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To View Or Download the 2020 Commencement Program (PDF) One Hundred and Sixty-Second Annual Commencement 11 A.M. CDT, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2020 2982_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2020_FRONT.indd 1 6/12/20 12:14 PM UNIVERSITY SEAL AND MOTTO Soon after Northwestern University was founded, its Board of Trustees adopted an official corporate seal. This seal, approved on June 26, 1856, consisted of an open book surrounded by rays of light and circled by the words North western University, Evanston, Illinois. Thirty years later Daniel Bonbright, professor of Latin and a member of Northwestern’s original faculty, redesigned the seal, Whatsoever things are true, retaining the book and light rays and adding two quotations. whatsoever things are honest, On the pages of the open book he placed a Greek quotation from the Gospel of John, chapter 1, verse 14, translating to The Word . whatsoever things are just, full of grace and truth. Circling the book are the first three whatsoever things are pure, words, in Latin, of the University motto: Quaecumque sunt vera whatsoever things are lovely, (What soever things are true). The outer border of the seal carries the name of the University and the date of its founding. This seal, whatsoever things are of good report; which remains Northwestern’s official signature, was approved by if there be any virtue, the Board of Trustees on December 5, 1890. and if there be any praise, The full text of the University motto, adopted on June 17, 1890, is think on these things. from the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians, chapter 4, verse 8 (King James Version). 2 2982_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2020_FRONT.indd 2 6/12/20 12:14 PM COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM . 5 PROFILES . 6 UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES . 7 HISTORY OF NORTHWESTERN . 8 SCHOOLS OF THE UNIVERSITY . 9 ACADEMIC DRESS AND HONOR CORDS . 10 EMERITUS FACULTY. 12 HONORARY DEGREES . 13 DISTINGUISHED SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER AWARDS . 14 FIFTIETH REUNION CLASS . 15 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES* Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences . 16 School of Communication . 19 School of Education and Social Policy . 20 Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science . 21 Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications . 23 Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music . 24 Reserve Officers Training Corps . 24 GRADUATE DEGREES* Graduate School . 25 School of Communication . 38 School of Education and Social Policy . 39 Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science . 39 Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications . 41 Pritzker School of Law . 42 J. L. Kellogg School of Management . 44 Feinberg School of Medicine . 48 Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music . 49 School of Professional Studies . 49 PRIZES AND HONORS . 52 COMMENCEMENT PLANNING AND PRODUCTION . 72 *The appearance of a candidate’s name is presumptive evidence of graduation but is not to be regarded as conclusive. 3 2982_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2020_FRONT.indd 3 6/12/20 12:14 PM UNIVERSITY ALMA MATER H ail to Alma Mater! We will sing thy praise forever; All thy sons and daughters Pledge thee victory and honor. Alma Mater, praise be thine, May thy name forever shine! Hail to Purple! Hail to White! Hail to thee, Northwestern! Q UAECUMQ UE SUNT VERA, TO OUR GUESTS P ROBA, JUSTA, MERA Commencement is the highlight of the academic year. It is that significant occasion, O MNIA HAEC DONA both solemn and joyful, when we honor those students who have completed their courses of study. Commencement is important to P RAEBES NOBIS BONA, all of you, the University, and its faculty, staff, and students. While the University respects the rights of all to express their views, we A LMA M ATER CARA, respectfully expect and require that any such expressions during these Commencement B ENEDICTA, CLARA, proceedings not disrupt the virtual ceremony nor prevent others from enjoying it. C ELSA IN HONORE Once the virtual Commencement ceremony has concluded, a link to the recording will be avail able OSTRO ET AMORE on Northwestern’s Commencement website. N ! 4 2982_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2020_FRONT.indd 4 6/12/20 12:14 PM PROGRAM NATIONAL ANTHEM Olivia Catherine Prendergast, candidate for BM, 2020 INVOCATION Tahera Ahmad, associate University chaplain and director of interfaith engagement WELCOME Morton Schapiro, president of the University GREETINGS J. Landis Martin, chair of the Board of Trustees ALUMNI RECOGNITION Samir Mayekar, president of the Northwestern Alumni Association RECOGNITION OF NEWLY APPOINTED EMERITUS FACULTY Morton Schapiro CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Morton Schapiro Citations read by Kathleen Hagerty, interim provost of the University The citations appear on page 13. REMARKS TO THE GRADUATES Lori E. Lightfoot, mayor of Chicago Introduced by Demi Oluyemi, candidate for BSESP, 2020 CONFERRING OF DOCTORAL DEGREES Morton Schapiro MESSAGE TO PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS Trisha Murali Kaundinya, BSC, 2020 CONFERRING OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES Morton Schapiro UNIVERSITY ALMA MATER Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Donald Nally, John W. Beattie Professor of Music The text appears on page 4. 