FALL 

COMMENCEMENT 

TUESDAY,  DECEMBER  SIXTH 

NINETEEN  FIFTY  - FIVE 

UNIVERSITY  AUDITORIUM 

Gounod 

PROGRAM 

Tuesday ,  December  6,  1955 ,  8: 00  P .M. 

AUDITORIUM 

PROCESSIONAL - - -Marche  Et  Cortege 

From  La  Re ine  De  Sob a 
Michigan State  University  Band 
Leonard  Falcone,  Director 

AMERICA 

Michigan State  University  Band 

INVOC ATION 

The  R ev.  Rob e rt  E.  Kavanaugh 
Associate  Pastor,  St.  Thomas  Aquinas  Church 
East  Lansing,  Michigan 

ADDRESS 

John  A.  Dawso n,  S .T.B ..  Ph. D 
Pre sident,  Adrian  Colle ge 

CONFERRING  OF  DEGREES 

Preside nt  John  A.  Hannah 

WELCOME  TO  ALUMNI 

Starr H .  Keesler 
Director  of  Alumni  Relations 

ALMA  MATER 

Mi c higan State  University Band 

BENE DICTION 

The  R ev.  Robert  E.  Kavanaugh 

RECESSIONAL 

Hail,  America! 

Drumm 

The  audie nce  is  requeste d  to  r e main  seated while 
those  in  the  procession are  entering and leaving the  auditorium. 

The Escorts  for  the  proce ssion are  members  of 
the  Mortar  B oard ,  Honorary  Society for  senior women. 

COLLEGE  OF  AGRICULTURE 

The  candidates  will  be  presented by  DEAN  THOMAS  K.  COWDEN 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR OF  SCIENCE 

Roger  Sheldon Beebe 

Animal  Husbandry; 
Birmingham 
Marvin Wolf  Cherrin 

Packaging  Tech. ; 

Detroit 

Maurice  Lucien  Claus 

Residential Building; 

Mt.  Pleasant 

Pierre Gene  Delago 

Reside ntial  Building; 

Caspian 

David  Ross  Dilley 

Horticulture; 
Lacota 
Gabriel  Durana 

Animal  Husbandry; 

Bogota,  Colombia 

Leon  Harold  Dy khous e 

Food  T echnology; 

Vassar 

William  Robert  Fidler 

Residentia l  Building; 

Ypsilanti 
>  Volney  Lee  Flegel 

Agricultural  Education; 

Ithaca 

Ronald  Alan  Friend 

Forestry; 

Batavia,  Ohio 

* Earl Inman  Fuller 

Animal Husbandry; 

Fife  Lake 
Robert John Gould 

Forestry; 

Brookfiel d ,  Illinoi s 

~ William Sherman  He rrell 

Agricultural  Education; 

Marlette 

Robert  Charles  Hess 

Animal  Husbandry; 
CinCinnati,  Ohio 

' Gerald  Elmer  Kutchera 
Forestry; 

Brookfield.  Wisconsin 

Tho m as  Franklin  Laird 

Residential Building; 
Buffalo,  New  York 

Edmund  LeRoy  Maynard 

Agricultural  Education; 

Freesoil 

Gerald  Warren  Minkin 
Forestry; 

Ironwood 

James Ha ro ld  McSloy 
Forestry; 
De troit 

"  With  honor 
t  With  high  honor 

John  Irving Moore 

Ornam ental  Horti culture; 

Ipnia 

Harry  LeRay  Moorehead 
Residential  Building; 

Jackson 

George  William  Mu elle r 

Fisheries  &  Wildlife; 

Lowell 

Juan  Na der  Nader 
Soi l  Science; 

Bogota,  Colombia 

e rbe rt  Franklin 0  'Guin 

Agricultural  Education; 

Flint 

Cleve  Marvin  Orier 
Urban  Planning; 
Norway 
Roy  Bernard Ostertag,  Jr . 

Bldg.  &  Lumbr .  Merch.; 

Vancouver I  Washington 

Robert  Edward  P oppy 

Forestry; 

Pontiac 

Gene  M .  Robinson 
Pomology; 
Mears 
James  Frederick  Russell 

Packaging  Technology; 

Lakewood,  Ohio 

Gideon  Schwarzbart 
Forestry; 

Nathania,  Israel 

Palmer Harris  Slack,  II 

Park Management; 
Lansing 
George  Phillip  Stegmier 
Re sidential  Building; 
Grand  Rapids 

Carl  Phillip  Stein 
Forestry; 

G TaBse  Pointe 

Jon-Eric  Thorston  Ste nson 

Land  &  Water  Conservation; 

Baraga 

David  Denis Sutton 

Animal  Husbandry; 
Fowl e r vil le 
Arthur  Louis  We lls 

Fisheries  &  Wildlife ; 

Mason 
Robert  John  Wildenberg 

Forestry; 

L ittle  Chut e ,  Wisconsin 

Randall  J.  Zeeb 

Urban  Planning; 

Grosse  Poi nte 

COLLEGE  OF  AGRICUL TURE  (Continued) 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF  SCIENCE 

Alfreda  Abell 

Agricultural  Econ.; 
East  Lansing 
Vincent  Alfred  Amato 

Horticulture; 

East  Lansing 

7John  David  Anibal 

r 

Agricultural  Econ. 

Linden 
James  Edward  Douglass 

Forestry; 

Bessemer,  Ala. 

William  Henry  Kahl 

Agricultural  Engineering; 

Marine  City 

Alexander  William  Kennedy 

Forestry; 

Sault  Ste.  Marie 

Charles  Allen  Krieger 

Agriculture; 
Watervliet 

Bjarne Johan  Langvad 

Horticulture; 

Saleby,  Sweden 

Othmar  Alfred  Limberger 
Agricultural  Econ . ; 

Ulrichskirchen,  Austria 

William  James  MacLean 
Agricultural  Ext.; 

K enosha,  Wisconsin 
William  Delm er Murphy,  Jr. 

