Annual Commencement / Northwestern University
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Northwestern University Ninety-First Annual Commencement Monday, June ij, ig^g CAMPUS MEADOW, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS THE PLEDGE Traditionally Taken By Northwestern Graduates on Receiving Their Degrees With a solemn sense of my responsibility I PLEDGE myself to hold my degree as a sacred trust, WITH untarnished HONOR TO MYSELF, IN GENEROUS LOYALTY TO ALMA MATER, AND WITH FIDELITY TO MY COUNTRY, MY FELLOW MEN, AND MY GOD. The Program PROCESSIONAL THE NATIONAL ANTHEM (The first stanza) (The audience will please remain standing until the Invocation has been pronounced) INVOCATION The Reverend James C. McLeod University Chaplain AWARDING OF CITATIONS TO FACULTY MEMBERS WHO WILL RETIRE FROM ACTIVE SERVICE ON 31 AUGUST 1949 Professor Leslie B. Arey Secretary of The University Senate Ethel Vaughan, Assistant Professor of Romance Languages Ernst Hellinger, Professor of Mathematics Alexander A. Day, Professor of Bacteriology Robert E. Blackwell, Professor of Operative Dentistry George B. Denton, Professor of Dental History and Literature Louie W. Webb, Professor of Education AWARDING OF CERTIFICATES Franklyn B. Snyder AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES President of the University CHARGE TO THE GRADUATING CLASS The President of the University CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES HYMN: AMERICA (The first and last stanzas) DELIVERY OF DIPLOMAS The Deans of the Schools BENEDICTION The University Chaplain I 1 I I The Honorary Degrees Doctor of Sacred Theology — Louis Leopold Mann Rabbi of Chicago Sinai Congregation for more than quarter of a century; eminent scholar in Oriental languages; a founder of the Hillel Foundations in American Universities; long a champion of just causes and voice for the inarticulate and exploited; author, lecturer, pastor and counselor, he has admirably served his fellowmen and his God. Presented by The Reverend James C. McLeod, University Chaplain Doctor of Science — Ernest Henry Volwiler Chemist, research executive and business administrator; president-elect of the American Chemical Society; a modern pioneer in the pharmaceutical industry. The anesthetics and sedatives that he has made available to the medical profession have saved the lives of thousands and eased the sufferings of hundreds of thousands. Presented by Robert K. Summerbell, Professor of Chemistry and Chairman of the Department Doctor of Laws — Sumner Huber Slighter Economist, scholar, and educator, now Thomas W. Lamont University Professor in Harvard University. By his research and active participation in labor conflicts he has done much to improve the relations between labor and management; by his leadership in education he has done much to improve the status of his profession, and to advance the frontiers of economics and business education. Wise counselor and adviser of statesmen and business men, he has been a leader and a servant of the society in which we live. Presented by Simeon E. Leland, Professor of Economics and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts Doctor of Laws — John D. Wicrhem Lawyer and scholar, onetime Professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, whose salutary influence in education has been extended by hi* able services as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Beloit College; a distinguished jurist whose scholarly opinions as a judge of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin have received wide acclaim, and have influenced the course of the law because of his understanding of its true function. Presented by Homer F. Carey, Professor of Law [3] NINETY-FIRST COMMENCEMENT Doctor of Laws — Martin H. Kennelly Mayor of Chicago, whose public service rises above partisanship and political expediency. As a successful man of business, who was a willing leader in charitable and philanthropic enterprises, he won the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. When, at their request, he assumed the duties of public office, he devoted himself to applying to public affairs the same principles which had won him an enviable reputation in his own commercial undertakings. Presented by Kenneth F. Burgess, a Trustee of Northwestern University and President of the Board Doctor of Laws — Leverett Saltonstall An honored citizen of a Commonwealth which his ancestors helped to establish; a public servant for over twenty-five years as alderman, state representative, governor, and United States Senator from Massachusetts; president of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University; keen student of our political and social institutions; a loyal friend of higher education, who typifies the best in our American traditions and ideals. Presented by Arthur R. Tebbutt, Professor of Statistics and Dean of the Graduate School [4] The Degrees in Course (The