.Jot Michigan State College WINTER COMMENCEMENT Monday · March Sixteenth· Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-Three in the College Auditorium at East Lansing ~ONDAY, MARCH 16, 1953, 8:00 .P. M. AUDITORIUM PROCESSIONAL--War March of the Priests Michigan State College Band Leonard Falcone, Director Mendelssohn AMERICA Michigan State College Band INVOCATION The Reverend Gordon M. Jones, Jr. Rector, All Saints Episcopal Church, East Lansing ADDRESS Dr. Paul V. Sangren President, Western Michigan College of Education CONFERRING OF DEGREES WELCOME TO ALUMNI Starr Keesler Director of Alumni Relations ALMA MATER Michigan State College Band BENEDICTION The Reverend Gordon M. Jones, Jr. RECESSIONAL Marche Noble Charles Bach The audience is requested to remain seated while those in the procession are entering. 2 SCHOOL OF Agriculture The candidates will be presented by ACTING DEAN CLIFFORD M. HARDIN DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Joseph Edward Andrews Agriculture Economics; Nashville Scobie Ian Arnott Animal Husbandry; Sydney, Australia Robert Joseph Auer Land and Water Conservation; Jackson *George Preble Bailey Agriculture Education; Eau Claire Arthur Paul Bergman Agriculture Economics; Pigeon *Richard Merrill Bird Dairy; Belleville Richard Thomas Bishop Animal Husbandry; Akron, Ohio William Bondarenko Landscape Architecture; Detroit Thomas Grady Brabson Agriculture Mechanics; Demorest, Georgia Lawrence Wallace Briggs Agriculture Education; Manton William Kenneth Brown Dairy; Tecumseh William Leonard Carr Agriculture Extension; Port Byron, New York James Weston Cochran Landscape Architecture; East LanSing Charles Alvin Franzman Landscape Architecture; Evansville, Indiana MHton Ganz Dairy; Detroit Richard Arthur Gebben Forestry; Detroit Thomas Francis Greeley, Jr. Land and Water Conservation; Queens Village, New York John Norris Grissim Landscape Architecture; Detroit Paul Erniel Herman Animal Husbandry; Marshall Arthur Keller Holden Animal Husbandry; Macon, Georgia *With honor tWith high honor 3 Ambrose Russell Holmes Landscape Architecture; Berrien Springs John Francis Kelly Horticulture; Chicago, illinois Harold T. Kurisu Landscape Architecture; Hakalau, Hawaii Leslie Arpad Mack Horticulture; Detroit Harvey Duane Marlowe Forestry; Grand Rapids Francis Kenneth McMullen Agriculture Education; Monroe Richard Clyde Mill Fisheries and Wildlife; Detroit Carl Petersen Miller, Jr. Horticulture; Riverside, illinois *Lloyd Alfred Mitterling Horticulture; Goshen, Indiana Ralph Ernest Morrow Agriculture Education; Petoskey Bernard Charles Nagelvoort Agriculture Economics; Owosso Walter Theodore Parker Fisheries and Wildlife; Royal Oak *Warren H. Phillips Soil Science; Yuma, Arizona Curtiss Alan Pollari Landscape Architecture; Ironwood John Eugene Skinner Fisheries and Wildlife; Royal Oak Franklin Harding Spinner Forest Products; Bay City John Woodward Sutton Forest Products; Flint Richard Melvin Temple Agriculture Economics; Dearborn Louis Coleman Thaxton Agriculture Education; Mt. Clemens Robert C . Tollas Agriculture Education; Baroda Wayne Burton Van Wylen Soil Science; Grand Rapids *Dale R. Waldo Dairy; Ea u Claire SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE (Continued) Robert Keene Wells Agriculture Economics; Union City *Charles Doric Wismer Animal Husbandry; Detroit Rodney Fulmer Young Forestry; Lansing Joseph F . Zuber Agriculture Mechanic s; East Lansing SCHOOL OF Business and Public Service The candidates will be presented by DEAN HERMAN J. WYNGARDEN DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Alfred Kingsley Abbott Journalism; Royal Oak James Richard Abercrombie Journalism; Kingsford Thomas James Acton