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Clemson University TigerPrints Clemson Commencement Programs Academic Affairs 5-1-1990 Clemson Commencement Program, May 1990 Clemson University Follow this and additional works at: https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/comm_programs Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. code). Use of these materials beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. For additional rights information, please contact Kirstin O'Keefe (kokeefe [at] clemson [dot] edu) For additional information about the collections, please contact the Special Collections and Archives by phone at 864.656.3031 or via email at cuscl [at] clemson [dot] edu Recommended Citation University, Clemson, "Clemson Commencement Program, May 1990" (1990). Clemson Commencement Programs. 207. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/comm_programs/207 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Academic Affairs at TigerPrints. It has been accepted for inclusion in Clemson Commencement Programs by an authorized administrator of TigerPrints. For more information, please contact [email protected]. CLEMSON UNIVERSITY Ninety-fourth Commencement May 11, 1990 Clemson, South Carolina Graduation Friday, May 11, 1990 11:00 a. n1. Littlejohn Coliseum ORDER OF CEREMONIES (Audience will please stand as faculty and candidates march in and remain standing for the invocation) Invocation The Reverend G. Steven Plonk Lutheran Campus Ministry Conferring of Honorary Degrees President Max Lennon Address to Graduating Class The Honorable Elizabeth Dole United States Secretary of Labor Recognition of President's Award Recipient Conferring of Degrees and Delivery of Diplomas President Max Lennon Welcome to New Alumni J. Ryan White President, Alumni Association Benediction Frank W. Breazeale, Organist Kevin Davidson, Soloist Dr. John Jefferson Porter, University Marshal Visitors are not allowed on the floor of the coliseum for photographic or other purposes until after the commencement address. Access to the floor of the coliseum will be allowed beginning with the conferring of degrees of the doctoral candidates. Please return to your seat promptly after making photographs in order to keep distraction on the floor at a minimum. You are requested to refrain from loud expressions of pleasure for individual graduates. Such expressions frequently detract from the recognition due the next graduate in line. Your cooperation is respectfully but urgently requested. HONORARY DEGREE DOCTOR OF LAWS ELIZABETH DOLE North Carolinian Elizabeth Dole was sworn in by President George Bush as this nation's 20th Secretary of Labor on January 30, 1989. She guides a federal agency with almost 19,000 employees and a budget of more than $31 billion. Highly respected by both political parties, Mrs. Dole serves as the President's chief adviser on labor and workforce issues, as well as a key economic policy adviser. It has been said that on the Washington political landscape, she stands out as one who is brilliant, vibrant and charming. She is a political insider known for her diligence and dedication to public servce. Since taking office Secretary Dole has advanced a very active agenda. Among many accomplishments, she has: *Successfully negotiated a compromise which resulted in the first increase in the minimum wage since 1981, coupled with a first-ever training wage to ensure that young workers continue to have opportunities for employment. *Issued an ambitious "Call to Quality," which encompasses a number of propo- sals aimed at improving the state of America's workforce. *Proposed legislation aimed at refocusing the Job Training Partnership Act, so that it assists the least skilled and most economically disadvantaged Americans, and provides not just for a job, but also basic skills training, literacy, remedial education, and counseling - a total support system. *Continued her career-long dedication to public safety by making workplace safe- ty a top priority. Secretary Dole proposed and received a 10% increase in the inspec- tion force of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the first increase since 1981. In doing so, Secretary Dole sent a clear and unequivocal message that those responsible for the health and safety of workers must be aware of safety standards and comply with them fully. The National Safety Council recently honored Secretary Dole's commitment to safety by presenting her with their Distinguished Service Award. *Fostered labor-management relations by meeting with union and business leaders to encourage that differences be resolved through cooperation and not confrontation. Her decision to meet with the parties involved in the Pittston Coal Mine strike and to appoint a Supermediator is evidence of her commitment to this principle. *Travelled twice to Poland, where she has designed and is implementing a pack- age which will assist the new Polish government in its transition from a state-con- trolled economy to a free market economy. Prior to becoming Secretary of Labor Mrs. Dole was this nation's longest-serving Secretary