2019 Commencement Program
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The One Hundred Seventy-fourth Commencement May Thirteenth, Two Thousand Nineteen Emory University The One Hundred Seventy-fourth Commencement The Thirteenth of May Two Thousand Nineteen The Alma Mater Table of Contents In the heart of dear old Emory Order of Exercises .................................................................... 2 Where the sun doth shine, That is where our hearts are turning Musical Selections .................................................................... 3 ’Round old Emory’s shrine. Order of Procession ................................................................. 3 We will ever sing thy praises, Award Recipients ..................................................................... 4 Sons and daughters true. Hail we now our Alma Mater, Honorary Degree and President’s Medal Recipients ................ 6 Hail the Gold and Blue! Diploma Ceremonies ................................................................ 7 Tho’ the years around us gather, Retiring Faculty and Staff ........................................................ 8 Crowned with love and cheer, Still the memory of Old Emory In Memoriam ........................................................................... 8 Grows to us more dear. Recipients of Degrees-in-Course ............................................... 9 We will ever sing thy praises, Emory College of Arts and Sciences ..................................... 9 Sons and daughters true. Hail we now our Alma Mater, Oxford College .................................................................. 14 Hail the Gold and Blue! School of Medicine ............................................................ 14 —J. Marvin Rast 1918C 29T Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing ....................... 16 Candler School of Theology .............................................. 17 School of Law .................................................................... 18 Roberto C. Goizueta Business School ................................ 20 Rollins School of Public Health ......................................... 23 James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies ....................... 26 Recipients of the Doctor of Philosophy Degree ...................... 27 Recipients of Honors and Prizes ............................................ 36 A Commentary on Commencement ....................................... 52 Emory University Commencement 2019 1 The Order of Exercises Gathering Music Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet Processional Atlanta Pipe Band Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet National Anthem Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet Invocation Robert M. Franklin Jr. James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership Presidential Address Claire E. Sterk Presentation of the Marion Luther Brittain Service Award Paul Marthers Interim Vice President of Campus Life Presentation of the Exemplary Teacher Award Dwight A. McBride Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Presentation of the Thomas Jefferson Award Allison Dykes Vice President and Secretary of the University Authorization to Confer Degrees Robert C. Goddard III Chair of the Board of Trustees Conferral of Honorary Degrees Claire E. Sterk Keynote Address Ambassador Andrew Young 91H Conferral of Degrees Claire E. Sterk Welcome to the Emory Alumni Association Jonathan Butler 96C President, Emory Alumni Board Closing Remarks Claire E. Sterk Benediction Talah Bakdash 19C, Muslim Anna Kix Bintinger 19C, Christian Tarron Chambers 16Ox 19C, Buddhist Jonah Elyachar 17Ox 19C, Jewish Akshar Patel 19C, Hindu Alma Mater Aditya Bhise 21C Sai Kumar Ganagoni 20C John Lawrence Graham 19C Samuel C. Hulsey 22C Yuchen Zhang 19B Recessional Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet Guests are asked to please remain seated during the processional and recessional. Please silence any electronic devices and refrain from talking during the ceremonies. The Quadrangle and Emory College of Arts and Sciences ceremonies can be viewed in rooms 206, 207, and 208 in White Hall and on the web at www.emory.edu/commencement. Overflow viewing for the Quadrangle ceremony is available at McDonough Field. In support of Emory’s sustainability initiatives, we ask that you return any unneeded copies of this program to the program distribution tables and take the time to properly dispose of your recyclable and compostable waste items in the proper containers. 2 Emory University Commencement 2019 Gathering Music The Faculties Jubilate Deo .......................................................... Gregor Aichinger chief marshal of the university Revecy venir du Printans ........................................ Claude Le Jeune Professor Bobbi Patterson 94PhD Sonata from Die Bänkelsängerlieder ............................ Daniel Speer English Folk Song Suite ............................ Ralph Vaughan Williams the platform party Fancies, Toyes and Dreames ....................................... Giles Farnaby Vice President and Secretary of the University Allison Dykes Georgia on My Mind .............................. Hoagy Carmichael/Moore Vice President and Chief of Staff Daniel L. Gordon 99C 05B The Fairest of the Fair .......................................... John Philip Sousa University Trustees Contrapunctus IX ........................................ Johann Sebastian Bach Recipients of Special Awards Soliloquy for Solo Trumpet ........................... John Anthony Lennon Commencement Vocalists Senior Adviser to the President Robert M. Franklin Jr. The Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet performs this morning’s Senior Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs Commencement music, which includes arrangements David B. Sandor by Michael Moore. Senior Vice President for Research; Robert W. Woodruff Professor Stuart Stephenson and Michael Tiscione, trumpet and Chair in Nursing; Assistant Dean for Faculty Mentoring, Kimberly Gilman, horn School of Nursing Deborah W. Bruner Nathan Zgonc, trombone Senior Vice President for Advancement and Alumni Engagement Michael Moore, tuba and artistic director Joshua R. Newton Senior Vice President and General Counsel Stephen D. Sencer Executive Vice President for Health Affairs; President, CEO, and Processional Chairman of the Board, Emory Healthcare Jonathan S. Lewin President of the Emory Alumni Board of the Emory Alumni Emory and Old St Andrews .............Henry Frantz 71C 74L/Moore Association Jonathan Butler 96C An Academic Procession ........................... Johannes Brahms/Moore President of the University Senate Jason Schneider 03MR Prelude to “Te Deum”…….. .......Marc-Antoine Charpentier/Moore Registrar JoAnn McKenzie Fanfare to “La Peri” ...................................................... Paul Dukas Acting Dean of the Chapel and Spiritual Life Lisa Garvin 03T Student Ministers Please remain seated while the platform party, faculty, and Director of Yerkes National Primate Research Center graduates process into the Quadrangle. R. Paul Johnson Interim Vice President of Campus Life Paul Marthers Dean of Oxford College Douglas A. Hicks Recessional Dean of Rollins School of Public Health James W. Curran Dean of Roberto C. Goizueta Business School Erika James La Rejouissance from Interim Dean of the School of Law James B. Hughes Jr. “Royal Fireworks Music”..............George Frederick Handel/Moore Dean of Candler School of Theology Jan Love Dean of Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Please remain seated until the platform party, faculty, and Linda A. McCauley 79N graduates have departed. Dean of the School of Medicine Vikas P. Sukhatme Dean of Emory College of Arts and Sciences Michael A. Elliott Vice Provost for Academic Affairs–Graduate Studies and Dean of Order of Procession the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies Lisa A. Tedesco Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs The Atlanta Pipe Band Dwight A. McBride Patricia Flatley Brennan Candidates for Baccalaureate and Helene D. Gayle Professional Degrees Ambassador Andrew Young 91H Chair of the Board of Trustees Robert C. Goddard III Each school is preceded by the bearer of its gonfalon. Bedel of the University John Ethan Priddy 19C President Claire E. Sterk Candidates for Master’s Degrees deputy university marshals Candidates for the Degree of Deputy University Marshals Doctor of Philosophy and Faculty Sponsors Associate Professor Jason Schneider 03MR, Faculty Marshal Associate Professor Henry Bayerle, Faculty Marshal at Large Corpus Cordis Aureum (The Golden Corps of the Heart) Professor Ani Satz, Faculty Marshal at Large Professor Arri Eisen, Emory College of Arts and Sciences Members are Emory University alumni from the Class of 1969 Professor Nancy J. Newman, Medicine or earlier. They are attired in distinctive golden robes. Associate Professor Patricia H. Bridges 85A, Allied Health Professor Kristy Martyn, Nursing Associate Professor Steffen Lösel, Theology Associate Dean Ethan Rosenzweig 02L, Law Professor Doug Bowman, Business Associate Professor Dawn Comeau 09G 09PH, Public Health Professor Vicki S. Hertzberg, Graduate School Ashley Moran Grice 97PH 03B, Alumni Matthew Warren Heldman 19C, Emory Alumni Association Emory University Commencement 2019 3 Presentation of the teaching, her significant scholarly contributions, and her adherence Marion Luther Brittain Service Award to the highest professional and personal standards. Lechowicz is consistently recognized as an exemplary educa- This award, symbolic of all honors bestowed on students by the tor. From developing a course on the optimal design and conduct university, is an expression of