Agricultural  Econ. ; 
Urbana,  Illinois 
Ke nneth  McAlpine  Pre tty 
Soil  Science; 

Glencoe,  Canada 

LG  Rothney 

Agricultural  Economics; 

Marshall 

Mirza  Javad  Shustary 

Agricultural  Engr. ; 
T e heran,  Iran 

Lawrence  William  Specht 

Dairy ; 

Roscoe,  New  York 

Marcia  Ann  Viale 

Horticulture; 

Pittsfield,  Mass. 

Donald  Alsop Wheeler 

Farm  Crops; 

Ridley  Park,  Penna. 

Reva  Doris  Zischke 
Horticulture; 
DeWitt 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF  URBAN  PLANNING 

Richard  Milton  Bauer 
Urban  Planning; 

Hatbo ro ,  Penna. 

Ri c hard  De  La  Barre  Duke 
Urban  Planning; 

Clinton,  Maryland 

Rob ert  James  Werner 
Urban  Planning; 
Muskegon 

* With  honor 
t  With  high  honor 

SCHOOL  OF  ENGINEERING 

The  candidates  will  be  presented by  DEAN  JOHN  D.  RYDER 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR OF SCIENCE 

Don Marshall  Anderson 

Civil; 

SI.  Johns 

Bill  Lawrence  Bleicher 
E lectrical; 
Flint 

Edwin  Lee  Bloom 
Electrical; 

Yonkers,  New  York 

David  E.  Cheklich 
Agricultural; 
Union  City 

James  Michael  Curran 

Civil; 

Lansing 
Robert  Carl  Dust 
Civil; 

Saginaw 

Dale  Charles  Free man 
Ind ustrial; 
Lapee r 
William  Douglas  Gourdie 

Civil; 

Mt.  Morris 

George  Theodore  Hartman 

Mechani c al; 
Flint 
Charles  Emm ett  Houle 
Mechanical; 

Greenville 

Joseph  Franc is  Kavanagh 

Electric al; 

Fulton ,  New  York 

William  Charles  Kirkey 
Electrical; 

Mt .  Pleasant 
Arnold  James  Krause 
Ele c tr ical; 
Manistee 

David  Herbe rt  Link 

Mec hanicaL; 

Battle  Creek 

Arnol d  S.  Morse 

Agricultural; 
Flushing 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF  SCIENCE 

Fred  Copple 
Civil ; 

De troit 
Wayne  Douglas  Erickson 

Che mi ca l; 

Farm ington 

Yun  Shang  Hsi e h 
Civil; 

With  h~~~~ghai.  China 

t  With  high  ho nor 

Walter  L ee  Rebro 
Mechanical; 
Flushing 

Shan  Bre t  Riley 

Mechanical; 
Lansing 

Roy  John G.  Rimpela 
Electrical; 

Lake  Linde n 
Carlton  Lefever  Hintz 

Mec hanic al; 

Quarryville.  P e nna . 

John Jay  Rix 

Mechanical; 
Ferndale 

Richard  Paul  Rohrbach 
Mec hanical; 

Harpe r  Woods 
Bruc e  He rman  Schmidt 
Electrical; 

Bre thren 

Hubert  Louis  S c hrier 

Agricultural; 
Hastings 
t Brant  Alison  Short 
Mec hanical; 
Bay  City 

Holland Garfield Smith 

Civil; 

Detroit 
Donald  William  Sommer 
Mechanical; 
Davison 

Me lvin  L e Roy  Videto 

Civil; 

Jackson 

Theodore  W.  Wahl 
Mechanical; 
Warren 

Charles  C.  Wallin 
Civil; 

Lansing 

Leo  Earnest  Warre n 

Mec han ic al; 
Jackson 

Amir  Mohamed  Mirsepasy 

Mec hanical; 

Tehran,  Iran 

Carlo Odol e n  Mlcoh 

Chemical; 

F lo r e n ce,  Italy 

Joseph  Eugene  Rizzuto 
Mechanical; 

Brooklyn,  New  York 

COLLEGE  OF  ENGINEERING  (Continued) 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF SCIENCE 

Rajewha  Prasad Singh 

Civil; 

Patna,  India 

PROFESSIONAL  DEGREE,  METALLURGICAL  ENGINEERING 

Alfred  Dale  Stevens 

Royal  Oak 

SCHOOL  OF  HOME  ECONOMICS 

The  candidates  will  be  presented by  DEAN  MARIE  DYE 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR  OF  SCIENCE 

t Evelyn  Louise  Bochnig 

Home  Furnishings; 

Pontiac 

Eleanor  Hart  Copley 

Home  Econ.  Educ.; 
Pueblo,  Colo. 

Thelma  Jane  Nelson 

Vocational  Education; 

Detroit 

* Marjann Elaine  Duke 

Home  Economics; 
Stephenson 

* Ruth  Sandra  Elishewitz 

Related Arts ; 

New  York,  New  York 

* Rose  Marie  Ferguson 

Vocational; 
Lansing 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF  SCIENCE 

Esther  Parker  Ferns 
General; 

Marquette 

Dorothy  Edith  Fisher 

Institution  Adm. ; 

Pittsburgh,  Penna. 

Irene  Areknas  Hatchegian 

General; 

Melvindale 

Tomi  Hirama 

T e xtiles  &  Clothing; 
Granada,  Colo 

* With  honor 
t  With  high  honor 

*Nancy  Joan Gowell 

Vocational; 

Jonesville 

Joan  Louise  Heyman 

Clothing  &  Textiles; 
E.  Grand  Rapids 

Dorothy  Jean  Mollenkopf 

Home  Econ . . Teaching; 

Coldwate r 
Donna  Lane  Morris 

Nutrition; 

Danville.  Illinois 

Annie  F.  Ricks 

Clothing  &  Textiles; 
Waverly,  Ala . 

