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The Commencement Ceremony UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA Two Hundred and Nineteenth Commencemen t for the Conferring of Degrees PHILADELPHIA CIVIC CENTE R CONVENTION HAL L Sunday, May 18 , 1975 2 :00 P.M. The Commencement Ceremon y MUSIC The United States Armed Forces Bicentennial Band and Chorus LT . COL . HAL J . GIBSON, USA, Commander and Conductor Lt. (j .g.) WILLIAM G. BRITTAIN, JR ., USN, Associate Conducto r STUDENT PROCESSION ACADEMIC PROCESSION OPENING PROCLAMATION DONALD T. REGAN, Chairman of the Trustee s INVOCATION STANLEY E. JOHNSON, Chaplain THE NATIONAL ANTHE M INTRODUCTION MARTIN MEYERSON, President CONFERRING OF DEGREES IN COURSE The President of the University PRESENTATION OF THE FIFTY-YEAR CLASS IONE A. STRAUSS, President of the General Alumni Societ y ACADEMIC HONORS ELIOTProvost STELLAR, LET US NOW PRAISE GREAT AND FAMOUS MEN Bruce Montgomery The University of Pennsylvania Glee Club BRUCE MONTGOMERY, Director JON TALBOTT WHITE, French Horn 2 CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREE S The President of the Universit y HROTHGAR JOHN HABAKKU K Vice-Chancello r Doctor of Literature Oxford University (1249 ) ALICE ROSEMARY MURRAY Vice-Chancellor Elect Doctor of Science Cambridge University (1209 ) JOHN STEVEN WATSON Principal and Vice-Chancello r Doctor of Humane Letters University of St . Andrews (1410 ) CHARLES HAYNES WILSON Principal Doctor of Laws University of Glasgow (1451 ) EDWARD MAITLAND WRIGHT Principal and Vice-Chancello r Doctor of Laws University of Aberdeen (1494 ) HUGH NORWOOD ROBSON Principal and Vice-Chancello r Doctor of Science University of Edinburgh (1583 ) FRANCIS STEWARD LELAND LYON S Provost, Trinity Colleg e Doctor of Literatur e University of Dublin (1591 ) MATINA SOURETIS HORNE R President and Dean Doctor of Laws Radcliffe College Harvard University (1636 ) THOMAS ASHLEY GRAVES, JR . President Doctor of Laws College of William and Mary (1693 ) A . LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, JR . Fellow, Corporation o f Doctor of Laws Yale University (1701 ) Trustee, University of Pennsylvania WILLIAM GORDON BOWE N President Doctor of Humane Letters Princeton University (1746 ) WILLIAM JAME S McGILL President Doctor of Science Columbia University (1754 ) DONALD FREDERICK HORNIG President Doctor of Science Brown University (1764 ) EDWARD J . BLOUSTEI N President Doctor of Laws Rutgers-The State University (1766 ) JOHN GEORGE KEMEN Y President Doctor of Science Dartmouth College (1769 ) GERALD RUDOLPH FORD The President of th e Doctor of Laws United States 3 THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS GERALD R. FORD The President of the United State s CLOSING REMARK S The President of the Universit y HAIL! PENNSYLVANIA ! Hail! Pennsylvania! noble and strong; To thee with loyal hearts we raise our song . Swelling to Heaven, loud our praises ring ; Hail! Pennsylvania! of thee we sing ! Hail! Pennsylvania! guide of our youth ; Lead thou thy children on to light and truth ; Thee, when death summons us, other shall praise , Hail! Pennsylvania! through endless days. BENEDICTIO N The Chaplai n RECESSION The audience is requested to stand during the Academic Procession, the Invocation, the singing of the National Anthe m and Hail Pennsylvania, and the Benediction, and to remain in place until the Academic Procession has left the Auditorium . 4.
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