Hotel, Restaurant and General Institutional Management; Monroe tMariellen Alford Journalism; Livonia Donald Frederick Baldwin Business; Orchard Lake Joan Carol Besse Business; Swampscott; Massachusetts Robert Edward Bickenbach Accounting; Lansing Julia Maher Bilkey Journalism; Ishpeming Merle Edward Blessington Hotel, Restaurant and General Institutional Management; Carroll, Iowa Delbert Joseph Branz Hotel, Restaurant and General Institutional Management; Kingsford Vincent Luke Brophy, Jr. Accounting; LaGrange, illinois Donald Peter Bunka Business ; Detroit William G. Byrne Economics; Holt John Paul Christensen Journalism; Chicago , illinois Charles William Cobb Business; Howell, William Michael Cohen Economics; West Branch Mervin D. Cornelius Accounting; Elkhart, Indiana *With honor tWith high honor 4 Howard H. Crenshaw Business; Flint Marvin Merle Crooks Business; Flat Rock Peter D. De Hamer Business; Grandville Andrew B. Dietrich Economics; Bronxville, New York John L. Dodge Business; Detroit James Harold Dyer Economics; Battle Creek Sinclair Lionel Edwards Business; Lansing George Edward English Business; Bad Axe Robert Weller Foster Business; East Lansing David Hugh Fox Hotel , Restaurant and General Institutional Management; Bangor, Maine *Margaret Gwendolyn Fuller Journalism; East Lansing Clifford Foster Galle Journalism; Lansing *Robert Lisle Groom Journalism; Flint Richard Trimble Hanley Business; Pittsfield, Massachusetts Earl George Harris Accounting; Owosso George William Hess Acc ounting; Flint Mona Lou Hoedl Journalism; Dearborn Lloyd Norman Hughes Public Administration; Tawas City SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE (Continued) Russell Erwin Humphrey Business; Big Rapids Joan Carole Jackson Business; Chicago, illinois Chris John Jennings Business; Lansing Frank James Karos Business; Detroit Richard John Kercher Business; Owosso Vernon Delhart Kershner Hotel, Restaurant and General Institutional Management; Boyne City *Marcus E. Key Economics; Detroit H. Robert Kull, Jr. Hotel, Restaurant and General Institutional Management; Royal Oak Edwin Roman Labuz Business; Detroit Mark Lambert Journalism; Detroit Bernard Lampear Business; Detroit Richard Gene Lang Business; Ann Arbor Everett Carl Larsen Business; Ann Arbor Evelyn Marie Lockwood Journalism; Canada, Kentucky Thomas William McAuliffe Business; Chicago, illinois Norman Earl McGlinnen Business; Detroit Ronald Michael McKinley Business; Glenview, illinois Lee Roy Middleton Business Education; Flint tNora Nielsen Miller Journalism; Hastings Richard Kent Miller Business; Grosse Pointe Robert Glenn Miller Hotel, Restaurant and General Institutional Management; Traverse City Sarkes Missakian Economics; Detroit David Jewett Morrill Business; Ann Arbor Eli Morrison Economics; Detroit Robert A. Nagle Business; Detroit Gene B. Parker Economics; Wabash, Indiana Robert William Percival. Economics; Detroit Carlyle Mervale Perry Food Distribution; Lansing Robert Edward Prodehl Journalism; Lansing Vernon Pugh Journalism; Fenton Joan Marie Roberts Business; Grand Rapids John Lloyd Rock III Hotel, Restaurant and General Institutional Management; Dearborn Carroll Edward Russell Business; Carson City James Aloysius Ruyle Business; Reed City Fred Howard Sayles Economics; Detroit Robert Gerhard Schumacher Economic s; Chicago, illinois Dayton Franklin Secor Business; Clio Martin James Sherman Economics; East Chicago, Indiana Donald Lynn Simmons Journalism; Belding Henry Spencer Smith Business; Oswego, illinois *Robert Spyer Business; White Plains, New York Roy Norman Tengelsen Food Distribution; Cleveland, Ohio Robert Kenneth Thompson Business; Detroit James Matthew Tierney Economics; Birmingham