* Sandra  lone  Schumann 

Home  Furnishings; 
Mankato,  Minn. 

Frances  Mary  Penalis 

Textiles  &  Clothing; 

Lyon  Mountain,  Ne w  York 

Felicitas  Florendo  Piedad 

Foods  &  Nutrition; 

Rizal,  Philippines 

Helen  Louis e  Wild 

Institution  Adm.; 
New  Have n 

COLLEGE  OF  VETERINARY  MEDICINE 

The  candidates  will  be  presented by  DEAN  CHESTER  F.  CLARK 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR  OF SCIENCE 

t Alexander  M. D.  Malcolm 

Veterinary Medicine; 

Scotland 

COLLEGE  OF SCIENCE  AND  ARTS 

The  candidates  will  be  presented by  DEAN  MIL TON  E.  MUELDER 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR OF  ARTS 

Tanya  Beatrice  Adams 

English; 

Battle  Creek 

Alfredo  Amin 

Psychology; 

Magan Gue,  Colombia 

Robert  Ruffin  Ballard 

Social  Science; 
Norfolk,  Va. 

Phyllis  Joyce  Banks 
Spanish; 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

John  Dee  Brandt 

History; 

Montrose 

Robert  Miller  Brooks 
Social  Science; 
Adrian  ~ 

Robert  Duane  Bullard 

Art; 

South Lyon 

Dorace  Louise  Buttone 

Social  Science; 

Grand  Rapids 

*Herbert  Lawrence  Camburn 

Art; 

Morenci 

Rawdon  Ernest  Dear 
History; 

Grand  Rapids 

Jack  Lloyd  DeFord 
History; 

Lansing 

* With  honor 
t  With  high  honor 

Barbara  Jean  Devine 
History; 

Battle  Creek 

Sherrill Orestes  DeWeese 

Psyc.hology; 

Cincinnati,  Ohio 
Robert  Harold  Dickinson 
Psychology; 
Detroit 

Claude  Eugene  Dixon 
Social Science; 
Monroe 

Roland  Daniel  Dotsch 
History; 

Alpena 

John Grannell  English 

English; 

Bad Axe 
Madelyn  Mary  Ferguson 

Art; 

Lansing 

*Joan  Maren  Fulton 

English; 

Altadena,  Calif. 

Alexander Joseph Galligan 
Social  Science ; 

.  East  Lansing 

Robert  Taylor  Geib 
History; 
Caro 
Gordon  Kies  Hagadorn 
Psychology; 
Alma 

COLLEGE  OF  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS  (Co ntinued) 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR OF  ARTS 

tDonald  Lyle  Halsted 
( Sociology; 

Muir 
Donald  Maurice  Healy 

His tory; 

Pontiac 
Virginia  Lee  Hitt 

Social  Scie nce; 

Grosse  Pointe 
* Frederic k  Joseph  Horn 

So cial  Science; 
Saginaw 
* Marion  Mc Cormic k  Hunter 

Music; 

Houghton 

* Robert  We ndell  Jensen 

Psychology; 

Crystal  Valley 

* Ro bert  Murray  Jones 

Mathematics; 
Lansing 

Ma x  Walter Jozwiak 
Social  Scie nce ; 
De troit 

Joline  Marie  LaFleur 

Psychology; 

Midland 

Mal c olm  Innes  MacGre gor,  Jr. 

Socia l  Scie nce ; 
De troit 

Donald  Keith  Malnight 

Art; 

Lansing 

Kathe r ine  Elizabe th  McLellan 

Social  Scienc e ; 

A rlingto n,  N e w  Jersey 

tLou  Elle n  Miller 

Social  Science; 
Williamston 

Ster ling  G.  Murray 

Sociology; 

Marshall 

Le onard  Euge ne  Musica 
Psyc hology; 
Detroit 
tD wight  Fre derick Peceny 

History; 

Grand  Rapids 

Stewart  Louis  P ec k 

Psyc hology; 

Birmingham 

* Adri e nne  Anne  Randall 
English; 

Lansing 

Robert  William  Reising 

English; 

New  Haven,  Conn. 

>," Aus tin  Eugene  Ridenour 

Soc ia l  Sc ience; 
Lansing 

* Inez  Riley 

Sociology; 

• 
East  Lansing 

*  Wit h  ho nor 
t  With  high  ho nor 

pac k  Ray  Riley 

So cial  Science; 
Lansing 

Thomas  G eo rge  Ruhala 

Soc ial  Sc ience; 

Flint 

Rob e rt  Stacy  Runk 
Speech; 

Cleves,  Ohio 

B a rbara  Shirley  Russ e ll 

Speec h; 

Cumberland ,  Maryland 

Francis  Louis  Schmitt 

Social  Science ; 

Ge neva.  New  York, 

Jam e s  Francis  Semrau 
Psychology; 

Lansing 

Ri c hard  Neil  Simmons 

Art; 

Kenmor e .  New  York 

John  Wesley Sims,  Jr. 
Psyc hology ; 

East  Lansing 

Raymond  Charles  Sittig 

Social  Sc ie nc e; 
Three  O a ks 

John  Fre de ric k  Sorensen 
Social  Scie nce ; 
Cadillac 

tMargaret  Rose  Thomson 

Social  Scie nce; 
De troit 
* Tay  Ann  Timm 
So cio logy; 

East  La nsing 

Mary  Lynn  Tuberty 

Social  Science; 

Kalamazoo 

Naney  L ee  Tyler 

English; 

Jac kson 

" Thomas  Glenn  Waggoner 
Philosophy; 