5 2982_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2020_FRONT.indd 5 6/12/20 12:14 PM PROFILES MORTON SCHAPIRO J. LANDIS MARTIN President Chair, Board of Trustees Morton Schapiro began his term as the 16th president of Northwestern J. Landis Martin is the chairman and managing director of Platte River University on September 1, 2009. He is a professor of economics in Equity, a Denver-based private equity firm focused on lower-middle- Northwestern’s Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and market companies. He retired as chairman and CEO of Denver-based Sciences and also holds appointments in the J. L. Kellogg School of Titanium Metals Corporation, one of the world’s largest producers of Management and the School of Education and Social Policy. titanium metal, in 2005. Mr. Martin is also the chairman of the board of Houston-based Crown Castle International Corporation, a communi- President Schapiro is among the nation’s leading authorities on the cations infrastructure provider. Until 1987 he was also a partner at the economics of higher education, with particular exper tise in the area of Kirkland & Ellis law firm. college financing and affordability and on trends in educational costs and student aid. He has been a regular commentator in the national Mr. Martin is chairman of the Denver Art Museum and its foundation media on those and other issues. and of the Clyfford Still Museum Foundation. Chairman emeritus of Central City Opera House Association, he is also past chairman and Previously President Schapiro was president of Williams College from president of the Houston Grand Opera. 2000 to 2009. Earlier he had served as a member of the Williams College faculty from 1980 to 1991 as professor of economics and assis- In addition to chairing Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees, tant provost. In 1991 he went to the University of Southern California, Mr. Martin is a member of the Northwestern Pritzker School of where he served as chair of the economics department until 1994 and Law Board. He received a bachelor of science degree in business then as dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences until 2000. administration from Northwestern and a juris doctor degree from During his last two years as dean, he also served as the university’s Northwestern Law. vice president for planning. President Schapiro has written or edited nine books and more than 100 articles. He has received research grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Education, the World Bank, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the College Board, the Organization for Economic Coopera tion and Development, and other groups to study the econom- ics of higher education and related topics. In 2010 he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2017 he was elected to the National Academy of Education. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Hofstra University and his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. 6 2982_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2020_FRONT.indd 6 6/12/20 12:14 PM UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES Board of Trustees E. Scott Santi George E. Johnson Muneer A. Satter Daniel S. Jones Courtney D. Armstrong Paul J. Schneider James R. Kackley Peter J. Barris Andrew E. Senyei Ellen Philips Katz Alicia Boler Davis Michael S. Shannon William S. Kirsch Christine E. Brennan Gwynne E. Shotwell Lester B. Knight Steven A. Cahillane Timothy P. Sullivan Martin J. Koldyke Fernando Chico Charles A. Tribbett III Harry M. Kraemer Jr. A. Steven Crown Jeffrey W. Ubben Timothy K. Krauskopf Deborah L. DeHaas Julia A. Uihlein Duane R. Kullberg James A. DeNaut Frederick H. Waddell Alan M. Leventhal D. Cameron Findlay Mark R. Walter Lawrence F. Levy Dennis J. FitzSimons Sona Wang Ivy Beth Lewis T. Bondurant French David B. Weinberg Edward M. Liddy Valerie J. Friedman Miles D. White John Jeffry Louis Christopher B. Galvin Michael R. Wilbon Ann Lurie Larry W. Gies W. Rockwell Wirtz Robert A. Lurie H. Patrick Hackett Jr. Jianming Yu John W. Madigan Dean M. Harrison R. Eden Martin Jay C. Hoag Arthur C. Martinez Adam L. Hoeflich Life Trustees W. James McNerney Jr. Jane S. Hoffman Newton N. Minow Lynn A. Hopton Davis William F. Aldinger Lee M. Mitchell Larry Irving Mark A. Angelson Leo F. Mullin David G. Kabiller Judith S. Block Robin Chemers Neustein Nancy Trienens Kaehler Neil G. Bluhm James J. O’Connor Adam R. Karr Deborah H. Brady Dale Park Jr. Melih Z. Keyman Duane L. Burnham Harry J. Pearce Harreld N. Kirkpatrick III John A. Canning Jr. Jerry K. Pearlman Ellen Kullman Nicholas D. Chabraja Jerry M. Reinsdorf Jennifer Leischner Litowitz Dennis H. Chookaszian John W. Rowe J. Landis Martin (chair) Donald C. Clark Patrick G. Ryan Samir S. Mayekar George A. Cohon Paul Sagan April McClain-Delaney Franklin A.
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