Michigan College CONFERRING OF DEGREES Vice President Thomas Hale Hamilton WELCOME TO ALUMNI Starr H. Keesler Director of Alumni Relations ALMA MATER BENEDICTION Michigan State University Band Traynor The Reverend C. Brandt Tefft RECESSIONAL - "Wa r March of the Priests" . . . . . . . . . . Mendelsso hn Michiga n State University Band ********** The audience is requested to remain seated while those in the procession are entering and leaving the auditorium . The escorts for the procession are members of the Mortar Board, honorary society for senior women. College of AGRICULTURE The candidates will be presented by DEAN THOMAS K. COWDEN DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Lawrence William Banning Residential Building; Haslett James Curtis Beachum Residential Building ; East Lansing Alan Frederic Be rger Animal Husbandry; Grosse Pointe Nelson Eugene Bogue Landscape Architecture; Geneva, Ohio Arthur Jerome Bott Packaging Technology; Grand Rapids James Albert Brown Dairy Production; Pontiac Raymond John Brzezniak Packaging Technology; Bay City James William Clark Residential Building; East Lansi ng Allan Gay Dalgleish Packaging Technology; Buffalo, New York Robert Edward Dean Forestry; Waterford *Henry Engen Urban Planning; Detroit Clyde Ewing Fisheries and Wildlife; Cadillac John Wendell Foltz, Jr . Agriculture E c onomics; Lansing Joseph Bart Grammatico Residential Building; Ann Arbor Eugene William Hansmann Park Management; Whiting, Indiana Friedrich Johann Henningsen Dairy Production; Jackson John Paul Hynes III Forestry; Detroit George Edward Jenison Lbr . & Bldg. Mat '1 Merch .; Herkimer , New York "'With honor Rennold Lodge Klawson Packaging Te chnology; Belleville Helmuth L oui s Kohlndorfer Packaging Te c hnology; Detroit William McIlhenny Lott Horticulture; York Springs, Pennsylvania *George Randall McVey Ornamental Horticulture; Superior, Wis consin Wesley Eugene Meador Food Technology; Jackson Howard Burdette Middlewood, Jr. Industrial Forestry ; Livonia Roger Wayne Nelson Residential Building; Charlotte Walter M. Norris, Jr . Residential Building; Toledo, Ohio *Frederick Wadhams Roberts Floriculture Production; Antrim, New Hampshire Donald Ralph Samuelson Residential Building; Traverse City Herbert Vincent Schroeder Dairy Production ; Huntingion, New York Donald Joseph Sewell Packaging Technology; Gaylord Richard George Sherman Packaging Technology; Walled Lake Richard Skillen, Jr. Agricultural Economics ; Lakewood , Ohio Nancy Robson Smith Dairy Production; Flint Stanton George Thomas Wood Processing and Technology; Ravenna, Ohio George Michael VanLoozen Animal Husbandry; Dearborn Robert John Weber Packaging Technology; Fowler COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (Continued) DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE *Clifford Major Wetmore Park Management; Stow, Ohio Thomas Alden Wiegel Animal Husbandry; Springfield, Ohio *Norman Wiley Agricultural Economics; Lapeer DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE RE COMMENDED JOINTLY WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION *Charles Stuart Thrush Agricultural Education; Shepherd Austin Benson E zzell Agricultural Economics; Auburn, Alabama Neal Lloyd First Animal Husbandry; Ionia Raymond W . Gieseman Agricultural Economics; Williamstown, Kansas Allen Kay Gillette Agricultural Engineering; Edwardsburg Donald George Gillette Agricultural Economics; Hudsonville Alfred Richard Grzenda Fisheries and Wildlife; Baldwin, New York Julin Watkins Hanan Floriculture; Columbia, Missouri Hans Hoffgard Haugard Agricultural Extension; Ilion, New York