Boyne  City 

Mary  Ann  Wallace 

Social  Science; 

Adrian 
Thomas  Edward Walte rs 
Psyc hology ; 
Sturgis 

Donald  L ee  White 
Art; 

Bad  Axe 

" J eanne tte  M .  White 

Art; 

Will iamston 

William  Walker Williams 

History; 

Battle  Cre e k 

8 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR OF  SCIENCE 

COLLEGE  OF SCIENCE  AN D  ARTS  (Continued) 

* Arthur  Warren  Bake r 

Mathe matics ; 
Detroit 
Gerald Henry B e rnatche z 

G e ology; 

Aubu r n .  Maine 

* Ronald  Lyle  Blakely 
Zoology; 

Lansing 
John  Einar  Brink 

Social  Science; 
Menominee 
* Marjorie  Ann  Byron 
Mathematics ; 

Towanda,  P e nna . 

William  Paul  Cestkowski 

G eology; 

Wat er smeet 

Robert  L ee  Corless 
Mathe matics ; 

Grosse  Pointe 

* George  Burle  Danenberg 

G eo logy; 

Allendale 

Robert  Allan  Davis 

Botany  &  Plant  Pathology; 

Flint 
Frank Michael  D'Itri 
Zoology; 
Flint 

Janice  Thompson Granger 

Nursing  Education; 
Middleville 

DEGRE E  OF  BACHELOR  OF  MUSIC 

Earle  L e r oy  Louder 

Public  School  Music ; 
Norfolk,  Virginia 

Janice  F e ucht  Karney 

Public  School  Music; 

Lansing 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF  ARTS 

Jaime  Aranguren 
Art; 

Colombia,  South  America 

Fre deric k  Paul  Brakora 

History ; 

Grand  Rapids 

Kenne th Que ntin  Burchill 

Sociology; 

Sault  Ste.  Marie 

L eland  Thomas  Clifford 
Psychology; 

Farmington 

Ro nald  Paul  Kopenski 
Geology; 

Niagara  Falls ,  New  York 

* Marvin  Ellis  Kurth 
Mathematics; 
Ishpeming 

*Carole  Mildred  Mack 

Mathematics; 
Lansing 

Gail  Irene  R ich 

Physical  Science; 
Kalamazoo 

Karl  Edwa rd  Rundquist 

Zoology; 

East  Lansing 

Kenneth  Hernert  Sikkema 
Eniomology; 
Marion 
Robert  Mersbach  Steder 

Geology; 

Grand  Have n 
J.  Raymond  Steinbach 
Geology; 

Chelsea 

Herbert Stanley  Wright 

Bacteriology; 
Royal  Oak 

Victor  Alejandro  Zaretsky  Ferrera 

Chemistry; 

Bogota,  Colombia 

Ronald  Edward  Zdyb 
Geology; 

Ypsilanti 

* Donald Ross  Gillette 

Public  School  Music ; 

Standish 

Donna  J.  Diamond 

Art; 

Mason 

Marquerite  Kathryn Gooden 

Sociology; 
Lansing 

Charle s  Robert Gross 
Psychology; 
Dansville 

Robert  Hager  Harrison 

English; 

Gross e  Pointe 

* With  ho nor 
t  With  high  honor 

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COLLEGE  OF  SCIENCE  AND  ARTS  (Continued) 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF  ARTS 

Fredric  Karl  Hoffman 
Psychology ; 

Charles  Irvin  Switzer 
English; 

Mount  Vernon,  New  York 

Sparta 

Rob e rt  Lewis  Trezise 

English; 

Ironwood 
Elizabeth  Schultz  Williams 

Sociology; 
Dighton 

Edward Victor  Zavel! 
History ; 
Flint 

Otto  Joseph  Klingenmaier 

Chemistry; 

Grand  Rapids 
John  Harry  MacRopol 
Physics; 

Birmingham 

Howard  Douglas  McCurdy 
Microbiology; 

Amherstburg,  Canada 

Bobbie  Jean  Nicholson 
Chemistry; 

Penrose ,  N.  Carolina 

John  Junior  Solomon 
Microbiology; 
Lansing 

William  Granger  Youatt 
Bacteriology; 
Richmond 

Eugene  Laurence  Jones 
Psychology ; 

St.  Louis,  Missouri 

Clara  W eeks  Kampe 
Sociology; 

Bad  Axe 
Theodore  Allen  Rottman 

Sociology; 

Muskegon 

Esther  MacFarlane  Snow 

German; 

Holland 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF  SCIENCE 

Ruhal  Ameen 

Mic.  &  Pub.  Health ; 

Dacca,  E.  Pakistan 

Nguyen  Tu  Ban 
Physics; 

Hanoi,  Viet-Nam 
Gerald Melbourne  Curtice 

Chemistry; 

Grand  Rapids 

Allan  Dean  Dawson 
Entomology; 

Highland  Park 

James  Ware  Johnson 

Microbiology; 
Manistee 
Lou  Cornelia  Key 
Chemistry; 

Morganton,  N.C . 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF  MUSIC 

Joan  Lorna  Pierce 
Music ; 

Jerome 

• 

>:<  With  honor 
t  With  high  honor 

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COLLEGE  OF  BUSINESS  AND  PUBLIC  SERVICE 

The  candidates  will  be  presented  by  DEAN  THOMAS  K.  COWDEN 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR  OF  ARTS 

Judith  Ann  Adams 
Social  Work; 
Detroit 
Nancy  Jo  Adams 

Social  Work; 
Detroit 
Her bert  Manson  Appleman 

Accounting ; 
Detro it 

Ha rry  John  Arnold 

Accounting; 
Edmore 

Robert  Ki rby  Aulgur 

General  Business ; 
Farmington 

James  Ha ro Id  Barnes 

General  Business ; 
Battle  Creek 

Ernestine  Barr 

Business  Education; 