James Van Wagner Tufty Journalism; Alexandria, Virginia Leland Chapel Van Alstine Accounting; Byron John L. Van Dagens Journalism; Grosse Pointe Thomas Edmund Walsh Hotel, Restaurant and General Institutional Management; Springfield, Ohio Elihu Wesley Warner Business; Coldwater John Edward Wavrick Business; Detroit Michael · Bernard Yaros Economics; Muskegon *With honor tWith high honor 5 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE (Continued) DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Edward B . Balyo Physical Education, Health and Recreation; East Lansing Loren Silas Bates Police Administration; Lansing Kathryn Dana Eichhorn Police Administration; Lansing *John Donald Forbes Police Administration; Shiloh, Ohio Dean Homer Garner PhYSical Education, Health and Recreation; Jackson *Myra Lee Gilbert Police Administration; Detroit Ralph Alban Gill III Alfred William Maki Physical Education, Health and Recreation; Detroit Donald Francis McAuliffe Physical Education, Health and Recreation; Chicago, illinois Jack Dale Morgan Physical Education, Health and Recreation; Detroit *Ray Edward Null Physical Education, Health and Recreation; Lansing William Onisko Physical Education, Health and Recreation; Detroit Physical Education, Health and DeWitt Corey Parsons, Jr. Recreation; Tyrone, Pennsylvania Charles Francis Joblonski PhYSical Education, Health and Recreation; East Rochester, New Hampshire John Paul Keniston, Jr. Physical Education, Health and Recreation; Battle Creek Peter Knezevich Police Administration; Chicago, illinois Frank Joseph Kush Physical Education, Health and Recreation; Windber, Pennsylvania Physical Education, Health and Recreation; Battle Creek Frank Paul Pontello Physical Education, Health and Recreation; Detroit Joseph Nicholas Rivich Physical Education, Health and Recreation; East Chicago, Indiana Joseph James Robbins Police Administration; Lansing Marilyn Jane Ruf PhYSical Education, Health and Recreation; St. Charles Pauline Jeanne Russell Police Administration; Lapeer SCHOOL OF Edu,c,ation The candidates will be presented by ACTING DEAN CECIL V. MILLARD DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Dolores Gertrude Anschuetz Elementary; Detroit Charlotte Beverly Carter Elementary; Port Huron Neva Kathleen Case Elementary; Wa'tervliet *With honor tWith high honor 6 Katherine Adella Dearstyne Elementary; Staten Island, New York ' Arylie Ann Dietrich Elementary; Lansing *Marilyn Mae Griffin Elementary; Pontiac SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (Continued) Jane Harmon Elementary; Grosse Pointe Joe Henry Kilpatrick; Elementary; Traverse City Robert Eugene Lloyd Elementary; Port Huron Peggy Lou Mangleson Elementary; Muskegon Charlene Ann Meulman Elementary; Lansing Carolyn Ann Nordvall Elementary; Oak Park, illinois Ann Margaret Potts Elementary; Grand Rapids Joanne E. Quandt Elementary; Grosse Pointe Woods Laura Lou Raymond Elementary; Birmingham Jean Eloise Rowell Elementary; Bucyrus, Ohio Barbara Jane Sussex Elementary; Lansing Marilyn Aileen Wilkinson Elementary; Lansing S C H 0 0 L 0 F Engineering The candidates will be presented by DEAN LORIN G. MILLER DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE *Richard H. Adams * Akira Hashimoto Industrial Arts; Williamston Civil; Honolulu, Hawaii *John Allwood III Mechanical; Grand Rapids Harold Arthur Bahr Industrial Arts; Farmington Jeremiah Corwin Beal Mechanical; Palmyra, New York H. Behbehani Civil; Tehran, Iran Oral Delois Bellinger Industrial Arts; Kalkaska *Maurice Wayne Brandt Agricultural; Grand Rapids Axel Robert Carlson Agricultural; Lansing Duane Erwin Dent Mechanical; Midland Arthur Warren Docking Civil; Highland