, I COMMENCEMENT 1997 SPRJ NG SEMESTE R MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT SPRING 1997 Friday, May 2 Friday, May 2 Friday, May 2 Friday, May 2 Friday, May 2 Friday, May 2 Friday, May 2 Saturday, May 3 Saturday, May 3 Saturday, May 3 Saturday, May 3 Saturday, May 3 Saturday, May 3 Saturday, May 3 Saturday, May 3 Saturday, May 10 9:30 a.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Wharton Center Wharton Center Breslin Center Auditorium Breslin Center Wharton Center Breslin Center Auditorium Breslin Center Wharton Center Auditorium Breslin Center Wharton Center Auditorium Breslin Center Wharton Center Nursing Osteopathic Medicine Student Convocation Arts and Letters Communication Arts and Sciences Veterinary Medicine Advanced Degree Natural Science Social Science Education Human Ecology Business James Madison Engineering Agriculture and Natural Resources Human Medicine BOARD OF TRUSTEES MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY The Honorable DOLORES M. COOK, Chairperson .............. .. .............................................. .................... Greenville The Honorable JOHN D. SHINGLETON, Vice Chairperson ........ ........................................................ East Lansing The Honorable JOEL FERGUSON .. ......................... ................................................................. .................. .. Lansing The Honorable DOROTHY GONZALES ....... .... ................... .. ................................................. ............. . East Lansing The Honorable COLLEEN MCNAMARA ......................... .... ....... ........................................... ....... ............... Lansing The Honorable DONALD W. NUGENT ................. ............................................... ........ ...................... ........ Frankfort The Honorable BOB TRAXLER ...... ... .............. ..... ................... .... ........... .. ...... ...... ......................... .. ........ ... . Bay City The Honorable ROBERT E. WEISS ...... ........ ............ ...................... .... ............ .................... .. ...... .... ....... Grand Blanc PETER MCPHERSON, Ex Officio, President ............................................................................... .. ....... East Lansing LOU ANNA KIMSEY SIMON, Provost .. .. .. .......................................................................................... East Lansing NANCY H. POGEL, Secretary .... .. .................. .. ... ................. ......... ................ .... .. .. ...................... .................. Okemos THE COMMENCEMENT COMMITTEE BARBARA C. STEIDLE, Chairperson NANETTE ALTON HARRY CARSWELL ULREH MOSTOSKY LINDA LOU SMITH GERARD M. CRAWLEY SCOTT VAUGHN DAVID HAMELL, Student Representative BETSY WHITE PRECIOS JOHNSON, Student Representative EILEEN WILSON TED MINNICK On the cover is Beaumont Memorial Tower, constructed in 1928, a gift of John W. Beaumont, class of 1882. Restoration of the tower, carillon, and clock was completed in 1996, reviving the bells which had been silent since 1987. Beaumont Tower once again is a functioning symbol of the beauty and strength of Michigan State University. DIPLOMAS WILL BE MAILED TO DEGREE RECIPIENTS APPROXIMATELY ONE MONTH AFfER THE END OF THE SEMESTER. MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity institution. Michigan State University, one of the nation's leading land-grant universities, was founded in 1855 as the fIrst agricul tural college with only six faculty members and three buildings to provide youths with an education in farming. Now, 140 years later, MSU continues to strive for excellence in providing a di verse student body with a broad and rich combination of liberal and practical education. Today, the East Lansing campus looks quite different than it did in 1855. More than 5,200 acres of land encompass more than 400 buildings, and more than 3,000 faculty and staff are engaged in teaching, research and public service. More than 40,000 students - attend the University' s main campus. 85 percent from Michigan - Our student body represents every county in the state, every state in the nation, and 107 foreign nations. Minority stu dents comprise more than 14 percent of the campus population, and our campus includes the largest number of African Ameri can students among all Big Ten schools. Michigan State University' s commitment to diversity and multiculturalism in its student body, faculty, staff, curricu lum and outreach programs is exemplifIed through world-wide services in numerous research, extension, and international pro grams. More than a century after its agricultural beginnings, Michigan State has a Graduate School and 14 colleges: Agricul ture and Natural Resources, Arts and Letters, the Broad College of Business, Communication Arts and Sciences, Education, En gineering, Human Ecology, Human Medicine, James Madison, Natural Science, Nursing, Osteopathic Medicine, Social Science and