Scott Logan Hedden Agricultural Engineering; Toledo, Ohio Donald Robert Johnson Agricultural Extension; Dexter William Eugene Morrison Agricultural Education; Elk Rapids Carl Henry Pohjola Agricultural Education ; Ironwood DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE Kuldeep Singh Ahluwalia Horticulture; Ajmer, India Gaylord Ray Alexander Fisheries and Wildlife; Lansing Kuldip Singh Bains Farm Crops; Manak Dheri, India Donald Frederick Bartz Horticu lture; Stevensvi lle Duncan Grant Birdsell Ornamental Horticulture ; Beloit, Wisconsin Hermann Bonasch Animal H usbandry; Haddon Heights , New Jersey Arthur Lloyd Carpenter Resourse Development; Wayne Robert Lee Cross Forestry; Chassell William Mack Crosswhite Agricultural Economic s ; Mountain City, Tennessee Anandarao pandurangrao Deshmukh Agricultural Engineering; Bombay, India *With honor 4 C OLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (Continued) DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE John Francis Kelly Horticulture; Chicago, illinois Philip Saba Khouri Soil Science; Shakka-Lebanon Richard Casper Lott Agricultural Extension; Holt John Yaotung Lu Agricultural Economics; Taipei, Formosa Richard S . Nuttall Horticulture ; Port Huron Syed Mohamed Siddiq Quadri Agricultural Engineering; Hyderabad De ccan . , India Leon Franklin Sanderson Agricultural Engineering; Vestaburg K . N. Satyapal Soil. Science; Bombay, India Harold Schick Park Management ; Okemos Glendon William Smalley, Sr. Forestry; Bridgeton, New Jersey Keith C. Sowerby Agricultural Extension; Sandusky Robert Arnold Sundell Fisheries and Wildlife ; Frewsburg, New York David Denis Sutton Animal Husbandry; Fowlerville Jaw Kai Wang Agricultural Engineering; Kowloon, Hongkong, China Shoko Yamasato Agricultural Economics; Hane cki, Okinawa, RyUkyus 5 College of ENGINEERING The candiates will be presented by DEAN JOHN D. RYDER , DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Glenn Dion Brancheau Mechanical Engineering; Orchard Lake Allen Richard Buchanan Civil Engineering; Detroit Bernard James Carey, Jr. Civil Engineering; Jackson Arthur Charles Duvall Mechanical Engineering; Erie Owen Kenneth Falor Electrical Engineering; Bay City Charles Frederick Featherly Civil Engineering; Hamburg Ralph Gram Civil Engineering; Lansing Donald Allen Griffin Chemical Engineering; Downers Grove, illinois Ronald Wayne Griffin Chemi cal Engineering; Downers Grove, illinois Warren Alfred Hagyard Mechanical Engineering ; Pontiac Richard Leon Herrick Mechanical Engineering ; Lapeer Richard Keith Holmquist Civil Engineering; Cadillac Hoyt Paul Jones Civil Engineering; Trenton Edwin Tetsuo Kaneko Civil Engineering; Kana, Hawaii *Karl Kenneth Kerns Mechani cal Engineering ; Michigan Center John Gordon King Mechanic al Engineering; Ironwood Robert Craig Knabe Mechanical Engineering; Grand Rapids Robert Luke Kopf Mechanical Engineering ; Franklin *With honor Fredrick Bertrand Krieger Metallurgical Engineering; Niles Bernard Stephen Kuchek Mechanical Engineering ; Midland Edward H . Lahnala Mechanical Engineering; Pelkie Richard John Lamb Mechanical Engineering; Grosse Pointe Jack Carlton Lane Mechanical Engineering; Jackson Jack Ronald Larson Civil Enginee r ing ; Saginaw Robert Micheal Litschewski Civil Engine ering; Lowell Lowell K. McLarty Mechanical Engineering; Alpena George William Moody Civil Engineering; Lansing Charles Oran Morgan Civil Engineering; Bellevue *Richard Dennis Morgan Civil Enginee ring; Clawson John Joseph Mullen Civil Engineering; Jackson Harlow Walter Nelson Mechanic al Engineering; Traverse City Arthur Henning Nielsen Mechanical