Dearborn 
William  Paul  Bell 

Hotel  Management; 

Durand 

Jerome  Donald  Bennett 

General  Business ; 

Owosso 

Eugene  Boydan  Bergel 

Restaura nt  Manageme nt; 

Bloomfield  Hills 

David  Henry  Bowden 

General  Business ; 

* Douglas  Kaiser  Boyle 

Lansing 

Restaurant  Management; 

Dayton :  Ohio 

James  Edwin  Calder 

General  Business ; 

Saul t  Ste.  Marie 
" Harold  Raymond  Carlson 
Accounting; 
Midland 

Jerome  Donald  Carr 

Econo mi cs; 
Morle y 
John  Gilbert  Cartwright 
General  Business ; 
Ann  Arbor 

Bruce  Barton  Church 

General  Busine ss; 

Saranac 

Robert  Bruce  Colasanti 
E cono m ics; 

Sault  Ste.  Mar ie 

Douglas  Alexander  Coulter 

E conomi cs; 

Grosse  Pointe 
Duane  Harold  Wilton  Crawford 
Gener"al  Busi ness; 

Clawson 

Edward  Da niel  CrOwley 

Ho tel  Man ageme nt; 

Muskego n 

Douglas  Milford  Dea n 

General  Institutional  Mgt. 

East  Lansing 

Rob ert  H .  Devenny 

Genera l  Bus i ness ; 

Phil a d elphi a,  Penna . 

James  Mitchell  Dobie ,  Jr . 

General  Business; 

Royal  Oak 

James  Edwa rd  Dowd 

E conomi c s ; 

Greenwi c h,  Conn . 

t Marie  Al ic e  Duke 

Bus i ness  Education; 

Detroit 
Dan iel  L .  Dwyer 
E conomi cs; 

North  Branc h 

Norman  Dyer  E c kliff,  Jr . 
Hotel  Manage ment ; 
Chicago,  Illinois 

Leon  Albert  Ellis 
Acc ounting ; 

Frankfort 

Brya nt  John  Emmons 

Hote l  Manage ment; 

Dowagia c 

Edward  Cowen  Fisler 

Hotel  Manage ment ; 

Northville 

Joseph  Martin  Floore 

Gene ral  Business; 

Ferndale 

John  Folio 

A ccounting; 
Flint 
Ri c hard  Thomas  Fuller 
General  Business ; 

Clawson 
William  Ramsey  Furgason 

Restaurant  Ma nagem e nt ; 

Kalamazoo 
Helen  Hayes  Gentry 
Soc ial  Work ; 
Detroit 

*  With  honor 
t  With  high  honor 

tl 

COLLEGE  OF  BUSINESS  AND  PUBLIC  SERVICE  (Continued) 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR  OF  ARTS 

Charles  Frederick  Gettz 
Poli tical  Science; 

Lansing 

Howard  John  Gysin 

General  Business ; 

Flint 
Ri c hard  George  Hagman 
Gene ral  Business; 

Howell 

Carl  Martin  Hak es,  II 

General  Bus iness; 

Hanover 

.;, Albert  Alfred  Haller 

General  Business; 
Man c hester 

William  B.  Ha nley 

Hotel  Management; 

Glen  Ridge,  N.  J. 

Dona ld  Eugene  Hayes 

General  Business ; 

Flint 
Donald  Charles  Henke 

General  Business; 

Chicago,  Illinois 

David  M.  Hjalmquist 

Accounting; 
Ironwood 

John  Daniel  Holmes 

Economics; 

Birmingham 

Wilbur  De la no  Howard 

Social  Work; 
LanSing 

William  Peter  Janov 

General  Business; 

Ironwood 
Arthur  E.  Jordan 

Ge ae ral  Business 

Detroit 

John  Kapral 

General  Business; 

Courtdale,  Penna. 

Donald  Frank  Kadh 

Accounting; 

Paducah,  Ky. 

David  Roger  Kinney 

General  Business; 

Okemos 

Eric  Anthony  Lawton 

Accounting; 

Hoboken ,  N.  J . 

Rober't  Lew is  Loetz 

Gen eral  Institutional  Mgt,  ; 

SturgiS 

James  Evans  Maty c h 

General  Business; 
Nort h  Muskegon 

Dale  ElSworth  Mavis 

Ho tel  Management; 
Auburn,  Ind ia na. 
Richard  Phillips  McCally 

Economics; 

Wilmette ,  Illinois 

With  honor 

t  With  h igh  honol ' 

Robert  F ,  McCullough ,  Jr. 

General  Business; 

Grosse  Pointe 

Robert  John  McGarry 
Accounting; 

Wyandotte 

Cecil  LaVelle  McM illan 

Restaurant  Management; 
Bay  Minette,  Alabama 

James  Duane  Miller 

Journalism; 

Royal  Oak 

Floyd  Bartlett  Moore 

Hotel  Management; 
Toledo,  Ohio 

Gary  Lee  Morden 
Econom ic s; 
Midland 

Patrick  Joseph  Pennoni 
General  Business; 

Caspian 
Clarence  Gerald  Petersen 

Poli tica 1 Science; 

Westchester,  Illinois 

Owen  R ic hard  P inc umbe 
General  Business; 

Lansing 

Victor  Andre  Postula 

E conomics; 
Marshall 

Harvey  Ernest  Radke 

E conomics; 

Grosse  Pointe 
Ri c hard  Allen  Reihmer 

General  Institutional  Mgt.; 

G rand  Rapids 

Chalmers  Darwin  Riefel 
Ho tel  Manage ment; 

Saginaw 

Douglas  Lloyd  Roberts 
E conomi cs; 
Detroit 

Mark  Gary  Russell 

E co nomi cs; 

Kenmore,  New  York 

James  Louis  Ry a n 

Hotel  Management; 

Saginaw 

Louis  George  Sablich 

Economics; 
Caspian 

John  Fran cis  Schofield 

General  Business; 

Huntington  woods 

Camille  Eugeni a  Schooff 

Business  Education; 

Detroit 

Ronald  Stuart  Sc ott 

General  Business; 
Grand  Rapids 
~' John Raymond  Sergent 

Accounting; 

Ro chester,  Ne'N  York 

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COLLEGE  OF  BUSINESS  AND  PUBLIC SERVICE  (Continue d) 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR OF  ARTS 

John  Richard  Shaw 

Economics; 

Traverse  City 

Edwin  Kerr  Sisk,  Jr. 

