ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINTH fpWlgy Brigham Young University Marriott Center Thursday, April 22, 2004 Digitized by the Internet Arciiive in 2011 with funding from Brigham Young University http://www.archive.org/details/commencementexer2004brig ONE HUNDRED AND T W E N T Y- N I N T H fpWWy Brigham Young University Marriott Center Thursday, April 22, 2004 Contents Order of the Academic Procession 4 Significance of the Academic Costume 4 Program 5 Commencement Speaker 6 Doctoral Degrees 7 Master's Degrees 13 Certificates 35 Baccalaureate Degrees 37 Scholastic Recognition 73 Graduates with University Honors 73 Summa Cum Laude 75 Magna Cum Laude 75 Cum Laude 76 Phi Kappa Phi 78 Air Force and Army ROTC Graduates 80 College Convocation Schedule 81 Commencement Committees 82 Academic Procession Order of the Academic Procession Significance of the Academic Costume President, Board of Trustees, and Administrative Officers The significance of the academic Official Guests costume is determined especially by the Faculty sleeves and hoods. Candidates for Advanced Degrees Doctors wear the round bell sleeve; of Class 2004 the gown is faced down the front and barred on the sleeves with black velvet or color indicating the degree; the doctor's hood is large. The doctor may choose to wear the gold tassel on the cap. Masters wear the long, closed sleeve, with a slit near the upper part of the arm; the master's hood is of more moderate size. Bachelors wear the long or pointed sleeve. The color of the tassel indicates whether the degree is in the field of arts (white), fine arts (brown), music (pink), or science (golden yellow). 4 Program Presiding and Conducting Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Brigham Young University 3:00 p.m. Prelude Carillon Bells and Organ 3:15 p.m. Academic Procession Color Guard, President, Board of Trustees, Administrative Officers, Official Guests, Faculty, and Graduates—from the Smoot Administration Building to the Marriott Center 3:45 p.m. Processional Douglas E. Bush, Organ Don Cook, Carillon 4:00 p.m. Presentation of Colors Air Force and Army ROTC Invocation David A. Johnson, BYUSA President President's Greeting Elder Cecil O. Samuelson, Member of the First Quorum of the Seventy and President of Brigham Young University BYU Chamber Orchesfa-a "Finale, Czech Suite" by Antonin E)vofak Conferring of Degrees Elder Cecil O. Samuelson and Alan L. Wilkins, Academic Vice President Induction into the Alumni Association Carr Krueger, President, BYU Alumni Association Expression from Graduate Richard J. Hawkins BYU Chamber Orchesh-a "All Is Well" by Murray Boren Commencement Address Elder Richard G. Scott Benediction Samuel K. Glanzer, BYUSA Vice President Recessional Douglas E. Bush, Organ Postlude Larry Blackburn, Carillon Chamber Orchestra Conductor Kory Katseanes Commencement Speaker Richard G. Scott Richard Gordon Scott was sustained as an Apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 1, 1988. He was called as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy on April 2, 1977, and served as a member of the presidency of that quorum from October 1, 1983, until his present calling. He was born November 7, 1928, in Pocatello, Idaho, a son of Kenneth Leroy and Mary Whittle Scott. At the age of five he moved with his parents to Washington, D.C., where his father served with the Department of Agriculture, later becoming an He served as a regional representa- assistant secretary of agriculture. tive in the Uruguay, Paraguay; North He graduated from George and South Carolina, Virginia; and Washington University as a mechanical Washington, D.C., areas until his call engineer, served a full-time mission to as a Seventy. Uruguay, and completed postgraduate Elder Scott loves our Father in work in nuclear engineering at Oak Heaven, His Beloved Son, and His Ridge, Tennessee. From 1953 to 1965 other children. Elder Scott enjoys a Elder Scott served on the immediate variety of special interests. He has staff of Admiral Hyman Rickover, a deep love for the natural beauty directing the development of nuclear of the world. fuel for a wide variety of naval- and He is blessed with a gifted wife, land-based power plants. Jeanene Watkins, to whom he was From 1965 to 1969 he presided sealed July 16, 1953, in the Manti over the Argentina North Mission in Temple. She passed away May 15, 1995. Cordoba, Argentina. Upon his return They are the parents of seven children. he worked as a private consultant for nuclear power companies. DOCTORAL DEGREES Alisa Jean Henrie DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY MS, Brigham Young University, 1997 BS, Brigham Young University, 1995 Major: Mechanical Engineering Alejandro Bonifacio Dissertation: Percolation Paths