of Transportation serving from February 1983 until October 1987. During her service as Secretary of Transportation the United States enjoyed the safest years in its history in all three major transportation areas - rail, air, and highway. Secretary Dole's public service experience also includes five years as a Federal Trade Commissioner and two years as Assistant to President Reagan for Public Liaison. Secretary Dole was graduated with distinction from Duke University, where she was president of student government and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She received her law degree from Harvard Law School and a master's degree in education and government from Harvard University. A native of Salisbury, North Carolina, Mrs. Dole was named by the Gallup Poll in 1988 as one of the world's ten most admired women. Clemson University holds her and her achievements in the highest regard, and it is a special privilege to honor her with the awarding of this honorary degree. ,, HONORARY DEGREE DOCTOR OF LAWS WILLIAM STATES LEE Bill Lee, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Duke Power Company, is a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, and grandson of Duke Power's first chief engineer. He attended Woodberry Forest School, Orange, Virginia, and graduated from Princeton University as Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude in civil engineering. After serving in the United States Navy Civil Engineering Corps, he joined Duke Power's engineering department in 1955 as a junior designer. Following several pro- motions within that department, he was named Vice President - Engineering in 1965, and a Duke Power Board Member in 1968. He was promoted to Senior Vice President - Engineering and Construction and joined the company's executive committee in 1971. He became Executive Vice President in 1976, President and Chief Operating Officer in 1978 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in April 1982. From its founding in 1979 until 1982, Mr. Lee was Chairman of the Board of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations. The institute was established by all the investor, government and cooperatively owned nuclear utilities to evaluate and assist each of the nation's nuclear power plants in achieving safety excellence. He was a catalyst in the founding of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (1987), established to improve the safety and operating performance of nuclear plants throughout the world. Members include the United States, the Soviet Union and 27 other nations with nuclear facilities. At Clemson, he is a member of the President's Advisory Council. He serves as Director of J. P. Morgan & Co., Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. and the Liberty Corporation. He was named chairman of the fund drive for the North Carolina Performing Arts Center at Charlotte Foundation in June 1988. In 1972 he was elected a Fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and received the society's George Westinghouse Gold Medal. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1978. The National Society of Professional Engi- neers selected Mr. Lee as the nation's outstanding engineer in 1980. He is a registered professional engineer in North and South Carolina and a member of various industry, professional and civic organizations. He was awarded the Silver Medal of Merit Award by the Treasury Department's U. S. Savings Bonds Division for his service as chairman of the 1987 Public Utilities Industry Savings Bond Campaign, which resulted in record-setting enrollment of utility em- ployees. Mr. Lee was reappointed to serve as 1988 Utilities lndusty Chairman. For three consecutive years he was named a winner in Financial World's CEO of the Year Competition, receiving silver awards in 1985 and 1986 and bronze awards in 1987 and 1989. Winners were chosen from some 2,300 executive officers representing all industries throughout the country. In 1979 he was awarded the W. S. O'B. Robinson Award, the company's prestig- ious award for outstanding service in several categories, including special achieve- ments, public service and customer relations, for his leadership in the Three Mile Island crisis. Clemson University holds Bill Lee and his achievements in the highest regard, and it is a special privilege to present an honorary degree to him. The President's Award JERRY E. DEMPSEY As head of one of the nation's largest environmental services companies and as a hardworking and generous volunteer for Clem- son, Landrum native Jerry E. Dempsey is one of today's leading influences in technological and educational advancement. Mr. Dempsey is president, chief executive officer and a director of Chemical Waste Management, Inc. of Oak Brook, Illinois, and senior vice president and a director of its parent company, Waste Management, Inc. His firm, which manages and treats waste from industries and government, is at the forefront in developing waste- treatment technology that can immediately be put into practice. Likewise, Mr. Dempsey is at the forefront of Clemson's rise to academic excellence.