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Commencement-Program-2007.Pdf UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 251st Commencement ONDAY, MAY 14, 2007 The University of Pennsylvania KEEPING FRANKLIN'S PROMISE In the words of one elegiac tribute, "Great men have two lives: one which occurs while they work on this earth; a second which begins at the day of their death and continues as long as their ideas and conceptions remain powerful." These words befit the great Benjamin Franklin, whose inventions, innovations, ideas, writings, and public works continue to shape our thinking and renew the Republic he helped to create and the institutions he founded, including the University of Pennsylvania. Nowhere does Franklin feel more contemporary, more revolutionary, and more alive than at the University of Pennsylvania. His startling vision of a secular, nonsectarian Academy that would foster an "Inclination join'd with an Ability to serve Mankind, one's Country, Friends and Family" has never ceased to challenge Penn to redefine the scope and mission of the modern American university. When pursued vigorously and simultaneously, the two missions — developing the inclination to do good and the ability to do well — merge to help form a more perfect university that educates more capable citizens for our democracy. Penn has embodied and advanced Franklin's revolutionary vision for more than 267 years. Throughout its history, Penn has extended the frontiers of higher learning and research to produce graduates and scholars whose work has enriched the nation and all of humanity. The modern liberal arts curriculum as we know it can trace its roots to Franklin's innovation to have Penn students study international commerce and foreign languages. The first medical and business schools in the United States were launched here. And the first general-purpose electronic, digital computer — ENIAC — was invented right here at the University of Pennsylvania. At Penn, the never-ending quest for innovation and academic distinction has found perfect Franklinian expression in "The Penn Compact," President Amy Gutmann's bold vision for propelling our University from excellence to eminence in all our core endeavors. Fulfilling the goals of the Compact — increasing access for talented students of all back- grounds, integrating knowledge across multiple disciplines, and engaging our knowledge with communities locally and globally — will position Penn to make the greatest possible contribution to our society and our world. Today, Penn proudly graduates a class of men and women who have shown the intelligence, drive, integrity, and character to become engaged citizens who will serve humanity with distinction. Our Penn graduates are poised to take their place as productive democratic citizens and as just and humane stewards of our world. In these challenging and perilous times, a world in need of young men and women who are willing to shoulder the moral responsibilities of leadership can look to Penn. Franklin wrote: "We may make these times better if we bestir ourselves. The noblest question in the world is 'What good may I do in it?'" The answer to this question will be furnished by Franklin's newest heirs, the graduates of 2007. 1 Franklin Field COMMENCEMENT SEATING Guests will find this diagram helpful in locating the approximate seating of the degree candidates. The sequence in which the candidates are presented for degrees is shown on the next page. The list on page 13, detailing the colors of the candidates' hoods according to their fields of study, may further assist guests in identifying the locations of the various schools. In case of emergency, evacuation procedures will be announced. Contents Keeping Franklin's Promise Franklin Field Commencement Seating The Commencement Ceremony Historical Notes Academic Ceremony and Regalia The Schools of the University Honorary Degree Citations Degrees in Course The School of Arts and Sciences The College of Arts and Sciences The Graduate Division The College of General Studies The School of Engineering and Applied Science The Wharton School The Wharton Undergraduate Division The Wharton Graduate Division The School of Nursing The School of Medicine The Law School The School of Design The School of Dental Medicine The School of Veterinary Medicine The Graduate School of Education The School of Social Policy & Practice The Annenberg School for Communication The Graduate Faculties ROTC Commissions Principal Academic Honor Societies Prizes and Awards Faculty Honors Alumni Representatives Commencement Marshals Trustees of the University Officers of the University School Ceremonies 3 The Commencement Ceremony The audience is requested to stand during the Academic Procession, the singing of the National Anthem, the Invocation, the Dismissal and the singing of "The Red and Blue," and to remain in place until the Academic Procession has left the field. MUSIC