UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA
Two Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Commencement for the Conferring of Degrees
PHILADELPHIA CIVIC CENTER CONVENTION HALL
Monday, May 18, 1981
10: DO A. M. Guests will find this diagram helpful in locating in the Contents on the opposite page under De- the approximate seating of the degree candidates. grees in Course. Reference to the paragraph on The seating roughly corresponds to the order by page seven describing the colors of the candidates school in which the candidates for degrees are hoods according to their fields of study may fur- presented, beginning at top left with the Faculty of ther assist guests in placing the locations of the Arts and Sciences. The actual sequence is shown various schools. Contents
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Seating Diagram of the Graduating Students 2
The Commencement Ceremony 4
Commencement Notes 6
Degrees in Course 8 The Faculty of Arts and Sciences 8 The College of General Studies 16 The School of Engineering and Applied Science 17 The Wharton School 23 The Wharton Evening School 26 The Wharton Graduate Division 28 The School of Nursing 32 The School of Allied Medical Professions 34 The Graduate Faculties 35 The School of Medicine 39 The Law School 40 The Graduate School of Fine Arts 42 The School of Dental Medicine 44 The School of Veterinary Medicine 46 The Graduate School of Education 46 The School of Social Work 48 The Annenberg School of Communications 49 The School of Public and Urban Policy 49
Certificates 50 General Honors Program 50 Medical Technology 50 Occupational Therapy 50 Physical Therapy 52 Dental Hygiene 52 Advanced Dental Education 53 Social Work 53
Commissions 54 Army 54 Navy 54
Principal Undergraduate Academic Honor Societies 55
Prizes and Awards 58
Class of 1931 64
Events Following Commencement 65
The Commencement Marshals 66
Academic Honors Insert The Commencement Ceremony
MUSIC Pennsylvania Pro Musica Brass and Percussion Ensemble FRANKLIN B. ZIMMERMAN, Conductor
STUDENT PROCESSION
PROCESSION OF THE CLASS OF 1931
ACADEMIC PROCESSION
OPENING PROCLAMATION PAUL F. MILLER, JR., Chairman of the Trustees
INVOCATION STANLEY E. JOHNSON, Chaplain
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
INTRODUCTION SHELDON HACKNEY, President
THE COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS VERNON E. JORDAN, JR. President, National Urban League
CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES
The President
JAMES A. BALDWIN Writer Doctor of Letters
JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN John Matthews Manly Doctor of Humane Letters Distingushed Service Professor University of Chicago
VERNON E. JORDAN, JR. President Doctor of Laws National Urban League
The audience is requested to stand during the Academic Procession, the Invocation, the singing of the National Anthem and The Red and Blue, and the Benediction, and to remain in place until the Academic Procession has left the Auditorium. STELLA KRAMRISCH Curator of Indian Art