Veterinary Medicine. Today, three colleges represent the central academic dis ciplines which most universities refer to as the liberal arts and sciences: Arts and Letters, Natural Science, and Social Science. These colleges also provide outstanding undergraduate and gradu ate degree programs with majors in traditional disciplines while also providing special programs that enable students to obtain a broad, multidisciplinary education. The College of Education collaborates with the colleges to help prepare students to become teachers in the secondary schools of Michigan as well the nation. Our residence hall system is designed to complement and en hance the learning experiences of our students. The Honors College, which attracts fme young scholars nationwide, enables students to waive standard graduation require ments and undertake enriched academic programs. MSU has pro duced 13 Rhodes Scholars, six Marshall Scholarship winners, and 11 Churchill Scholarship recipients. These British scholarships are among the most distinguished and prestigious academic award that an American student can receive. Multimillion dollar, sponsor-funded programs support a wide array of outstanding research activities at MSU. Major facilities include the Pesticide Research Laboratory, operated with the U.S. Department of Energy as a national plant biology cen ter; and the MSUIW.K. Kellogg Biological Station, which has been designated as a National Research Preserve. In collabora tion with both the National Science Foundation and the U.S. De partment of Energy, the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at MSU is able to study the nuclei of the heaviest elements. The public signifIcantly benefIts from the University through University Outreach, MSU Extension Service, and the Agricultural Experiment Station which provides technical infor mation and course work for many Michigan citizens. The Kellogg Center, one of the fmestnationwide, annually hosts some 30,000 adults who come to the campus for approximately 600 confer ences and other educational meetings. Service to the international community is equally im portant. Supported by grants from the federal government and private foundations, MSU sustains educational and research as sistance projects internationally. These projects have given many faculty members overseas experience and have added new di mensions to their teaching. Michigan State University is a member of the Associa tion of American Universities, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, American Council on Education, American Council of Learned Societies, International Association of Universities, Association of Graduate Schools, Council of Graduate Schools, and the Committee on Institutional Cooperation. 2 3 ACADEMIC COSTUME In 1895, the Intercollegiate Commission, a group oflead ing American educators, introduced an academic costume code which by design of gowns and hoods would indicate the various degrees, and which by colors would identify the various facul ties. orange and white for the University of Texas; blue and gold for UCLA). If the institution has more than one color, the chevron is used to introduce the second color. Colored velvet or velveteen binds the hoods and indicates the department of faculty to which the degree pertains. Three types of gowns are indicted by the code. Those worn by the bachelors have long, pointed sleeves. Those worn by masters have long, closed sleeves with the arc of a circle near the bottom. Doctor's gowns are faced with velvet. The sleeves are full, round, and open with three bars of velvet on each sleeve. The velvet facing of the bars on the sleeves may be black or the same color as the binding of the hood. The color of the velvet of the hood is distinctive of the subject to which the degree pertains. For example, the trimming for the degree of Master of Science in Agriculture should be maize, representing agriculture, rather than golden yellow, representing science. Generally, the code for the velvet of the hood is the same as listed below for tassels. At Michigan State University, it is customary to iden Hoods are made of material identical with the gown and are lined in the official academic color of the institution conferring the degree (e.g., green and white for MSU; burnt tify the candidates graduating from the different departments of study by tassels of the official department color as established by the Intercollegiate Code. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES ..................... Maize Forestry, Packaging ...................................... Russet COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS ................................................ White Fine Arts ...................................................... . Brown Music ................................................. .............. Pink Philosophy ............................................. Dark Blue THE ELI BROAD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ............................... Drab Economics ................................................... Copper COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ARTS AND SCIENCES ..................... .Peacock Blue Journalism ................................................. Crimson Speech ........... ......... ............ ......... ....... .. Silver Gray COLLEGE OF EDUCATION .................. Light Blue COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ................... Orange COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY ........................................... Maroon COLLEGE OF HUMAN MEDICINE .. ..... ....................................... Green JAMES MADISON COLLEGE .............................. Citron COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCE ................................ Golden Yellow COLLEGE OF NURSING ..................................... Apricot COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE .................................. Green COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ... .......... ........... Citron COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE ... .... .... ...... .......... Dark Gray HONORARY DEGREE FAY AJZENBERG-SELOVE Your prodigious contribution to nuclear spectroscopy has proven indispensable to the field of nuclear physics. Your distinguished career as a teacher and professor of physics has been instrumental in the development of many physicists in the field today. And your courage as a pio neering female nuclear physicist brought about historic changes in the academic environment for all succeeding female physicists. An engineering graduate from the University of Michigan, you earned your doctorate in physics from the University of Wisconsin in 1952. As a lecturer at Smith College and a Research Fellow at the California Institute of Technology, you began what turned out to be your most singular contribution to nuclear physics, a forty (40) year series of papers on the experimental properties oflight nu clei entitled, "Energy Levels of Light Nuclei." After four years at Boston University, you joined the faculty at Haverford College, where you distinguished yourself as an outstanding teacher; your devotion to your students remains legendary. In 1971 you organized the first session of an American Physical Society meeting to deal with women in physics, marking the beginning of the women's movement in the Society, and eventually became a founding member of its Committee on Women in Physics. In 1973, after serving as a Research Professor ofPhys ics for three years, you were the second woman appointed as professor in the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Science. Your distinguished services as a physi cist included founding the Nuclear Physics Division ofthe American Physical Society. You were instrumental in es tablishing the Department ofEnergyINationa1 Science Foun dation - Nuclear Science Advisory Committee. You have served in various capacities with the American Associa tion of Physics Teachers; the American Institute of Phys ics; the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics; and the National Academy of Sciences. In 1994 you chronicled your remarkable journey in your autobiography "A Matter of Choices: Memoirs of a Female Physicist,': an outstanding and moving account of your life as a physicist, teacher and woman. Because of your singular accomplishments as a physi cist, your excellence as a teacher, and your contributions to the profession and your colleagues, Michigan State Uni versity is privileged to present you with an Honorary Doc tor of Science Degree. HONORARY DEGREE ANNE E. BROOKS Your distinguished career as a family practitioner and community activist in Tutwiler, Mississippi, one of the poorest areas in the United States, has had a significant impact throughout our nation in promoting the concept that quality healthcare is a right, not a privilege. After founding the st. Petersburg Free Clinic and serving as its director until 1977, you came to Michigan State's College of Osteopathic Medicine where you earned your D.O. in 1982. A year later, along with three other Sisters of the Holy Names, you opened a comprehensive ambulatory health care medical clinic in Tutwiler, Missis sippi. Dedicated to providing quality health care to the under-served, the clinic welcomes all patients, regardless of their ability to pay, and now serves an average of 800 patients per month, 46% of whom have no means of pay ing for their care. In 1986 you and your colleagues ex panded the clinic to include professional counseling ser vices and numerous outreach programs, including literacy and parenting classes, a thrift store, summer programs for children, teen parenting and pregnancy prevention. As a leader and advocate in the healthcare and medi- cal professions, you have testified before state commissions and governmental agencies, as well as the United States House of Representatives. Your many