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mm m CORRECTED COPY Web/mwibw\v<” 1995 Spring Commencement North Carolina State University Saturday, May 13 Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five Degrees Awarded 1995 DEGREES TO BE CONFERRED Saturday, May 13 Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Five This program is prepared for informational purposes only. The appearance ofan individual’s name does not constitute the University's acknowledgement, certification, or representation that the individual has fulfilled the requirements for a degree. TABLE OF CONTENTS Musical Program iv Exercises ofGraduation y The Alma Mater vi Dr. E. Gordon Gee ................................................... vii Dr. William Brantley Aycock ............................................ viii Gen. Maxwell Reid Thurman ............................................. ix Time and Location ofDistribution ofDiplomas .................................x ROTC Commissioning Ceremony ......................................... xii Commencement Ushers ................................................xiii Commencement Marshals ..............................................xiii Faculty Retirements 1994-95 ............................................ xiv Academic Costume xvi Academic Honors xvi Undergraduate Degrees ................................................. 1 Graduate Degrees, May 1995 54 Master’s Degrees 54 Master ofArts Degrees .........................................61 Master of Science Degrees 62 Doctor of Education Degrees 69 Doctor of Philosophy Degrees .....................................72 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degrees .............................. 82 Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees: June, August, December 1994 ................ 84 Board ofGovemors’ Award for Excellence in Teaching ......................... 179 Alumni Faculty Awards ................................................180 Outstanding Teacher Awards for 1994-95 ................................... 181 Awards for Achievement 1994-95 ....................................... 182 Phi Betta Kappa .....................................................193 Phi Kappa Phi ......................................................194 Army, Navy and Air Force ROTC Commissionees - 1994-95 ..................... 197 1995 Commencement Acknowledgements ................................... 198 iii MUSICAL PROGRAM EXERCISES OF GRADUATION May 13, 1995 Commencement Band Concert 8:30 am Carter-Finley Stadium The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa Toccata Frank Erickson First Suite in E-flat for Band ....................... Gustav Holst Chaconne Intermezzo March English Folk Song Suite .................. Ralph Vaughan-Williams March - "Seventeen come Sunday" Intermezzo - "My Bonny Boy" March - "Folk Songs fiom Somerset" Processional: 9:00 am. March Processional ........................... Clare Grundman Recessional: University Grand March ................... Edwin Franko Goldman NC. STATE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT BAND Dr. Robert B. Petters, Conductor EXERCISES OF GRADUATION Carter-Finley Stadium Chancellor Larry K. Monteith Presiding May 13, 1995 PROCESSIONAL, 9:00 am. Dr. Robert Petters Conductor, North Carolina State University Commencement Band. The audience is requested to remain seated during the Processional. WELCOME ............................... Chancellor Larry K. Monteith INVOCATION .......................... The Reverend Arthur C. Calloway Rector, St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Raleigh, NC NATIONAL ANTHEM .............................. The Grains of Time INTRODUCTIONS Chancellor Monteith ADDRESS Dr. E. Gordon Gee President, The Ohio State University CONFERRTNG OF HONORARY DEGREES Chancellor Monteith Gen.Dr. WilliamMaxwellBrantleyReid ThurmanAycock Doctor ofHumane Letters CONFERRING OF DEGREES ........................ Chancellor Monteith ofCandidatesVeterinaryforMedicine.Doctor ofVeterinaryCandidatesMedicinefor otherpresentedadvancedbydegreesDean ofpresentedCollege by Dean of Graduate School. Candidates for baccalaureate degrees presented by Deans ofColleges. ADDRESS TO FELLOW GRADUATES .................... Eddie Lee Goins Class of 1995 RECOGNITIONS .................................. Chancellor Monteith VALEDICTORIANS .................................. CLASS OF 1995 Linda Joanne Abel Christopher Knox Karlof Edgar Garcia Estupinan Cheryl Lynn Gaither KristenRobert EricMarieKylesMushnll Heather Christina Harmon Amy Louise Patterson Steven Gerald Humphrey Grant Morey Stevens TURNING OF THE TASSEL .......................... Christina Verleger President, Senior Class ALMA MATER ................................... The Grains ofTime RECESSIONAL The audience is requested to be seated during the Recessional. THE ALMA MATER Words by: Music by: ALVIN M. FOUNTAIN, ’23 BONNIE