Park Burton LeRoy Edwards Agricultural; Grant LeRoy Elwell Industrial Arts; Grand Rapids Edward Fistor Stewart Herring Chemical; Fort Wayne, Indiana Robert Spencer Hicks Industrial Arts; Lansing Richard Wayne Hill Industrial Arts; Grand Blanc Calvin Thomas Hollowood Chemical; Livonia Charles Louis Hoyler Mechanical; Escanaba John Booth Huebner Mechanical; Royal Oak *Walter Ward Huss Civil; Durand Robert Owen Knapp Civil; Langhorne, Pennslyvania Henry Maurer, Jr. Mechanical; Traverse City tLeslie Carl Meyer, Jr. Civil; Oak Park, Illinois Robert James Moore Mechanical; Muskegon Robert Lewis Morton Electrical; Fort Worth, Texas Mechanical; East Lansing James Frederick Gaff Metallurgical; Jackson Wilfred Stuart Gauthier Industrial Arts; Pensacola. Florida *With honor tWith high honor 7 Glenn Wesley Neff Mechanical; Mason Patrick Peterson Civil; Highland Park James Eldon Reath Industrial Arts; Kingsford SCHOOL O~ ENGINEERING (Continued) William Peter Richards Civil; Detroit Edward A. Robertson Mechanical; Detroit Robert James Schultz Mechanical; Lansing *Harold John Smith Mechanical; Detroit Max Graham Stevens Electrical; Livonia John Thomas Swanson Metallurgical; River Rouge Paul Mark Thomas Electrical; Pontiac Doarde Gennoro Triponi Metallurgical; Lansing Richard Joseph Vogh Industrial Arts; Detroit SCHOOL a F Home Economics The candidates will be presented by DEAN MARIE DYE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Margaret Mc Edward Barton Related Arts; Bloomfield Hills Joan Emerson Clothing and Textiles; Kalamazoo *Gordon Alan Fraser Nutrition; Flint Beatrice Ann Hendrickson Clothing and Textiles; East Lansing tMitzi Matsuye Inouye Priscilla Mary Manz Nutrition; Lansing Janice Ann Mooney Clothing and Textiles; Tonawanda, New York Ruth Joyce Rawlings Related Arts; Detroit *Reta Russell General; Flint Margaret Batterson Sherman General; Hinsdale, Illinois Teaching in Home Economics; Doris Arleen Wolfe Detroit Ann Catherine Keefer Teaching in Home Economics; Nanuet, New York Lillian June Klawitter Teaching in Home Economics; Merrill Related Arts; Grass Lake SCHOOL OF Science and Arts The candidates will be presented by DEAN MILTON E. MUELDER DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS Ronald Jack Abfalter History; Charlevoix Jaime Aranguren Art; Bogota, Colombia *With honor tWith high honor 8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS (Continued) tJerrold Bruce Armour Psychology; Grand Rapids William E. Barnhart Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Holt Kenneth John Belmont Psychology; Milford Helga Charlotte Berndt English; Berlin, Germany .Howard W. Bliss Sociology; Flint David Frederick Breck Social Science; Detroit John Teliord Burgess Elaine Selma Koehn Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Danville, Illinois Charles Leonard Kramer Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Detroit Richard W. Koorstra Sociology; Grand Rapids Mary Anne Langius Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; East Lansing .Betty J. Linton English; Lansing Psychology; Traverse City Barbara Lutz Suzanne Chubb Art; New Castle, Pennsylvania Speech, Dramatics and Radio Barbara May Masin Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Flint "'Aileen Frances McClarnon Social Science; Memphis, Tennessee .James Francis McClure Social Science; Flint Marilyn Jean Mc Nutt Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Detroit Dale Thompson Mendelsohn English; Wheaton, Illinois James Richard Moore Social Science; Holt William Francis Nicholas Psychology; Detroit James Clyde Olin Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Lansing Orlo Clayton Olson Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Wheelock, North