scholarly papers and presentations have been widely received and held in high regard. You have received national recognition on "60 Minutes," "Good Morning America," and "Hour Maga zine," and in such magazines as American Health, Ladies Home Journal, and USA Today. Your numerous awards and honors have included the Sertoma Award for Service to Mankind; the MSU Alumni Service Award; the American Osteopathic Association Humanitarian Award; the Caring Award and induction into the Hall of Fame of Caring Americans in the Frederic Douglass Museum; and most recently the Fellowship of Reconciliation, "Martin Luther King" Award. In acknowledging your distinguished and meritori ous public service on the local, state, regional and national levels to the osteopathic profession, to healthcare in gen eral, to religion, to government, and to civil society, I am privileged to award you the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Michigan State University. 4 5 HONORARY DEGREE WILLIAM H. GRAY III HONORARY DEGREE JAY VAN ANDEL Your sustained philanthropic support of education, research and humanitarian interests has had significant impact on many social structures and organizations. Your civic involvement and focus on improving the human con dition has enriched not only your own community, but the state of Michigan, the nation and the entire ~orld. From your beginnings in Grand Rapids, through your service as an Air Force Officer, and into your excep tional business achievements you maintained a strong be lief in working toward those things that benefit your fam ily, your neighbors, and your community. Your business accomplishments are well documented and exceptional. As Amway's presence reached around the world, so did your reputation. Your dedication to your family and hard work has been a source of inspiration for literally millions around the world. With the formation of the Van Andel Institute for Education and Medical Research, a charitable, non profit, independent and self-funded organization dedicated to supporting cutting edge research in medical technology, you continued your tradition of making enduring contribu tions to the public good. Your civic involvements have been notable. In 1992 President Bush appointed you to serve as United States Ambassador and Commissioner General to Genoa Expo '92 in Genoa, Italy. You also served as Chairman of the Board of the U .S. Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of Amway Environmental Foundation, Director of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, Director of the Jamestown Founda tion, Trustee of the Heritage Foundation, a member of the Advisory Council for American Private Education and a member of the USO World Board of Governors. You are a recipient of the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement, the United Na tions Environment Programme Achievement Award, the Patron Award from the Michigan Foundation for the Arts and the Edison Award of the American Marketing Asso ciation. In recognition of your past and present commit ment to improving the human condition through education and medical research, I am privileged to present to you the honorary degree of Doctor of Science from Michigan State University. Your public service to the human community as a religious and congressional leader and your outstanding leadership as President and CEO of the United Negro Col lege Fund has had an exceptional impact upon our national conscience in helping minority students gain greater ac cess to opportunities in higher education. After receiving your bachelor's degree from Franklin & Marshall College in 1963, you went on to earn a master's in divinity from Drew Theological Seminary and a master's in theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. In 1964 you entered the ministry, serving as pastor of Bright Hope Baptist Church in Philadelphia for more than 20 years. As professor of history and religion, first at St. Peter's Col lege, and eventually at Jersey City State College and Temple University, you distinguished yourself as an advocate of educational excellence. In 1978, you were elected to the U.S. Congress, rep resenting Philadelphia, where you served with distinction both as a public servant and staunch supporter of higher education. You became the highest ranking African Ameri can ever to serve in Congress and the first to hold positions of leadership in the House of Representatives, serving as Chairman of the Democratic Caucus and later as Majority Whip. While in Congress you co-sponsored the Black College Act, and were the first African American to chair the House Budget Committee. In 1991 you were named President and ChiefExecu tive Officer ofthe United Negro College Fund, where your experience and leadership help to support a consortium of forty-one (41) private, historically black colleges and uni versities and to strengthen national awareness about Afri can American higher education. For your commitment to educational excellence and caring for the human community, your sense of tolerance and brotherhood in overcoming prejudice of all kinds, and your untiring struggles for equal justice I am privileged to present you with the honorary degree of Doctor of Human i ties from Michigan State University. HONORARY DEGREE R. DRAYTON McLANE, JR. Your achievement in the food industry and particu larly your pioneering innovations in logistical systems and computer applications has elevated logistics into one ofthe prominent strategic business functions today. Your extraor dinary entrepreneurial talents and energy in wholesaling and distribution systems continue to have a world wide impact. After receiving your Bachelor's degree from Baylor University you came to Michigan State where you received an MBA in Food Systems, Economics and Management in 1959. You then returned to the family wholesale business in Temple, Texas, begun by your grandfather in 1894. By 1964, you were named its General Manager of Operations. From 1978 until 1993 you served as President and CEO of the McLane Company, transforming this small family busi ness into the largest distributor of grocery products and general merchandise targeted to convenience stores and a recognized leader in the specialized distribution industry. When most executives would have retired with such crowning achievements in business, you chose to build on your high level of credibility in the food industry by found ing McLane International, marketing food products around the globe with offices in Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom, and operations in Asia and the former Soviet Union. More recently you established a consulting busi ness, the M-Group, providing logistics software and whole saling and distribution expertise to world markets. And, during all this, you even found the energy to serve as owner of the Houston Astros Baseball Club. What separates you from other successful business leaders is your commitment to the well-being of your asso ciates and the welfare of your community. As one of your peers said of you: "I have never seen Drayton fail to give serious and generous consideration to his associates . . . (including) the men who drove his trucks and the people who selected merchandise from the racks in his warehouses . .. Drayton McLane is an outstanding example that hon esty, concern for others and hard work can bring great suc cess." In many ways you are an ideal role model for our students in this land grant university. You continue to re main open to the learning process which, combined with your vision and hard work, and strength of moral charac ter, has resulted in your outstanding success. For your vi sion and principled hard work, I am privileged to award you the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities from Michigan State University. 6 7 1997 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD CHARLES J. FISHER JR. Charles J. Fisher, Jr. received a B.S. degree in 1971 and an M.D. degree in 1973 from Michigan State Univer sity, specializing in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He currently serves as Head ofthe Section of Critical Care Medicine and Director of the Critical Care Research Unit for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Fisher is internationally known for his work in criti cal care and his research in sepsis, having authored more than 100 publications, including the leading text in critical care medicine. A reserve officer of the U.S. Army Special Opera tions Command, Dr. Fisher was called into active duty dur ing the conflict in the Balkans. From December 1995 until September 1996, he served as Command Surgeon for the NATO Implementation Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. He also served as Command Surgeon far Operation Rescue, responding to the crash that resulted in the death of Secre tary of Commerce Ron Brown, and Operation Assured Re- sponse, aimed at the liberation of the American Embassy in Liberia in April/May of 1996. An exemplary humanitarian, in 1974 he helped es tablish the Chico Free Clinic in Chico, California, for those unable to pay for medical care. While serving as the senior medical officer of a Joint Services Medical Task Force in Cote d'Ivoire, a third-world country, he and his colleagues vaccinated residents, supplied basic and consultative medi cal care, provided dental care, and gave basic health care training for Ivorian military personnel during a meningo coccal epidemic that ravaged the country. He also orga nized and led small teams into remote villages to provide health care which was otherwise unavailable. Dr. Fisher's awards include the Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award from the University of California, Davis Medical Center, the Robert Symon Award for High Alti tude Flight and Research, numerous athletic and flying records and awards, and the 1995 MSU Outstanding Alumni Award. 