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Emory University The One Hundred Sixty-Sixth Commencement The Ninth of May Two Thousand Eleven The Alma Mater Table of Contents In the heart of dear old Emory Where the sun doth shine, Order of Exercises .................................................................... 2 That is where our hearts are turning ’Round old Emory’s shrine. Musical Selections .................................................................... 3 Order of Procession ................................................................. 3 We will ever sing thy praises, Award Recipients ..................................................................... 4 Sons and daughters true. Hail we now our Alma Mater, Honorary Degree Recipients .................................................... 6 Hail the Gold and Blue! Diploma Ceremonies ................................................................ 7 Retiring Faculty and Staff ........................................................ 8 Tho’ the years around us gather, Crowned with love and cheer, Recipients of Degrees-in-Course ............................................... 9 Still the memory of Old Emory Grows to us more dear. Emory College of Arts and Sciences ..................................... 9 Oxford College .................................................................. 14 We will ever sing thy praises, Sons and daughters true. School of Medicine ............................................................ 14 Hail we now our Alma Mater, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing ....................... 16 Hail the Gold and Blue! Candler School of Theology .............................................. 17 —J. Marvin Rast 1918C School of Law .................................................................... 18 Roberto C. Goizueta Business School ................................ 19 Rollins School of Public Health ......................................... 22 James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies ....................... 24 Recipients of the Doctor of Philosophy Degree ...................... 26 Recipients of Honors and Prizes ............................................ 36 A Commentary on Commencement ....................................... 49 Emory University Commencement 2011 1 The Order of Exercises Gathering Music Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet Processional Atlanta Pipe Band Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet Welcome James W. Wagner President of the University Invocation Susan Henry-Crowe 76T Dean of the Chapel and Religious Life Presidential Address James W. Wagner Presentation of the Marion Luther Brittain Service Award John L. Ford Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life Presentation of the Scholar/Teacher James W. Wagner and Thomas Jefferson Awards Authorization to Confer Degrees Ben F. Johnson III 65C Chair of the Board of Trustees Conferral of Honorary Degrees James W. Wagner Keynote Address The Honorable Janet Napolitano Conferral of Degrees James W. Wagner Welcome to the Emory Alumni Association William A. Brosius 85B President, Emory Alumni Board Emory Alumni Association Closing Remarks James W. Wagner Benediction Megan Yu 11C, Buddhist Lakshmi Chandrashekar 11B, Hindu Maryam Khalid 11C, Islamic Allison Meyer 11C, Christian David Micley 11C, Jewish Alma Mater Adam Hoffman 11B Matthew Lipkins 11C Alexander Savello 11C Michael Tseng 12C Recessional Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet Guests are asked to please remain seated during the processional and recessional. Please silence any cell phones, pagers, or electronic devices, and refrain from talking during the ceremonies. The Quadrangle ceremony will be broadcast live on Emory Vision Channels 86 and 56 (with captioning) in rooms 206, 207, and 208 in White Hall and at various locations on campus. The Quadrangle and Emory College of Arts and Sciences diploma ceremonies can be viewed on the web at www.emory.edu/commencement. Live-captioning text for these ceremonies can be viewed on Internet- capable mobile devices at tinyurl.com/gradcaption. 2 Emory University Commencement 2011 Gathering Music The Faculties The Order of Exercises Sonata from Die Bändekelsängerlieder .................. Daniel Speer Chief Marshal of the University Scherzo ...............................................................John Cheetham Professor James Larry Taulbee Villancico ...........................................................................Anon Jubilate Deo .................................................... Gregor Aichinger The Platform Party Suite of Dances ...................................................... Johann Pezel Vice President and Secretary of the University Music from the Monteregian Hills ....................Moreley Calvert Rosemary M. Magee 82PhD The Fairest of the Fair .....................................John Philip Sousa Vice President and Deputy to the President Georgia on My Mind ........................ Hoagy Carmichael/Moore Gary S. Hauk 91PhD Soliloquy ................................................. John Anthony Lennon Chancellor of the University Michael M.E. Johns University Trustees The Atlanta Symphony Brass Quintet, under the directorship Recipients of Special Awards of Emory University Organist Timothy Albrecht, performs this Commencement Vocalists morning’s commencement music, which includes arrangements Vice President for Communications and Marketing Ron Sauder by Michael Moore. Senior Vice President for Development Tom Hooten and Michael Myers, trumpet and Alumni Relations Susan Cruse Richard Deane*, horn Senior Vice President and General Counsel Stephen D. Sencer Ed Nicholson*, trombone Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration Michael Moore*, tuba and artistic director Michael J. Mandl *Emory Artist Affiliates Interim Executive Vice President of Health Affairs S. Wright Caughman President of the Emory Alumni Board of the Emory Alumni Processional Association William A. Brosius 85B President of the University Senate Steven Everett Emory and Old St. Andrews ......Henry Frantz 71C 74L/Moore Registrar Thomas J. Millen An Academic Procession ..................... Johannes Brahms/Moore Dean of the Chapel and Religious Life Susan Henry-Crowe 76T Prelude to Te Deum…….. .....Marc-Antoine Charpentier/Moore Campus Ministers Fanfare to “La Peri” ................................................ Paul Dukas President of The Carter Center John B. Hardman Please remain seated while the platform party, faculty, and Director of Yerkes National Primate Research Center graduates process into the Quadrangle. Stuart M. Zola Senior Vice President and Dean of Campus Life John L. Ford Dean of the Rollins School of Public Health James W. Curran Recessional Dean of Goizueta Business School Lawrence M. Benveniste Vice Provost for Academic Affairs-Graduate Studies and La Rejouissance from Dean of the James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies “Royal Fireworks Music”...George Frederick Handel/Moore Lisa A. Tedesco Dean of the School of Law David F. Partlett Please remain seated until the platform party, faculty, and Dean of Candler School of Theology Jan Love graduates have departed. Dean of Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing Linda A. McCauley 79N Dean of the School of Medicine Thomas J. Lawley Order of Procession Dean of Emory College of Arts and Sciences Robin Forman Dean of Oxford College Stephen H. Bowen The Atlanta Pipe Band Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Earl Lewis Candidates for Baccalaureate and William R. Beardslee Professional Degrees Martha Nussbaum George Trakas Each school is preceded by the bearer of its gonfalon. Janet Napolitano Chair of the Board of Trustees Ben F. Johnson III 65C Candidates for Master’s Degrees Bedel of the University Elizabeth Nielsen Brandt 11B President James W. Wagner Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Faculty Sponsors Deputy University Marshals Professor Steven Everett, Faculty Marshal Corpus Cordis Aureum (The Golden Corps of the Heart) Professor Linda Spencer, Faculty Marshal at Large Members are Emory University alumni from the Class of 1961 Professor Alexander Hicks, Faculty Marshal at Large or earlier. They are attired in distinctive golden robes. Emory University Commencement 2011 3 Professor William B. Size, Emory College of Arts and Sciences Presentation of the Professor Bhagirath Majmudar, Medicine University Scholar/Teacher Award Professor Patricia Bridges, Academic Health Professor Marcene L. Powell, Nursing Chosen by the University president from nominations by the Professor Rex D. Matthews, Theology deans on behalf of the United Methodist Church Board of Professor Richard Freer, Law Higher Education and Ministry. Professor Doug Bowman, Business Professor Nancy J. Thompson, Public Health David Gilbert Lynn Professor Vicki S. Hertzberg, Graduate School Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Chemistry and Biology Paul McLarty 63C 66L, Alumni Professor Lynn is a scholar, a teacher, a curricular innovator, and a campus leader. He earned a BA from the Presentation of the Marion Luther University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in chemistry and Brittain Service Award a PhD from Duke University in organic/biological chemistry. His research focuses on the origins and evolution of life and This award, symbolic of all honors bestowed on students involves interdisciplinary work through collaborations with by the University, is an expression of gratitude for service colleagues in the Department of Physics and the School of performed without expectation of reward or recognition. The Medicine, among others. Professor Lynn has also worked award