Dakota. Mary F. Parmenter English; Williamston Peggy . Jane~ Patterson Speech, Dramatics and Radio Ed uca tion; Flint David Eugene Phelps Mathematics; East Lansing Gerald Leon Portney Social Science; Detroit Jack Louis Ransom Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Dearborn Joan Marie Scheel Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Anderson, Indiana Lloyd Berlyn Schulz Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Grand Beach Education; Romeo Francis Jerome Coomes History; Detroit .Franklin Wallace Creager Psychology; Oak Park, Illinois Kenneth Lorne Dalrymple Psychology; Detroit Paul Henry Dowd Art; Battle Creek George Lilburn Earl Mathematics; Flint Beverly June Foster English; Davison Sallee Fox Social Science; Albion Mortimer G. Fritz Social Science; Lima, Ohio Leigh Emerson Garlick Sociology; Saginaw Anne Chamberlain Garrison English; Mason James Alan Grigware Social Science; Grand Rapids Robert Gordon Gross Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Saginaw Mary Barbara Gwyn Sociology; Flint Roberta Jean Henderson Music Therapy; Ferndale Camilla Gaylord Holden Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Northville Donald Richard Hoover, Jr. Social Science; Holly Amy Carland Jickling Art; Dearborn Gerald Alan Kanter Social Science; Detroit Johnnye Will King Sociology; Chicago, Illinois Stanley Craig Kitch Sociology; Grand Rapids .With honor tWith high honor 9 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS (Continued) Catherine Christine Scott History; Highland Park Saralee Lois Shulman Social Science; Detroit Leonard Sinke History; Moline Lila Esther Sprout Psychology; Quincy Donald Frank Spyke, Jr. Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Muskegon Raleigh Kingman Stitt, Jr. History; Lansing Ann Mara Swanson Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Dearborn Isabel Gibson Taylor Social Science; Monroe Morton Barnard Tomlinson English; Detroit Ronald Edward Van Tassel Speech, Dramatics and Radio Education; Lansing Theodore Hughes Walker Social Science; Detroit Benjamin Steven Wolff, Jr. Social Science; South Bend, Indiana * Edna Wolter Social Science; Flint DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC Helen Esther Millikin Public School Music; Bridgeport *Harland Flutell Nye Public School Music; Delton DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE John Christian Dreves, Jr. Botany; Grosse Pointe Park Hugh Thom&s Mitten Geology; Pleasant Ridge Melvin E. Seeliger Bacteriology and Public Health; Princeton, Wisconsin Ralph Joseph Spagnuolo Mathematics; Midland Charles Kenner Stearns Biological Science; Grand Rapids William Laurie Vincent Zoology; Plymouth Alan Newton Walker Zoology; Detroit tDonald Harris Webb Physics; Okemos William Vet Frid Chemistry; Lansing Raymond Leo Fritz Zoology; Dearborn William Joseph Fuchs Botany; Collegepoint, New York Philip M. Husband Geology; Big Rapids Robert Ross Jacobs Geology; Kingsport, Tennessee Robert Cresswell Kettunen Chemistry; East Lansing Robert Murray Lorenz Geology; East Lansing *With honor tWith high honor 10 SCHOOL OF Graduate Studies The candidates will be presented by DEAN THOMAS H. OSGOOD DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS Warren Garst Ballachey Sociology and Anthropology; Lansing Edward G. Belyea Political Science; Raymond Julius Johnson General Business; Elgin, lllinois Edna Marguerite June Educa tion; Millington Lexington, Massachusetts Edwin Kilbourn Edward Berman Physical Education; Boston, Massachusetts Milton Lawrence Berry Food Distribution; Detroit Jerusha Hutchinson Bonham Education; Birmingham, Alabama Clifford Edward Bre Miller Psychology; Detroit Esther