Engineering; Greenville Armando Louis Odorico Mechanical Engineering ; Inkster Clare Ward Parker Mechanical Engineering; Flint Donald Lee Peterson Mechanical Engineering ; Wellston Donald Lee Rhynard Chemical Engineering; Eaton Rapids 6 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (Continued) DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Edwin Arthur Robertson Mechanical Engineering; Walled Lake Max Allan Robinette Electrical Engineering; Grand Rapids tRonald Wesly Roe Mechanical Engineering; Fulton Franklin William Roenicke Chemical Engineering; Saginaw James Hannah Saum Civil Engineering; Batavia, nlinois DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE Chang Moon Bek Civil Engineering; Chinhae, Korea Donald Frederick Eary Mechanical Engineering; Flint Fred E. Freiheit Mechanical Engineering; Potterville Robert William Metzger Mechanical Engineering; Flint Kenneth Arthur Schluchter. Jr. Mechanical Engineering; Pontiac *Robert LaVere Stocking Mechanical Engineering; Fremont Elmer Linton Valkenaar Electrical Engineering; Morton Grove, Illinois Howard Dunlap Wilson Agricultural Engineering; Lake Orion B. Naga Raju Sanitary Engineering; Bangalore, India Rodney David Wood Chemical Engineering; Charlotte John Basil Zondorak Sanitary Engineering; Yonkers, New York *With honor tWith high honor 7 College of HOME ECONOMICS The candidates will be presented by DEAN THELMA E . PORTER , DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE *Jean Ellen Barron Foods; Detroit Carol Jean Beyersdorf R etailing; Hemlock Nadine Ruth Doehr General Related Arts; Kingsford Rose Ella Menter Karen Aagaard Rasmussen Home Furnishings; Lansing ':'Tamara Sedlar R etailing ; Al vordton, Ohio Barbara Ann Turner Res earc h in Foods & Nutrition; Selfridge Field Ca t herine Joan VanHaften Institution Administration; General Clothing & Textile s; St. Louis Mary Jean Padjen R etailing; Ontonagan Kalamazoo DEGREE OF BACHE-LOR OF SCIENCE RECOMMENDED JOINTLY WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Kathleen Ann B e uerle Sue Helen 1. Hatch Child Development & Teachi ng; Retailing; Farmington :~O rrien e First Denslow Waukegan, Illinois Patsy Linderoth Nuttall Child Development & Teaching; Horne Economics Teaching; Rosebush Julia Mary Fostini Daggett ':' Jayne Wright Randall Home Economics Teaching; General Home Economics; Grand Rapids Katherille Amelia Grieve Home Economics Teaching; How ell Rhoda Jean Kelly Home Economics Extension; Okemos DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE Grand Rapids Muriel Janet Summers Home Economics Teaching; Lansing Evadne Chitrangani Ameresekere Nutrition; Nawalapitiya, Ceylon Ruth Watkins DeVoe Foods & Nutrition; Manchester , Okl,ahoma " With honor 8 College of VETERINARY MEDICINE The candidate~ will be presented by DEAN CHESTER F. CLARK DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Marjorie G. Rundell Medical Technology; Niagara Falls, New York Carmencita Mildred Sturgis Medical Technology; Atlanta DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE * Mary Elizabeth Smith Veterinary Medicine; Presque Isle, Maine Mark Phinney Rines Surgery and Medicine; Gorham, Maine Madheshwar Dhari Sinha Surgery and Medicine; Patna, Bihar, India College of SCIENCE AND ARTS The candidates will be presented by DEAN MILTON E. MUELDER DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Forrest Marshall Byers ,/ Psychology; St. Clair pack Gordon Cairl History; Lakeview Sue Ann Conrad """ Psychology; Grosse Pointe Clarence Cook ....... Psychology; Chicago, Illinois James William DeCou Social Science Divisional; Kalamazoo Kenneth