E co nomics; 

Pleasant  Ridge 

John Smith 

General  Busine ss; 

Lansing 
Edward  Eugene  Souders 
General  Bu s ines s; 

Rockford,  Illinois 

Frederick William  Soya,  Jr . 

Pol.  Sci.; 
Lansing 
Ross  Frede rick  Springer 
Economics; 

Grand  Rapids 
Melvin  Marvin  Stevens 
Accounting; 
Detroit 
Frederick Milton  Stratton 

General  Busine ss; 

Jame stown,  N,Y. 
Jam e s  Richard  Stric kland 

Economics; 

East  P e oria,  I ll. 

John  Edward  Szymas 
Pol.  Sci.; 
Lansing 
James  Richard  T e rpeney 
General  Business; 

Adrian 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR OF SCIENCE 

Royal  Stewart  Crowder 

Crime  Pre vention; 

Lansing 

James  Hiram  Eddy 

Crime  Preve ntion; 

Evart 
tFreder ic k  Robert  Felix 

Ge neral  Pol.  Adm. 

Pontiac 

New e ll  Mitche ll  Figi 
, Pol.  Adm.; 

Det roit 

Ke nneth  M.  Fonger 

P ol.  Adm . ; 
Flint 
La w re nce  Duane  .Guile 
Pol.  Adm.; 
Holt 
William  Jos e ph  Hahn 

Pol.  Adm. ; 

Mar ine  City 

t.'  With  honor 
t  With  hi gh  honor 

Vernon  Ralph  Tessier 
Accounting; 

Kingsford 

William  Pet er Tirpaeck 
Hote l  Management; 

Rochester,  New  York 

William  Evril  Turner 

Ge neral  Business; 

Flint 

Roger William  Van  Winkle 

General  Business; 

Gladstone 

Edwin  A.  Vokes 

General  Business; 

De troit 

N oe I  Keith  Weddington 

General  Business; 

Flint 
George  Thomas  Weed 

Economics; 
Jackson 

William  Willson Weeks 

Gene ral  Busine ss; 

De lray  Beach,  Florida 

William  Wilfred  Werner 
Accounting; 
Alpena 

Donald  B .  Bennett,  as  of  June  5,  1955 

Hotel  Management; 

New  Rochelle,  New  York 

William George  Horrell 
Pol.  Adm.; 

New  Kensingtcn,  P e nna 

Richard  E.  Lawrence 
Pol.  Adm.; 
Hills dal e 

Clinton  P.  McGann 

Pol.  Adm.; 
De troit 

Clifton  Lee  Me ntzer 

Pol.  Adm.; 

Mt.  Vernon,  Indiana 

Gerard  J.  Mill e r 
Pol.  Adm.; 

G rand  Rapids 

James  Juluis  Ortlie f,  Jr . 

Pol.  Adm.; 
Dea rborn 

L incoln  Clarke  Parke r 
Pol.  Adm.; 
Franklin 

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COLLEGE  OF  BUSINESS  AND  PUBLIC  SERVICE  (Continued) 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR  OF  SCIENCE 

Virginia  Le e  Scott 
Pol.  Adm.; 
Midl an d 

Paul  Sobosky 

Pol.  Adm.; 

Royal  Oak 

R ic hard  Frank  Trudell 
P o l.  Adm. ; 

E scanaba 

Ward  Edward  Youngquist ,  Jr. 

Pol.  Adm . ; 

Traverse  City 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF  ARTS 

Agathon  Ar no  Aemi 

Gene ral  Business ; 

Berne .  Swi tze rland 

Dale  Albert  Bl a n c hard 

Re s ta ura n t  Management ; 

Ka l a m azoo 

Hsun  Yu  Chang 

General  Business ; 

Taipei.  Formosa 

Sa ng- Tai  Chang 

E cono mics; 

Pusa n ,  Korea 
Rober t  Phillip  Fai rman 
Accounting ; 
L a ns ing 

John  Morton  Galla gher 

Gene ra l  Business ; 

Muskego n 

Ke rn  K.  Kerna n 

Accounting ; 

Gon za les.  Louisia na 

Tadao  Kobayashi 

Politi cal  Scie nce; 

Honolulu,  Ha wa ii 

Henry  Pa ris 

Food  Distribution ; 

Lexington ,  Miss. 

Larr y  Neal  Shaffner 

General  Business; 

Freeland 
L o u is  Flint Smith 
E conomics; 
LanSing 

Sergio  Tala cc hi 

Poli tical  Science ; 
Rom e,  Italy 

Shinko  Yamashiro 
E conomi cs ; 

Okina wa,  Ry ukyus 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF  SOCIAL  WORK 

Rac hael  O rr Schepkowski 
Social  Work; 

Brevard,  N.  C . 

Ward  wayne  Wood 
Soc ial  Wor k ; 
Lansing 

Jean  Eazabeth wright 

Social  Work ; 
Cold wa ter 

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COLLEGE  OF  EDUCATION 

The  candidates  will  be  presented by  DEAN  C . E.  ERICKSON 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR  OF  ARTS 

* Marjean  Lucile  Brandt 

Elementary; 
Lansing 

Joanna  Tail  Catlin 
Elementary; 

Birmingham 

Cecilia  Matilda  Dennis 
Elementary; 

SI.  Augustine,  Fla . 