Jane Briggs Education; Grand Rapids Ezell Richard Brown Sociology; Gary, Indiana Frederick Merrill Brown Education; Detroit John Pershing Combs Education; Jackson Edward Clayton Courtney, Jr. Education; Lansing Miguel Patrick deCruz Education; East Lansing Spencer Harry De Vault Psychology; Birmingham Lucile Miller Dilno Education; Ann Arbor Lynn Doolittle Education; Lansing Herbert Bernard Garner Education; Detroit Benjamin Rudolph Leyrer Education; Lansing Helen Elizabeth McBride Education; Greenville James Edwin: Monsma Mathematics; Grand Rapids Robert Joseph Nichols Education; Lansing James Raymond Polites Education; Flint Everett Gordon Reid, Jr. Food Distribution; Metuchen, New Jersey Duane Robert Russell Political Science; LanSing Victor D. Sanua Psychology; Cairo, Egypt John Jacob Schwei Education; Lansing Robert Lynn Slocum Education; Grand Rapids Gordon Gaylord Smith Education; Jackson Wallace Bird Smith Education; Dearborn Robert Richardson Spink Education; Bay City Raymond Oramel Stone Education; Many, Louisiana Education; Cedar Lake Donald Jay Gerrie General Business; Sault Ste. Marie Glenn William Graves Mathematics; Detroit Howard Joseph Hicks Education; Grand Ledge Ray Calvin Hotchkiss Education; Hastings Mary Barbara Hurrell English; East Lansing Robert William Hussey Physical Education; Manistique Mary Elizabeth Johnson French; Meherrin, Virginia Sara Jane Venable Education; Oxford Phed Dimitri Vosniacos Political Science; Athens, Greece Duane Merle Wirick Education; St. Johns Ferris Clyde Young Education; Jackson 11 SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Continued) DEGREE OF MASTER OF MUSIC Charles Eugene Osborne Music; Vicksburg DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE Wilfred Homer Anderson Horticulture; Tallahassee, Florida Carroll Forester Augustine Physics; Owosso William Prentice Baker Physiology; Madison, Indiana Lester Eugene Bell Forestry; East Lansing Christoph Beringer Agriculture Economics; Marquartstein, Germany G. Aydin Caldiran Civil Engineering; Istanbul, Turkey William Aitken S. Cromarty Agriculture Economics; Dorchester, Canada Arlyn Marie Daniel Botany and Plant Pathology; Wyandotte Harold Davidson Horticulture; Lawrence, New York Donn Dolby Horticulture; Elgin, Illinois Cecil Howard Eggleton, Jr. Agriculture Engineering; Fruitport Mildred Helen Evans Chemistry; Toledo, Ohio Frances G. Fallon Chemistry; Baltimore, Maryland Harrison C. Fisch Agriculture Engineering; Gaza, Iowa Robert Louis Gault Physics; Highland Park Truman Thomas Guard Zoology; Lake Linden Garth Orner Hall Agriculture Engineering; Marion William John Orsan Hardell Mathematics; Chicago, Illinois .. Chester Alvin Hornbeck Bacteriology and Public Health; Grand Rapids Sister Eugenia Clare Keifer, O. P. General Home Economics; Adrian Harry S. Larsen Forestry; Fairhaven, New Jersey Arthur Douglas Latornell Agriculture Extension; Meaford, Canada Werner Jacob Lipton Horticulture; Detroit Paul Robert Lyons Bacteriology and Public Health; East Lansing Lawrence Ide Lowell Mathematics; Lansing Edward Rae Mattson Horticulture; Norwood, Massachusetts Mary Louise Mayer Bacteriology and Public Health; Lansing David Ellis McConnell Physics; Cornelia, Georgia Joseph Murray Merrick Bacte rio logy and Public Health; Welland, Canada. John Hubert Muller Physics; West Nyack, New York Charles James Owen Metall urgical Engineering; South Dartmouth, Mass achusetts Chandoobhai Manibhai Patel Civil Engineering; Chikhodra, India Ramanbhai Dahyabhai Patel Civil Engineering; Ashi, India Gerard Philippe-Auguste Farm Crops; St. Mare, Haiti Alexander Norman Rea th Horticulture; Iron Mountain 12 SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES