Northwestern University One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Annual Commencement JUNE 17, 1995 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY One Hundred and Thirty-Seventh Annual Commencement 9 A.M., Saturday, June 17, 1995 Welsh-Ryan Arena McGaw Memorial Hall Evanston, Illinois University Seal and Motto Soon after Northwestern University was The full text of the University motto, founded, its Board of Trustees adopted adopted on June 17, 1890, is from the an official corporate seal. This seal, ap- Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the proved on June 26, 1856, consisted of an Philippians, chapter 4, verse 8 (King open book surrounded by rays of light James Version): and circled by the words Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, Thirty years later, Daniel Bonbright, whatsoever things are just, professor of Latin and a member of whatsoever things are pure, Northwestern's original faculty, whatsoever things are lovely, redesigned the seal, retaining the book whatsoever things are of good report; and light rays and adding two quota- if there be any virtue, tions. On the pages of the open book and if there be any praise, he placed a Greek quotation from the think on these things. Gospel of Saint John, chapter 1, verse 14, translating to The Word . full of grace and truth. Circling the book are the first three words, in Latin, of the University motto: Quaecumque sunt vera (Whatsoever things are true). The outer border of the seal carries the name of the University and the date of its founding. This seal, which remains Northwestern's official signature, was approved by the Board of Trustees on December 5, 1890. 1 Commencement Program 5 honorary degrees 6 Graduates and Candidates* College of Arts and Sciences 8 Medical School 12 School of Law ' 14 School of Speech 17 Dental School 19 School of Music 20 J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management 21 Medill School of Journalism 30 School of Education and Social Policy 33 Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science of the Technological Institute 35 Graduate School 37 Joint Degree Program 48 Reserve Officers Training Corps 48 Prizes and honors 49 academic DRESS and SEATING CHART 61 SCHOOL CONVOCATIONS 62 COMMENCEMENT STAFF 64 " The appearance of a candidate's name is presumptive evidence of graduation but is not to be regarded as conclusive. 3 University Alma Mater Hail to Alma Mater! We will sing thy praise forever; All thy sons and daughters Pledge thee victory and honor. Alma Mater, praise be thine, May thy name forever shine! Hail to Purple! Hail to White! Hail to thee, Northwestern! Program PROCESSIONAL The audience will remain seated for the student and faculty processional Northwestern University Band, conducted by John P. Paynter, director of bands and professor of music, and Stephen G. Peterson, assistant director of bands and assistant professor of music NATIONAL Anthem The audience will remain standing until after the invocation Sara A. Martin, senior, School of Music INVOCATION Timothy S. Stevens, University chaplain WELCOME Howard J. Trienens, chair, Board of Trustees GREETINGS Colleen Karavites Karr, president, Northwestern Alumni Association Musical presentation "Tribute" by Mark Camphouse, Northwestern University Band Conferring of Honorary degrees Citations read by David H. Cohen, provost of the University CONFERRING OF DOCTORAL DEGREES Henry S. Bienen, president of the University AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS AND CONFERRING OF GRADUATE Guests are respectfully requested AND UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES to remain in their seats during Henry S. Bienen the entire ceremony. The aisles of the hall must be kept clear at MESSAGE TO THE CLASS OF 1995 all times, and those who leave Henry S. Bienen their seats before the close of the ceremony must leave the building University alma Mater immediately through either the north or south door, whichever Benediction is closer. Timothy S. Stevens Smoking is not permitted in Recessional McGaw Memorial Hall. Faculty recessional Graduates and guests will remain seated Student recessional Guests will remain seated Northwestern University Band — HONORARY DEGREES of inspiring birth and redemptive death. He has contributed importantly to our un- A renowned scholar of great exegetical derstanding of the structure of the brain power, who also touches lives in the pews, and the mechanisms of its development. discrepancy as a path to truth and faith. He has led major interdisciplinary research Roman Catholic priest, member of the groups, and he continues to edit the faculty of a Protestant seminary, master Annual Review of Neuroscience, which he ROBERT E. Allen teacher, he urges us to buttress faith founded. His roles as teacher and scientific Doctor of Laws through critical method, to unite, to leader have been, if possible, more striking. Chair and chief executive officer, American reconcile, to tolerate competing claims At the Hughes Institute, he occupies one Telephone and Telegraph, Former manager and and authorities. of the most influential positions in the executive in regional Bell Telephone companies. A central figure in the successful 1984 restructur- world for shaping the future of the life sci- ing of the Bell System, then the largest company ences. His performance in that post—his in the world. (BA, Wabash College, 1957) JOHN D. Callaway insight into important scientific questions Doctor of Humane Letters and his judgment in identifying talented Presented by Donald S. Perkins, trustee Senior correspondent for WTTW-TV, Chicago's scientists—earns high praise. public television channel, and host of Chicago After spinning off 75 percent of its business Tonight. Long-time reporter and executive with assets, AT&T was consigned by many CBS Radio. Winner of more than 60 awards in JOHN M, COWLEY commentators to corporate dinosaurhood. broadcast journalism, including a Peabody Award Doctor of Science and seven Chicago Emmys. Books on juvenile Now comes, however, a visionary leader delinquency and on political campaigning; a Galvin Professor of Physics, Arizona State wlio, with courage and determination, director. National Facility for recent collection of essays. The Thing of It Is. University, and long-distance, manufacturing, transforms High Resolution Electron Microscopy. Author and research operations into an essentially Presented by Newton N. Minow, Annenberg Diffraction Physics, the standard reference text in new company. Acquiring NCR Computers University Professor of Communications Law and its field. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science and Royal Society. (BSc, University of Adelaide, in the largest purchase in the history Policy and life trustee 1942; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of of the computer business as well as McCaw Technology, 1949) Cellular Communications, AT&T now Described by one out-of-town authority as "hands down, the best on-air interviewer in operates at the forefront of technological Presented by Julia R. Weertman, Walter P. Murphy is he laments loss innovation. Information is moved and the land," he what our Professor of Matenals Science and Engineering, R. School Engineering and used in new ways. Devices for "anywhere, of: a generalist in a world of increasing Robert McCormick of generalist! Applied Science anytime" communication fit in the palm specialization. And what a A of our hand. college dropout, he lost no time in rein- Not satisfied with techniques that inferred venting himself as a minifaculty of humani- the structures of solids by X-ray scattering, ties and social sciences. Always prepared, he turned to the underdeveloped field RAYMOND E. BROWN, SS always articulate, thoroughly cognizant of of electron microscopy in order to see Doctor of Sacred Theology journalism's responsibilities in a democ- more clearly. When news of remarkable New Testament scholar and Auburn Distinguished racy, he is probing and fair. He knows Australian achievements began to arrive, Professor of Biblical Studies Emeritus, Union what, and how, to ask. His interviews a generation of students from other parts Theological Seminary. Author of many books, instruct and delight us. among them The Birth of the Messiah and The of the globe voyaged down under to learn Death of the Messiah, the latter a two-volume, from him. While establishing influential 1 , 500-page study of the Passion Narratives. COWAN theories of physical optics, he also pio- Member, American Academy of Arts and W. MAXWELL of Science neered the use of computer simulations Sciences. (BA, Catholic University of America, Doctor to elucidate crystal structures. His recent 1948; PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1958; SSL, Vice president and chief scientific officer, in greatly develops the Pontifical Biblical Commission, Rome, 1963) Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Formerly work Arizona provost and executive vice chancellor Washing- power of electron microscopy and our un- Presented by John W. Croghan. trustee ton University, St. Louis, and vice president, Salk derstanding of the structure of materials. Institute for Biological Studies. Fellow, Royal Society. National Academy of Sciences. He asks once more how the Christ could be Member I I (BSc, University of Witwatersand, 95 ; BM, both God and man. His answers renew the BCh, University of Oxford, 1958) power of Christianity's two great stories Presented by Peter Dallas. Hugh Knowles Professor of Hearing Sciences. School of Speech, and John Evans Professor of Neuroscience. College of Arts and Sciences 6 —— understanding political behavior. He par- America's history—and in the quirky world Sherry Lansing ticipates in the grassroots politics he also of higher education, which he understands Doctor of Humane Letters observes and, although a citizen of strong profoundly. To this institution he has re- Chair and chief executive officer, Paramount convictions, reports the realities he dis- turned infinitely more as an alumnus than Motion Picture Group. Past president, produc- covers, not the results he might prefer. he could possibly have taken away as a tion, Twentieth Century Fox. Among her credits student. Next year he will retire after 10 are The China Syndrome, Kramer vs. Kramer. Fatal years as chair of the Board of Trustees.