Spring 2014 80Th Doctoral Ceremony University of Florida President
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C ommencement Commencement SPRING 2014 80th Doctoral Ceremony University of Florida President Dr. J. Bernard Machen Bernie Machen has served as the president of the University of Florida since January of 2004. During that time, he has strengthened the university’s three core missions of teaching, research and service – while developing a fourth mission of economic development. Thanks to his leadership, the university has improved its standing in the national higher education rankings and increased its positive influence on Florida’s economy and quality of life. Today, despite the loss of about a third of its state allocation to annual budget cuts, UF is more comprehensive and dynamic than at he is credited with expanding its health sciences any time in its 160-year history. program, stabilizing the university’s finances and bolstering diversity. Milestones of Dr. Machen’s tenure include: • Growth in annual research funding from From 1995 to 1997, Dr. Machen was provost and $470 million in 2003-04 to $644 million in executive vice president for academic affairs at the the current fiscal year. University of Michigan, and from 1989 until 1995, • More than 2.8 million square feet in new he served as dean of Michigan’s School of Dentistry. construction on campus, including nearly From 1983 to 1989, he was professor and associate 600,000 square feet of new research space. dean at the University of North Carolina Chapel • Completion of UF’s $1.7 billion capital Hill’s School of Dentistry. campaign. • The 40-acre public private partnership known Dr. Machen has held several prominent positions in as Innovation Square and the Innovation Hub national higher education leadership. Since 2005, technology incubator. he has served as a member of the National Security • UF’s first major medical research facility outside Higher Education Advisory Board. He chaired the Gainesville, the UF Research and Academic Board of Directors of the National Campus Compact Center at Lake Nona in Orlando. from 2002-2004 and served as a member of the board • The Machen Florida Opportunity Scholars beginning in 1998. Additionally, beginning in 2010, program, enabling the enrollment of more than he served as president of the Executive Committee 2,600 low-income students who are the first in of the Southeastern Conference and chair of the their families to attend college. Southeastern Conference Academic Consortium. • The spring-summer Innovation Academy for entrepreneurially minded undergraduates. In 1987, Dr. Machen was president of the American Association of Dental Schools. From 1992 to 1995, he Dr. Machen also reorganized the UF Health Science was a member of the National Academy of Science’s Center, strengthening the ties between UF and the Institute of Medicine Committee on Educating Shands family of hospitals. He emphasized clinical Dentists for the Future. He has a past appointment as research through the Clinical and Translational chief of the Department of Extension Service at the Science Institute. Also, the UF Health Shands Cancer U.S. Army Institute of Dental Research. Hospital was completed under his watch. A native of Greenwood, Mississippi, Dr. Machen grew Elsewhere at the university, Dr. Machen created up in St. Louis. After attending Vanderbilt University the Bob Graham Center for Public Service and the for his undergraduate studies, he earned his doctor of Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence dental surgery degree from St. Louis University and Center. His administration has been marked by his master of science degree in pediatric dentistry a strong commitment to environmental causes, and doctorate in educational psychology from the including a university-wide sustainability institute University of Iowa. that is considered a model in public higher education. The UF Water Institute was created during his time at Dr. Machen and his wife, Chris, a former neonatal UF, and a UF nature preserve was designated as one intensive care nurse, live in Gainesville. They have of the first National Science Foundation-sponsored two sons: Lee, an engineer at Intel in Portland; National Ecological Observatory Network sites. Michael, an attorney in Chicago; a daughter, Maggie, a veterinarian and resident in small animal 2014 SPRING Prior to his arrival at UF, Dr. Machen served for six cardiology at the University of Pennsylvania; and four COMMENCEMENT years as president of the University of Utah, where grandchildren. 