1997 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD JACKD. RUTHERFORD Jack D. Rutherford, a graduate ofthe Eli Broad Col lege of Business MBA program, retired in January of 1997 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ICM Indus tries, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois. He was co-founder of this private holding company which, over the years, ac quired thirteen tum-around manufacturing businesses with products focused in automotive and construction equipment industries. From 1991 to the present, Rutherford worked with ICMlKrebsoge of Livonia, Michigan. When ICM, North America's largest powder metal manufacturer, was sold to MAAG Holding of Zurich, Switzerland, he became man ager of the company's Livonia headquarters and North American operating plants. From March 1993 to Septem ber 1994, he was one of three partners hired by TATRA to lead this Czech manufacturer of off-road, heavy-duty trucks through its transition from a nationalized company into a profitable, publicly-held organization. He also started TCMI Management Company, a management consulting business. From 1978 to 1985 he held a number of key posi tions, including President and CEO of International Har vester Corporation, now Navistar International. From 1952 to 1978 he worked with Ford Motor Company as Assistant Operations Manager, Eastern Hemisphere, and as Plant Manager in Romeo, Illinois. Rutherford currently serves on numerous corporate boards, including Code Alarm, Inc. (Madison Heights, Michigan), ICMlKrebsoge (Livonia, Michigan) and The Gradall Company (New Philadelphia, Ohio). He is a mem ber ofthe Society of Automotive Engineers, and has served on a number of advisory boards including the University of Illinois (Chicago) College of Engineering Industrial Advi sory Board, MSU College of Business Alumni Association Board of Directors, and as a member of the Board of Trust ees for the Hinsdale United Methodist Church. He is a current member of the MSU Foundation Board, the MSU Benefactors, and a recipient of the Eli Broad College of Business Outstanding Alumni Award. 1997 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD PATRICIA GEOGHEGAN Patricia Geoghegan matriculated at Michigan State University as an undergraduate from New Jersey, and gradu ated with a major in history through the Honors College. She continued her education at Yale University, complet ing an M.A. in History in 1972 and J.D. in 1974. She was one of the first female partners at one of the nation's largest, oldest, and most distinguished law firms: Cravath, Swaine and Moore. A tax attorney specializing in equipment finance, she has handled domestic and cross border financing of aircraft, satellites, manufacturing plants, power plants, railcars, ships and fiber optic cable. Geoghegan is a member of the New York State Bar, the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Her bar activities have included membership on the Executive Committee of the Tax Section of the N.Y. State Bar Association and the Audit Committee of the As sociation of the Bar of the City of New Yark. She has also served on the Board of Advisors of the New York Institute on Federal Taxation. For several years, she was a Visiting Lecturer at Yale Law School, where she taught a seminar on Taxation of Partnerships. From 1992 until 1994 she was national chair of the Yale Law School Alumni Fund, and currently serves as chair of the Fund's Board of Directors. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the YWCA of the City of New York. During MSU 2000, she served on the Special Gifts Committee for the Tri-State Area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut). She is a member ofMSU'S Hannah Society, and currently serves as a member of the MSU College of Arts and Letters National Advisory Council. 1997 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD KUK-BoM SHIN Kuk-Bom Shin received a B.A. from the College of Liberal Arts, Y onsei University; an M.A. in Educational Administration from Seoul National University; and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from Michigan State University. From 1988 to 1996 he served as President of the Korea National University of Education (KNUE), where he is currently professor of education. He is President of the Korean Society for the Study of Educa tion; Chairman, Central Education Advisory Council! Ministry of Education; a member of the Board ofDirec tors of the Y onsei University Alumni Association; and a member of the Board of Trustees, Dae-San Rural Cultural Foundation. As President of the Korea National University of Education, he established academic exchange programs among many educational institutions, including King's College University of London, Beijing Normal Univer sity, and Moscow State Pedagogical University. Posi tions held before his term as University President include Senior Secretary for Education and Cultural Affairs, Office of the Presidential Secretariat; Director-General, Teacher's Affairs Bureau, Minister of Education; and Professor