appearance of a name on this list is presumptive evidence of graduation but is not to be regarded as conclusive.) COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS Candidates Presented by Dean Simeon E. Leland Bachelor of Arts Rose Adamek Sara Jane MacLean Alice Katherine Albro Patricia Anne Manthey Mary Elizabeth Alford Byron Stewart Matthews Elaine Bearman Patricia Ann McCarthy Byron Harold Belt Hortense Othiel Johanna Meyer Barbara Blanchard Joan Ingrid Miller Jeanne Marie Clark Barbara Lee Murchie Kathryn Elizabeth Craig Robert Eddinger Nelson Kathleen Ann Crosby Joy Nicholls Marston Jay Dodge Marilyn Elizabeth North Elizabeth Serena Fulton Richard Everett Noyes Carolyn Stafford Geiger Ruth Marguerite Reinke Guy Allen Gladson, Jr. Marguerite Remahl Betty Marie Hanneman Richard Jay Ross Elaine Hecht Lenore Kay Schwartz Patricia Mabel Henline Elizabeth Joy StoUer Helen Claire Hulings Ruth Diamant Stuck Betty Beatrice Kahn Lenore Jewel Trachtenberg Albert Yin Tau Kong, Jr. Allen Van Cranebrock Patricia Helen Krecker Louise Von Frantzius Joan EUaine Leff Merilyn Goerss Wendt Barbara Jean MacDonald Jean Louise Zettelmeyer Bachelor OF Science Lenore Beth Ackerson Jack Maiden Barker Harry Grover Allard, Jr. Joan Mary Bartling James Sheridan Allen Lyle Bass Janet Ann Allen Robert Barrie Bathurst Thomas Draper Allen Frederick Edward Bauman Philip John Amandes Mary Carol Bausch Donald Laurence Andersen Charles Henry Bausman, Jr. Adrienne Jeanne Anderson Elbridge Sherrill Bean, Jr. Gloria Marie Anderson Raymond Henry Bechtel Leslie Martin Anderson LaVerne Lee Becwar Patricia Anne Anderson Richard Carter Bennett Charles Brentford Andrews Anne Benson Harold George Andrews Phyllis Vilma Bergquist Alice Catherine Angle Robert Emanuel Berliner Jean Louise Angle Gerson Charles Bernhard Edward James Archer Emilie Alma Betcher Virginia Armstrong William George Bittler Janet Elizabeth Ayers Robert Boothe Blackwell Betty Pauline Baach Robert Vernon Blanke Laura Houghton Baer George William Boiling, III [5] NINETY-FIRST COMMENCEMENT Charles Stevenson Booz, Jr. Gloria Graves deSilva Britta Jorgine Borgeson Mildred Evelyn Dordick John Henry Bornhofen Samuel John Doy Gretchen Colleen Diltz Brent Francine Draper Clarence James Bridgen, Jr. Alma Kathleen Duston Marjorie Amelia Brobst Richard Arthur Edgren, Jr. Denise Arlette Brookman Edward Franklin Edlund Georgiana Brooks James John Egan William Henderson Brown, Jr. Richard Roy Eggers Jeanne Eleanor Bryant Eldon Earl Elam Madelyn Day Buckstaff Edward Elcott George Ralph Bugbee Marguerite Harriet Ellis William Robert Burgess Herbert Harter Engelhard, Jr. Willis Walter Burgess, Jr. Daniel Henry Erdevig, Jr. Robert Pearson Busch Elizabeth Annetta Evans Ralph Oscar Butz, Jr. Leonard Henry Evans Linn Arthur Campbell Robert Hugh Evans Edwin Joseph Carey David Hubert Farnham Betty Jane Carlberg Ann Butler Faust Betty Elaine Carlson Carol Jean Feiman Thaddeus Richard Carpen Jerome Anthony Feit Lee Richard Cascino Jane Marr Figley Margaret Susan Cattin Robert Franklin Finegan Courtney Ann Cavenaugh Marilyn Ruth Fischer Franklin Theodore Chace Stanton Pollard Fischer Doris May Charlton Ward Phelps Fisher Clark Allason Cheney Donald Stuart Flannery Janice Clark James Wendell Flesher Joan Eva Clayton Gloria June Foote Doris Mary Cliff Paula Anne Fowler Shirlee Cochran Jack Miller Fox Robert Butler Cole Robert Samuel Fox Bruce Elwood Collins Marshall Irwin Frankel Katherine Foster Coney Eleanor Jessie Eraser Mary Ellen Cooper Joan Hoberg Eraser Jean Ellen Copeland Melvin Lawrence Friedman Roberta Muriel Corby Ralph Eugene Friz Jean Marie Cordiner Nancy Lou Fuller Janice Moore Cordts James McElroy Fuqua Carol Lucille Corey Nancy Virginia Furst Helen Louise Cornelius Phyllis Gahman Marion Masten Grain Janice Marion Gamble Robert Warren Cromer Doris Johnson Gaston Neil Byrne Crow Ernest Terral Gaston Elmira Jean Curry Frank Meikle Gault Everett Litton Curtis Mary Elizabeth Geiger Mary Warren Dalton Harry Robert Giltnane Elinor Sibyl Dana Mary Lou Gimbel Allan Ray Dannhauer LeRoy Augustus Glasner, Jr. Ruth Ann Darch Jacquelyn Juanita Glessner Lucian Arthur D'Asaro Robert Goede Eleanor Fern Davis Fred Stewart Gordon Philip David Davis, Jr. Herman William Gottschalk Garfield Asbury Dawe James Gough, Jr. Madeline Catherine Deasy Henry Emanuel Greenebaum William Higgins DeLaney Eileen Anne Greisch Mildred Delich Russell Pershing Gremel Francis Gerald De Pauw Leonard Charles Grotz [6] NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Alene Margery Gustavson Paul Bruns Johnston Robert Harold Gyving Corinne Olive Jones Alice Haggerty George Dean Jones Marilyn Audrey Haigh Palmyra Elizabeth Jones Theodore Ronald Hainline Betty Jane Kaen Jordan Mary Sue Hale Donald Mitchell Joyce, Jr. Thomas Newton Hall Richard Gordon Kahn Alfred Howard Hallman Electra Kakarakis Robert Edward Halverson Carol Lee Kane Robert Bruce Hamilton Francis Jerome Kanofsky Phyllis Ann Hancock Patricia