Nancy  Jane  Stitt  Doane 
Eleme ntary; 
Mason 
Richard Joseph  Dragin 

Social  Studies; 
Cente r  Line 

Gw e ndoline  Ward  Dudley 
Ele mentary ; 

East  Lansing 

Barbara  Ann  Fitzgerald 
El~mentary; 

Grosse  Pte. 

Noel  Marguerite  Lassen 
Elementary; 

Chicago,  Ill. 
Donna  Je an  He mstreet 
Elementary; 

East  Lansing 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR OF  SCIENCE 

Alex  S.  Bleahu 

Physical  Education; 
Canton,  Ohio 

Samuel  Bornstein 

Industrial  Arts; 

Milton ,  Mass. 

Robert  Earl  Brooks 

Physical  Education; 

Flint 

. Wayne  Floyd  Casp 

Physical  Education; 

Jackson 

Jerry  Edward Chapman 

Physical  Education; 

Jackson 

John  Francis  Cook 

Physical  Education; 
London,  Canada 
William  Frederick Gayde 

Indust rial  Arts; 
Plymouth 

*Howard  G.  Girven,  Jr . 

Dance; 

Lansing 

* With  honor 
t  With  high  ho nor 

Genevieve  Freeinan  Irons 
Elementary; 

Libe rtyville,  Ill. 

tNedra Smith Otto 

Elementary; 
Buchanan 
* Doris  Joan  Phend 
Elementary; 
Ironton 

FrancE's  Cae  Re e d 
El eme ntary ; 

Williamston 
Barbara  Jean  Ringl er 

Eleme ntary; 

Chesaning 

Betty  Collee n  Simcox 

Eleme ntary; 
Ashley 

Frances  Myra T es dal 

Elementary; 

Seneca,  Illinois 

Kathleen  Freidhoff  Tessier 

Eleme ntary; 
Rom eo 

Robert  William Gunn er 

Physical  Education; 
Chicago,  Illino i s 
William  Russ e l  Kuhlman 

Physical  Education; 
Rogers  City 

* James  He nry  Loughan 

Physical  Education; 

Charlotte 

Carl William  Nystrom 

Physical  Education; 

Marquette 
John  Jospph  Paior 

Industrial  Arts: 

Latrobt"  Penna. 

Ral ph  Russell  Radford 

Phy sica l  Education; 

Oclroit 

Jocille  Sm ith 

Physical  Edu catio n; 

Stoc kbridgp 

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COLLEGE  OF  E DUCA TION  (Co nti n ued ) 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER  OF  ARTS 

Gordon  Antho ny  Belt 
Education ; 

~ 

KaiBmazoo 

John  Elson  B e nington 

Physical  Education; 
Findlay,  O hio 

Elpidia  Eulalia  Bonanza 

Ho m e  Econ .  Educ.; 

Manila,  Philippines 

William  Edward  Carroll 

Sc hool  Administration; 

Wakefi e l d 

Ford  Stevens  Ceasar 
Education; 
Lansing 

Beve rly  Anne  Crowley 
E duca tio n; 

Muske gon 

Martha  Catherin e  Cunliff 

Education ; 

Tarrant .  Ala. 
Ro bert  Leon  Ew iglebe n 

Adm .  &  Educ.  Se r vo 

Lans ing 

Jack  M .  F er ris 

Ad m .  Educ. 

Traverse  City 

Charles  Martin  Greenshields 

Education; 

East  Lansing 

Olith Wood  Hamilton 

Voe .  H o m e  Econ .  Educ.; 

Na s hville 

Dorothy  Bailey  Hensel 
Education; 

Frankfort 

Be rna rd  Russ ell  Jardot 
Voc.  Educ.; 

Eato n  Rapids 

Charles  LeRoy  Mayer 

Adm.  Educ.; 
Gagetown 

Tsuru  Nakatani 

Edu ca tion; 

T o kyo.  Japan 

Angela  Egan Orbpck 

Education; 

East  Lansing 

John  Albert  Post 
Education; 

Kalamazoo 

Sherman  Taft  Richards 
Edu c ation; 
Ho well 

Ma rie  Knis E" ly  Roge rs 

Adm.  Educ.; 
La nsing 

Susan  Schilling 

Education; 
Lansing 
Wallace  C a r l  Schnetzler 
Adm.  Edu c.; 

Kalkaska 
J ean  L ee  Hankinso n  Seibel 

Adm.  &  Educ.  Services ; 
Tre nton,  Ne-w  Jersey 

Ludwig  John  Spolyar 
Education; 

Los  Gatos,  California 

Thomas  Lee  VanWinge n 
Adm .  Educ.; 

G rand  Rapids 

John  Edward Walker 

PhYSical  Education; 
Willoughby,  Ohio 

>;:  With  hono r 
t  With  high  honor 

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COLLEGE  OF  COMMUNICATION  ARTS 

The  candidates  will  be  presented  by  DEAN  GORDON  A.  SABINE 

DEGREE  OF  BACHELOR  OF  ARTS 

Har ry  Carlton  Brett,  Jr. 

Speech; 

Statesville,  N. C. 

Janice  Marie  Clemett 

Spe e ch; 

Detroit 

Donald  Rex  Corbitt 
Speech; 

Lansing 

Patrick Joseph  Curran 

Speech; 

Wayne,  Penna. 

John Elton  Dis cher 

Journalism; 
Detroit 

James  D ean  Evans 
Journalism; 
Flint 

Judith  Anne  Hughes 
Speech; 

SI.  Johns 

Ralph  Daniel  Karn .. y 
Speech; 

Lansing 

DEGREE  OF  MASTER OF  ARTS 

Ernest  W .  Richter 
Speec h; 

Minneapolis,  Minn . 