of Three- MS, Brigham Young University, 1995 Dimensions in Sensitized Stainless Steel Major: Botany Dissertation: Genetic Variation in Cultivated Curtis L. Hill and Wild Chenopodium Species for Quinoa MS, Brigham Young University, 2000 Breediiig BA, Weber State University, 1995 Major: Counseling Psychology Michael Tyler Bryan Dissertation: Academic Achievement MS, Brigham Young University, 1996 and Cultural Identity in Rural Navajo BS, Brigham Young University, 1991 High School Students Major: Counseling Psychology Dissertation: An Examination of Navajo Robert Steven Millward Cultural Idenhty and Its Relationship BS, Idaho State University, 1999 to Academic Achievement Major: Physics Dissertation: Finding Solutions to Howard Benjamin Cleavinger the Einstein Equations BS, Brigham Young University, 1999 Major: Clinical Psychology Christian Bruce Peel Dissertahon: Quantitative Magnetic MS, Utah State University, 1997 Resonance Image Analysis of the BS, Utah State University, 1995 Cerebellum in Macrocephalic and Major: Electrical Engineering Normocephalic Children and Adults Dissertation: Studies in Multiple-Antenna with Autism Wireless Communications Shawn C. Edgington Christopher Martin Smemoe MS, Utah State University, 1996 MS, Brigham Young University, 1997 BS, Brigham Young University, 1992 BS, Brigham Young University, 1995 Major: Counseling Psychology Major: Civil Engineering Dissertation: Perceptions of the Atonement Dissertation: Floodplain Risk Analysis Among Perfectionistic Latter-day Saint Using Flood Probability and Annual Women with Eating Disorders Exceedance Probability Maps Stephen T. Fife Quentin Home Spencer MS, Brigham Young University, 1997 MS, Brigham Young University, 1996 BS, Brigham Young University, 1995 BS, Brigham Young University, 1994 Major: Marriage and Family Therapy Major: Electrical Engineering Dissertation: A Grounded Theory of the Dissertation: Transmission Strategies for Therapist's Perspective of Therapeutic Wireless Multi-User, Multiple-Input, Change for Married Couples in Chronic Multiple-Output Communication Conflict Channels All candidates listed for graduation will be awarded degrees subject to completion of requirements. DOCTORAL DEGREES Matthew D. Terry McArthur Hafen Jr. BS, Brigham Young University, 1996 MS, Utah State University, 1999 Major: Integrative Biology BS, Brigham Young University, 1996 Dissertation: Phylogeny of the Major: Marriage and Family Therapy Polyneopterous bisects with Emphasis on Dissertation: Measuring Medical Utilization: Plecoptera: Molecular and Morphological Establishing Reliability and Validity of Evidence Self-Reports Ephraim Berk Washburn Ryan J. Hulse BS, Brigham Young University, 1999 BS, Brigham Young University, 2001 Major: Chemical Engineering Major: Chemical Engineering Dissertation: Modeling Multiphase Effects Dissertation: Thermal Conductivity of in the Combustion of HMX and RDX Liquids and Gases Through Experiment and Molecular Dynamic Simulations Alison Swindle Whiting BS, Brigham Young University, 1999 Kris Andress Jaspering Major: Zoology BS, University of Washington, 1992 Dissertation: Phylogenetic Systematics and Major: Chemistry Evolution Within the Family Scincidae Dissertation: Development and Evaluation of New Protocols for the Study of the Matthew Lawrence Whoolery Effects of Particles in the Atmosphere MS, Brigham Young University, 1997 BS, Brigham Young University, 1995 Sherrie Mills Johnson Major: Psychology MA, Utah State University, 1998 Dissertation: Assessing the Values BA, Weber State CoUege, 1995 of Psychological Assessment Major: Sociology Dissertation: Religiosity and Life Satisfaction DECEMBER 2003 GRADUATES of LDS Women Robert Todd Bronson YongSuk Lee BS, Brigham Young University, 1996 BS, Brigham Young University, Hawaii, 1998 Major: Chemistry Major: Biochemistry Dissertation: Molecular Chemosensors Dissertation: The Regulation of the G-Protein for Heavy Metals: From Synthesis PY Subunit Complex by Phosducin and to Reusable Device Phosducin-Like Protein David S. CoUingridge Karl V. Meredith MS, Brigham Young University, 1999 BS, Brigham Young University, 1999 Major: Psychology Major: Chemical Engineering Dissertation: A Phenomenological Inquiry Dissertation: Ignition Modeling of FiMX into Teachers' Experiences of Being in Laser-Induced and Fast-Cookoff Hindered Environments Yihong Dai Peggy Ann Muench Major: Electrical Engineering MS, Brigham Young University, 1995 Dissertation: Precision References for BSN, University of Akron, 1985 Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits Major: Counseling Psychology David Willis Draper Dissertation: Dissertation: Spirituality, Hope, BS, Brigham Yoimg University, 2000 and Psychological Well-Being Among Major: Electrical Engineering Individuals Diagnosed