Westminster Brass James W. Hala, Director STUDENT PROCESSION ALUMNI PROCESSION Procession of the Alumni Class Representatives Procession of the Class of 1982 Procession of the Class of 1957 ACADEMIC PROCESSION OPENING PROCLAMATION James S. Riepe, Chair of the Board of Trustees THE NATIONAL ANTHEM David A. Fraga, C'07 Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? INVOCATION William C. Gipson, Chaplain GREETINGS Amy Gutmann, President Presentation of the 25th and 50th Reunion Classes Remarks ACADEMIC HONORS Ronald J. Daniels, Provost GREETINGS Larry Gladney, Chair, Faculty Senate CONFERRAL OF HONORARY DEGREES The President James A. Baker, III Doctor of Laws 6Ist U.S. Secretary of State Aaron Temkin Beck Doctor of Science University Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, Director of the Center for the Treatment and Prevention of Suicide, and Director of the Psychopathology Research Unit, University of Pennsylvania 4 THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY (CONTINUED) Caroline W Bynum Doctor of Humane Letters Professor of European Medieval History, Institute for Advanced Study Mildred Dresselhaus Doctor of Science Institute Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Aretha Franklin Doctor of Music Singer and Songwriter Recipient, 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom Shirley Franklin, G'69 Doctor of Laws Mayor, City of Atlanta Ruth Bader Ginsburg Doctor of Laws Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States INTRODUCTION OF THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER The Provost COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS James A. Baker, III, 6Ist U.S. Secretary of State CONFERRAL OF DEGREES IN COURSE The President Candidates are presented by the Deans and the Associate Provost CLOSING REMARKS The President DISMISSAL The Chaplain THE RED AND BLUE By William J. Goeckel, Class of 1896, and Harry E. Westervelt, Class of 1898 Come all ye loyal classmates now, in hall and campus through, Lift up your hearts and voices for the royal Red and Blue. Fair Harvard has her crimson, old Yale her colors too, But for dear Pennsylvania, we wear the Red and Blue. (Chorus) Hurrah! Hurrah! Pennsylvania! Hurrah for the Red and the Blue; Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah for the Red and the Blue. RECESSIONAL 5 Historical Notes 250 YEARS AGO: Model of Penn's First Campus. In January 1751 Penn opened the doors to its I8th century cam- pus at Fourth and Arch Streets in Philadelphia. The campus consisted of two buildings: the University's first College Hall (built in 1740; altered for educational purposes in 1750) and its first dormitory (1764). In 1907 Penn commissioned the campus model pictured here for exhibition at the ter- centenary of the founding of Jamestown, Virginia. Collections of the University Archives and Records Center. 1757: Penn's First Commencement southwest corner of Fourth and Arch Streets in Philadelphia proper. He had recruited the first faculty, collected the first tuition, and got- he Commencement for giving Degrees to the senior ten the Academy out of its initial debt. Then, in 1754 and 1755, he Class of Students in the College of this City, formerly hired a brilliant young Scotsman, Rev. William Smith, as the first T put off on Account of the Small-Pox, is now fixed to Provost and worked closely with Smith in transforming the Academy be on Tuesday the I7th Day of May next; which will be the first into the College of Philadelphia. Franklin retired from his presidency Commencement that has ever been had in this Seminary. of the Board of Trustees in 1756 and turned the leadership of the The Pennsylvania Gazette College over to Smith. Smith proved very capable indeed, guiding 7 April 1757 Penn for a full quarter century, still today the longest provostial tenure in University history. A PLAN OF THE COMMENCEMENT, to be held here on Tuesday next, in the College and Academy Hall. The first class of graduates, though just six in number, honored their Alma Mater with lives of professional success and distinguished pub- Prayers by the Rev. Mr. PETERS. lic service. Jacob Duché, valedictorian of the class, became a clergy- A sermon adapted to the Occasion, by the PROVOST man in the Church of England. He served the colonial Philadelphia A salutatory Oration by Mr. JACKSON. And, parishes of Christ Church and St. Peters and was chaplain to the A Thesis to be defended — This closes the Forenoon. Continental Congress. He was also part time Professor of Oratory at In the Afternoon, the College. Francis Hopkinson entered the profession of law, served as a delegate to the Continental Congress, and signed the Declaration Three other Theses are to be defended. Then the Degrees are to be conferred. Some Orations are to be spoken by some of the Students who have been admitted to Degrees; and a valedictory Oration to be spoken by Mr.
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