and Dean of Education, Hanyang University, Seoul. , Born continues to have an interactive relationship with Michigan State University. As the President of the MSU Alumni Association in Korea from 1987 to 1994, he initiated a million-dollar campaign for the develop ment of the Korean Studies Program ofMSU. He led the general assembly of the MSU Alumni Association in Korea, and has been host to both President McPherson and President DiBiaggio on their visits to Korea. He established an ongoing relationship between KNUE and MSU in 1991, and in 1993, arranged to have KNUE host MSU students. He continues to serve as an advisor to the MSU Alumni Club in Korea. Among special honors, he received the Great Medal of Youth from the President of the Korean Youth Corps, the Plaque of Recognition from the Korean National University President Association, the Medal of Meritorial Service from the Government of the Republic of Korea, and recognition from the Korean Minister of Education. 8 9 1997 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD HONORS JOHNR. WELSER John Welser received three degrees from Michigan State University: a B.S. in Veterinary Medicine in 1959, a D.V.M. in 1961 and an M.S. in Surgery and Medicine in 1962. He earned a fourth degree, a Ph.D. in Veterinary Anatomy, from Purdue University in 1966, and in 1969, while on the faculty of Purdue, reached the rank of associ ate professor. He joined the faculty of the University of Georgia in 1970, where he was later named Associate Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine. In 1975 he became the sixth dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at MSU. After eight years in that position, Welser joined The Upjohn Company as Vice President for Agricultural and Pharmaceutical Research. Today he serves Upjohn as Vice President for Animal Health Research and Biologics. Welser's exceptional career has profoundly affected the global practice of veterinary medicine. As an educator, he improved the teaching of clinical sciences, developing the problem-oriented medical record system which is now used worldwide. Follo'Ying the PBB crisis he was instru mental in establishing MSU's Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, the essential agency for early warning of ani- mal disease outbreaks in Michigan. He was the driving force behind the addition and renovation of the MSU Vet erinary Medical Center, completed in 1992, and now rec ognized as the most advanced and best-equipped veterinary facility for teaching and clinical service in the world. He has served in an advisory capacity to veterinary colleges at the University of Wisconsin, Cornell University, and North Carolina State University. Welser has served as a volunteer for many local, state, national and international agencies. He was on the Michi gan Governor's Task Force on Agriculture in 1988, and on the board of the Michigan Biotechnology Institute. In 1991 he was named a member of the Board of Agriculture, Na tional Academy of Science. He also served on the National Institute of Health Agricultural Research Council, and on the Commissioner Search Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Welser's awards include the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of American Veterinary Medi cal Colleges, the Outstanding Alumni Award from the Col lege of Veterinary Medicine, and the W.E. Upjohn Award. FOR 1996-97 MSU BACCALAUREATE GRADUATES Major National and International Scholarship and Fellowship Awards THEBARRYM. GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP KARL RICHARD PENNINGS THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AMy M. BARBER JOHN WESLEY PYHTILA ANGELA LINNELL PURCELL THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIP STEPHANIE E. PALMER THE FULBRIGHT GRANT FOR GRADUATE STUDY ABROAD ERIKA J. DIRKSE THE HOWARD HUGHES PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP DEBRAH MICHELE THOMPSON 1996-97 BOARD OF TRUSTEES ' AWARDS FALL BRIAN S. FEDEWA DANIEL J. HORNBAKER KEVIN J. JAMES AMy L YNNMALONE ANGELA M. SMITH PETER J. YANIK , SPRING STEPHEN G. BOROWSKI SUMA CHERUKURI ELISE L. LUBA WAY KARL R. PENNINGS ROBERTT. SPAGNUOLO MERRIN B. TRANTUM THE LOUIS SUDLER PRIZE IN THE ARTS JON RAJKOVICH LAURA SHILLITO KATHERINE VON TILL 10 11 ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES Presiding FRED L. POSTON, VICE PROVOST AND DEAN ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS Presiding JOHN W. EADIE, DEAN PROCESSIONAL The MSU Wind Symphony JOHN WHITWELL, Conductor PROCESSIONAL The MSU Symphony Band JOHN T. MADDEN, Conductor STAR SPANGLED BANNER ............................ ........................... .... .. .. .......................................... .. Key (The MSU Wind Symphony and Audience) STAR SPANGLED BANNER ............................................................................................. ..... ... .... .. Key (The MSU Symphony Band and Audience) STUDENT ADDRESS DANIEL J. BIHLMEYER Agribusiness Management CONFERRING OF DEGREES FRED L. POSTON, Vice Provost and Dean College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Michigan State University PRESENTATION OF GRADUATES ALMA MATER ..................................................................................................................................................... Traynor M.S.U., We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep 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. (The MSU Wind Symphony and Audience) RECESSIONAL The MSU Wind Symphony MOMENT OF SILENCE ADDRESS Roy D. PEA, Ph.D Director, Center for Learning in Technology, SRI International College of Arts and Letters Class of 1974 SPECIAL MUSIC The MSU Symophony Band JOHN T. MADDEN, Conductor CONFERRING OF DEGREES PROFESSOR JOHN W. EADIE Dean, College of Arts and Letters . Michigan State University ALMA MATER ...................................................................................................................................................... Traynor M.S.U., We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep 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. (The MSU Symphony Band and Audience) RECESSIONAL The MSU Symphony Band The audience is requested to remain seated while those in the processional are entering and leaving. 12 13 ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees THE ELI BROAD COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Presiding JAMESB.HENRY,DEAN PROCESSIONAL The MSU Wind Symphony JOHN WHITWELL, Conductor STAR SPANGLED BANNER ................................ ........ .......... ... .......... ..... .. ...... ........................ .. ..... Key The MSU Wind Symphony and Audience ADDRESS FREDERICK S. AnDY Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Retired) Amoco Corporation SPECIAL MUSIC Fantasy on MSU Songs ................................ ....................... ....... .................................. ......... ................ Curnow The MSU Wind Symphony """ ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ARTS AND SCIENCES Presiding JAMES D. SPANIOLO, DEAN PROCESSIONAL The MSU Wind Symphony JOHN WHITWELL, Conductor STAR SPANGLED BANNER ........................... ....................................................... ... ........... ........ ... Key (The MSU Wind Symphony and Audience) SENIOR CLASS ADDRESS JANICE C. MILLER Telecommunication SPECIAL MUSIC Fantasy on MSU Songs ........................... ..... .... ..... .. ........ ............. ..... .................................................... Curnow The MSU Wind Symphony CONFERRING OF DEGREES JAMES B. HENRY Dean, The Eli Broad College of Business Michigan State University PRESENTATION OF DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD Presentor: KA THLEEN SCHWARTZ Chairperson-Elect MSUAA National Board Recipient: JACK D. RUTHERFORD Chairman, CEO (Retired) International Consulting Management Chicago, Illinois STUDENT REMARKS TRACY OTWELL RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING GRADUATES Outstanding Senior Awards Peer Recognition Awards CONFERRING OF DEGREES JAMES D. SPANIOLO, J.D Dean, College of Communication Arts and Sciences, Michigan State University PRESENTATION OF DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS ANNE READETT Vice-President of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences Alumni Association Recipients: W. CLARK BUNTING MICHAEL BURGOON, Ph.D FELIPE KORZENNY, Ph.D DAWN RILEY JOHN STAFFORD SPECIAL RECOGNITION RECOGNITION OF GRADUATES ALMA MATER ........................................................................................................ ............................................ Traynor M.S.U., We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls Flushing deep and softly paling O'er ivy-covered halls. Beneath the pines we' ll gather To give OUI faith so true, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M.S.U. (The MSU Wind Symphony and Audience) ALMA MATER ...................... ................................................ ...... .. ....................................... ............................... Traynor M.S.U., We love thy shadows When twilight silence falls, Flushing deep 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. (The MSU Wind Symphony and Audience) RECESSIONAL The MSU Wind Symphony The audience is requested to remain seated while those in the processional are entering and leaving. After the recessional of the platform party students and guests may leave via any exit. 14 RECESSIONAL The MSU Wind Symphony The audience is requested to remain seated while those in the processional are entering and leaving. Sign language interpretation is provided by Ginger Martz and Jennifer Doerr. 15 ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Presiding CAROLE AMES, DEAN ORDER OF CEREMONIES Baccalaureate Degrees COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Presiding THEODORE A. BICKART, DEAN PROCESSIONAL tRtlCE