Norman DeYoung v Psychology; Sparta Ri chard Boulton Dickenson Geography; Los Angeles; California Palmira A nna Maria Dolza Spanish; Fenton * With honor t With high honor 9 * Edward Francis Ducey, Jr. SociaL Science Divisional; Grand Rapids R. Don Eberhardt Social Science Divisional; Flint Carl William Ericke Psychology; Detroit Keith Belden Fletcher Philosophy; Lansing Robert William Hall Social Science Divisional; Tecumseh Tamara E. Harrod' Art; Grand Ledge H. Ronald Kaufman History; Des Plaines, Illinois Charles Laven Art; Detroit COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ARTS (Continued) DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Jam·es Frederick McMichael V' Robert Lowayne Ramsey ....... Psychology; Greenville Thomas Patrick Mitchell Social Science Divisional; Grand Rapids Brian Donlea Moore History; Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts Harry Edward Murphy Social Science Divisional; Troy, New York Arthur Nee! Social Science Divisional; Grosse Pointe William Patterson Social Science Divisional ; Richmond Nancy Jill Phares V Psychology; Battle Creek Psychology; Howell Barbara S. Runestad English ; Detroit Irma Louise Sjo Social Science Divisional; Junction City, Kansas *Richard Ross Sutherland Art; Detroit James Parker Thomson Social Science Divisional ; East Lansil1g Delbert Clare Willoughby, Jr. Social Science Divisional; Owosso Donald Wayne Wolfe History; Sault Ste. Marie DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS RECOMMENDED JOINTLY WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION *Doris Ada Cook Spanish; PawPaw Enid Beth Alexander Becker Art; Perry Lois Brown Cairl English; Grand Rapids Wayne La Verne Getty Social Science Divisional; Bay City Dorothy Mae Goad English; Lansing Beverly Louise Grenda Social Science Divisional; Bay City Marilyn Ann Hollis Art; Owosso Arthur Jay Laing, Jr. English; Highland Park Shirley Darvishian McKee Art; Berkley Bonnie Lou Burgess Prouty Art; Adrian Jean Gretchen Schade Art; Grosse Pointe Victor Hugh Sis ung Social Science Divisional; , Lansing tPatricia O'Tool Smith Art; Bay City Margaret Mae Sullivan Sociology and Anthropology; Ferndale Ruth Ella Thompson Social Science Divisional; Frankfort tVerne Nicholas Vackaro History; Pontiac David B . Van D ommelen Art; Lansing tJames Emery Wresinski Social Science Divisional ; Manistee Bruce Frank Werth History; Hollywood, Florida Gene Allan Wilson Social Science Divisional; Midland *With honor tWith high honor 10 COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ARTS (Continued) DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Robert John Brigham Geology; Union City Francis James Cameron Geology; Newberry James Robert Cestkowslti Geology; Watersmeet James Joseph Drake Zoology; Detroit Richard Nicholause Ewasek Biological Science Divisional ; Detroit George Wesley Gaiser Physical Science Divisional; Cleveland, Ohio Michael Peter Graff Seymour Albert Maisey Entomology; Brooklyn, New York Norman Wayne Melvin Geology; Barre, Vermont John Edward Nicolay Mathematics; Detroit John Kojun Oshiro Mathematics; Wahiawa, Hawaii Roberta Ann Purdon Biological Science Divisional; Mt. Clem·ens Richard Ralph Riker Chemistry; Lansing Edward A lexander Schiller Microbiology and Public Health; Geology; Brooklyn, New York Joseph Bernard Gratzer Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada George Michael Smith Physical Science Divisional; Physics; Grosse Pointe Robert Paul Jackson Geology; Straffordville, Ontario, Canada Nancy Mabeth Kromis Biological Science Divisional; Ferndale Virginia Ann Kueny M"thematics; North MusJ