F. NORRIS, IR, ’23 Where the winds of Dixie softly blow o’er the fields of Caroline, There stands ever cherished NC. State, as thy honored shrine. So lifi your voices; Loudly sing from hill to oceanside! Our hearts ever hold you, NC. State in the folds of our love and pride. vi DR. E. GORDON GEE As president of The Ohio State University, Dr. E. Gordon Gee, continues as an outspoken and tireless advocate for higher education. Gee has been chief executive officer of Ohio State since 1990 and leads one of the nation’s most comprehensive land-grant universities -- with 19 colleges, 56,000 students, 22,000 faculty and staff, and an annual budget of $1.4 billion. Working with faculty, staff and students, Gee has focused his energy on furthering the university’s teaching, research and service missions. He guided a comprehensive planning and restructuring process that set institutional priorities for education in the let century. The Utah native 'received a bachelor’s degree in history from the University ofUtah in 1968, and a law degree and doctorate in education from Columbia University in 1971 and 1972 respectively. He served as assistant law dean at the University of Utah from 1973 to 1974; was ajudicial fellow and senior staff assistant in the chambers of the Chief Justice of the United States from 1974 to 1975; and was associate law dean and professor of law in the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University from 1975 to 1979. In 1981, Gee became one of the nation’s youngest college presidents when, at the age of 37, he assumed leadership of West Virginia University, where he had served as dean of the law school from 1979. Gee has received numerous honors in the fields of law and education. He has written six books, including the award-winning "Information Literacy: Revolution in the Library." He serves on a number ofnational committees and councils, is on the executive committee of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, and chairs the Council on Governmental Relations. He and his wife, Dr. Bumgarner Gee, an assistant professor of art education at Ohio State, live in Bexley. His daughter, Rebekah is a student at Columbia University. vii WILLIAM BRANTLEY AYCOCK Dr. William Brantley Aycock, chancellor emeritus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a Johnston County native who earned a bachelor’s degree in education from North Carolina State University in 1936 and a master’s degree in history from UNC-Chapel Hill the following year. His career was interrupted by World War II and service in the US. Army. Aycock received a Bronze Star, Silver Star and the Legion ofMerit for action in the European Theater of Operations as battalion commander in the 87th Infantry Division. Later he served as a Reserve officer in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. After the war, he resumed his education in law school at UNC-Chapel Hill, and joined the law faculty in 1948 a semester before graduating first in his class. He was named acting dean of the School of Law in 1956. As chancellor ofUNC-Chapel Hill from 1957 to 1964, Aycock led the university through a period ofrapid growth. Following his term as chancellor, he resumed teaching in the law school; was named Kenan Professor of Law in 1966; was a five-time winner of the McCall Teaching Award; and was the first faculty member to be named to the UNC-Chapel Hill General Alumni Association board of directors. He retired as a full-time faculty member in 1985, but continued to teach and publish. Over the years, Aycock earned a reputation for his personal and professional stand on issues such as disadvantaged youth and the rights of women. He co-authored "The Military Law Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice" with Seymour Wurfel in 1955. Aycock also played a role in international affairs as personal assistant to Frank Porter Graham, the United Nations representative during critical peacemaking negotiations in 1951 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. His achievements have earned him numerous awards including the Thomas Jefferson Award; the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the UNC- Chapel Hill Law Alumni Association; the William Richardson Davie Award from the UNC-Chapel Hill Board ofTrustees; the Liberty Bell Award from the NC. Bar Association; the Distinguished Service Medal from the UNC-Chapel Hi1 General Alumni Association; and the University Award from The University of North Carolina Board of Governors. viii GENERAL MAXWELL R. THURMAN Retired Army General Maxwell R. Thurman is a High Point native who earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University in 1953. After a distinguished military career that spanned 38 years, Thurman retired from the Army in 1991. One of the few non-West Point graduates to reach the four-star rank, Thurman was a principal architect ofthe all-volunteer