4 Greetings from the President n behalf of the University of Florida administration, faculty and staff, I want to extend my heartfelt congratulations to you, the doctoral graduates of the Class of 2014, and to your family and friends. OAt the University of Florida, doctoral education is our spirit and our soul. It is who we are as a university, and has been since UF graduated its first doctoral students in 1934. Today’s ceremony celebrates your hard work and achievement in continuing this historic legacy. You should be proud, as should all who supported and assisted you in your efforts. Today is a day of celebration, but it also is a day of reflection on what lies ahead. Whatever path you choose, I am confident you have acquired the skills and knowledge you need to be a success. Whether you pursue a career in public service, private industry, academe, the sciences or the arts, I know you will make a difference. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to host you during your academic career. You have learned much, and this university has benefited in turn from your presence. I hope you will recall your years here with a sense that they were happy and productive. As members of UF’s distinguished alumni, and as graduates who have earned our highest degrees, you will always be cherished at the University of Florida. Good luck and best wishes! J. Bernard Machen 2014 SPRING C OMMEN C EMENT 5 University of Florida Leadership STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY Pam Stewart Ada G. Armas J. Bernard Machen, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D. Commissioner of Education John A. Colon President Gary Chartrand Rebecca Fishman Lipsey Joseph Glover, Ph.D. Chair Andy Tuck Provost and Senior Vice President - Academic Affairs John R. Padget David S. Guzick, M.D. Vice Chair Senior Vice President - Health Affairs Jack Payne, Ph.D. LORIDA OARD OF OVERNORS F B G Senior Vice President - Agriculture and Natural Resources Marshall M. Criser III Richard A. Beard III Charles E. Lane, Ph.D. Chancellor Matthew M. Carter II Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Administration Manoj Chopra Pam Stewart Jane Adams, B.S. Commissioner of Education Dean Colson Daniel Doyle Jr. Vice President - University Relations Morteza "Mori" Hosseini Carlo Fassi Elias G. Eldayrie, M.B.A. Chair Patricia Frost Vice President and Chief Information Officer - Information Technology H. Wayne Huizenga Jr. Thomas G. Kuntz Zina Evans, Ph.D. Ned C. Lautenbach Vice Chair Associate Provost and Vice President - Enrollment Management Alan Levine Wendy Link Matthew Fajack, B.S. Edward Morton Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Norman D. Tripp Paula Varnes Fussell, M.B.A. Elizabeth L. Webster Vice President - Human Resource Services UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA BOARD OF TRUSTEES Jamie Lewis Keith, J.D. Vice President - General Counsel C. David Brown II Christina A. Bonarrigo Chair Susan M. Cameron David Kratzer, M.S. Christopher T. Corr Vice President - Student Affairs Charles B. Edwards Thomas J. Mitchell, M.S. James W. "Bill" Heavener Vice President - Development and Alumni Affairs Marc W. Heft Carolyn K. Roberts David Norton, Ph.D. Jason J. Rosenberg Vice President - Research Juliet Murphy Roulhac Curtis Reynolds, M.B.A., M.S.E.E. Steven M. Scott Vice President - Business Affairs David M. Thomas DEANS OF THE UNIVERSITY R. Elaine Turner, Ph.D. Leonardo Villalón, Ph.D. College of Agricultural and Life Sciences International Center John Kraft, Ph.D. Diane H. McFarlin, B.S. Warrington College of Business Administration College of Journalism and Communications Boyd Robinson, D.D.S., M.Ed. Robert Jerry, J.D. Interim, College of Dentistry Fredric G. Levin College of Law Christopher Silver, Ph.D. Paul J. D'Anieri, Ph.D. College of Design, Construction and Planning College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Glenn E. Good, Ph.D. Michael L. Good, M.D. College of Education College of Medicine Cammy R. Abernathy, Ph.D. Anna M. McDaniel, Ph.D., R.N. College of Engineering College of Nursing Lucinda Lavelli, M.F.A. Julie A. Johnson, Pharm.D. College of Fine Arts College of Pharmacy Henry T. Frierson, Ph.D. Michael G. Perri, Ph.D. Graduate School College of Public Health and Health Professions Michael Reid, Ph.D. James W. Lloyd, D.V.M., Ph.D. College of Health and Human Performance College of Veterinary Medicine Nick Place, Ph.D. Judith C. Russell, M.S. IFAS Extension University Libraries John Hayes, Ph.D. Jen Day Shaw, Ph.D. IFAS Research Dean of Students 2014 SPRING PHOTOGRAPHS — The university requests that all commencement guests remain in their seats while taking photographs; no guests are permitted in the graduates' seating area. Photographs of the graduates as they cross the stage are available through companies that have contracts COMMENCEMENT with the university. Color photographs are available from University Photography, PO Box 2454, Tuscaloosa, AL 35403-2454, 205-391-9500. 6 Commencement Agenda – Friday, April 25, 4:00 p.m. Presiding ........................................................................................................................ J. Bernard Machen University