Beatrice  Mae  Luce 

Speech Correction; 

Grosse  Pointe  Woods 

Virginia  Ellen  Newman 

Speech; 

East  Lansing 

Rudolf He i nri ch  Petzold 
Journalism; 
Vassar 
Gerald  Lawrence  Salter 

Speech; 

Birmingham 

Melvin  John  Thompson 

Speech; 

Ravenna 

David  Glenn  Wilder 

Journalism; 
Detroit 
William  Walte r  Wellman 

Speech; 

Lansing 

Robert  Harol d  Williams 

Speech  Correction; 

Flint 

~,  With  honor 
t  With  high  honor 

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SCHOOL  FOR  ADVANCED  GRADUATE  STUDIES 

The  candidates' will  b e  presented by  DEAN  THOMAS  H.  OSGOOD 

DEGREE  OF  DOCTOR  OF  PHILOSOPHY 

Costas George  Apostolakis 

Soil  Science; 

Athens,  Greece 

Ellis  Thompson  Austin 
Economics; 

Edmonds,  Washington 

Rudolph  Joseph Boisve nue 
Microbiology ; 

Windsor,  Ontario 

Dale  Emil  Bordt 

Mi c robiology ; 
Monroe 
Parul Chatterjee 

Botany  &  Plant  Path. ; 
Calcutta ,  India 

Achit  Chotisen 

Microbiology  &  Pub.  Health ; 

Bangkok,  Thailand 

Spencer Harry  DeVault 
Psychology; 

New  Baltimore 

Robert  John  Douglas 
Microbiology; 

Guelph,  Canada 
Walter Orville  Dow,  Jr . 

Metallurgical  Engr. ; 

Petoskey 

Everette  Loranza  Duke 
Soil  Science; 

Louisa ,  Virginia 

Keith  John  F e nnimore 

English; 

Albion 

Elmer John  Fuhr 

Horticulture; 
Roseville 
R .  Merwin  Grimes 

Chemistry; 

Eaton  Rapids 

Mary Ella  Hand 

Psychology; 

Albany,  New  York 

Douglas  Jac k  Harvey 

Metallurgical  Engr. ; 

utica 

Gary  M.  Heymapn 
Psychology; 

Cle veland,  Ohio 

Osmane  Hipolito 

Microbiology; 
Brazil 

Monticello  Jefferson Howell 

Horticulture; 

Concord ,  N.C. 

Roger William  Little 
Sociology; 
Flint 

Robert  Lloyd  l\.f~rtindale 
Psychology; 

Highland  Park 

Dale  Marsh  Mesner 
Mathematics; 

Central City,  Nebraska 

Seth Setsuo  Mizuba 
Botany; 

Hila,  Hawaii 
George  Bryan Noland 

Entomology; 
Detroit 

Carl Herman Noller 
Dairy; 

Hubbardston 

Pearl Rexford Ogle,  Jr. 
Chemistry; 

Columbus ,  Ohio 

Marshall  Nevin  Palley 
Forestry; 

Pittsburgh,  Penna. 

Edwin  Vilis  Parups 
Horticulture; 

Oakville ,  Canada 

Lawrence  Lee  Reed 
Microbiology; 

Grand  Rapids 

John  Francis  Regan 

Chemistry; 

Boston.  Mass . 

Robert  Lloyd  Ringler 
Chemistry; 

Big Rapids 

Lynn Shelby  Robertson 
Soil  Science; 
Lafayette 

Wayne  Curry  Rohrer 
Sociology; 

Riverdale,  Maryland 

Louis  Haughton Sharpe 
Chemistry; 

East  Lansing 
Joseph-Alfred  Stevens 

Microbiology; 

Cleveland,  Ohio 

Glendon Swarthout 
English; 

East  Lansing 

Jack M.  Tadman 

Microbiology; 

Crown Point,  Indiana 

Norman Ray  Thompson 

Dairy; 

Hesperia 

Loyd  Wayne  Tiffany 
Microbiology; 
Lansing 

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SCHOOL  FOR  ADVANCED  GRADUATE  STUDIES  (Continued) 

DEGREE  OF  DOCTOR  OF  PHILOSOPHY 

Edmund Eugene  Tylutki 

Botany; 

Chicago,  Illinois 

Harry  Edwards  Ulmer 
Chemistry; 

Hartsville,  S. C. 

George  Constantine  Vayonis 

Botany; 

Athens,  Greece 

Norman  Paul Willett 
Microbiology; 

Demarest,  N.J . 

Mark G.  Wiltse 

Botany  &  Plant  Path. ; 

Ellsworth 

DEGREE  OF  DOCTOR OF VETERINARY  MEDICINE 

Ramchandra  Prasad Yadava 
Veterinary  Medicine; 

Patna,  Bihar,  India 

~  DEGREE  OF  DOCTOR OF  EDUCATION 

Lv.S-~ Adolphus  James  Miller 

oAi/frietfUu....  Ettucafto 

etersbuq;!  ¥irginia 

Gregory Allen  Miller 

Guidance  &  Counseling; 

Okemos 

Kingsley  Montgomery 

Guidance  &  Counseling; 

Lansing 

Albert  Westley  Rowland 
Higher  Education; 

Lansing 
James  Benjamin  Tintera 
Adm.  Educ . ; 

East  Lansing 

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ALMA  MATER 

I 

M. S.  U.  we  love  thy  shadows 
When  twilight  silence  falls, 
Flushing deep  and  softly paling 
0' 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 we'll  gather 
And  pledge  our faith  anew 
Sing  our  love  for  Alma  Mater 
And  thy  praises,  M.S. U.