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One Hundred and Sixtieth Annual Commencement 9:30 A.M., FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2018 Ryan Field Evanston, Illinois 2619_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2018_FRONT.indd 1 6/14/18 5:07 PM UNIVERSITY SEAL AND MOTTO Soon after Northwestern University was founded, its Board of Trustees adopted an official corporate seal. This seal, approved on June 26, 1856, consisted of an open book surrounded by rays of light and circled by the words North western University, Evanston, Illinois. Thirty years later Daniel Bonbright, professor of Latin and a member of Northwestern’s original faculty, redesigned the seal, Whatsoever things are true, retaining the book and light rays and adding two quotations. whatsoever things are honest, On the pages of the open book he placed a Greek quotation from the Gospel of John, chapter 1, verse 14, translating to The Word . whatsoever things are just, full of grace and truth. Circling the book are the first three whatsoever things are pure, words, in Latin, of the University motto: Quaecumque sunt vera whatsoever things are lovely, (What soever things are true). The outer border of the seal carries the name of the University and the date of its founding. This seal, whatsoever things are of good report; which remains Northwestern’s official signature, was approved by if there be any virtue, the Board of Trustees on December 5, 1890. and if there be any praise, The full text of the University motto, adopted on June 17, 1890, is think on these things. from the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians, chapter 4, verse 8 (King James Version). 22 2619_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2018_FRONT.indd 2 6/14/18 5:07 PM COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM . 5 PROFILES . 6 UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES . 7 HISTORY OF NORTHWESTERN . 8 SCHOOLS OF THE UNIVERSITY . 9 ACADEMIC PROCESSION AND DRESS . 10 SEATING CHART . 12 EMERITUS FACULTY. 13 HONORARY DEGREES . 14 DISTINGUISHED SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER AWARDS . 15 UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES* Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences . 16 School of Communication . 19 School of Education and Social Policy . 20 Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science . 21 Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications . 22 Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music . 23 GRADUATE DEGREES* Graduate School . 24 School of Communication . 36 School of Education and Social Policy . 37 Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science . 37 Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications . 38 Pritzker School of Law . 40 J. L. Kellogg School of Management . 42 Feinberg School of Medicine . 46 Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music . 47 School of Professional Studies . 48 PRIZES AND HONORS . 51 SCHOOL CONVOCATIONS . 70 COMMENCEMENT STAFF . 72 *The appearance of a candidate’s name is presumptive evidence of graduation but is not to be regarded as conclusive. 3 2619_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2018_FRONT.indd 3 6/14/18 5:07 PM UNIVERSITY ALMA MATER H ail 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! Q UAECUMQ UE SUNT VERA, TO OUR GUESTS P ROBA, JUSTA, MERA Commencement is the highlight of the academic year. It is that significant occasion, both solemn O MNIA HAEC DONA and joyful, when we honor those students who have completed their courses of study. Commencement is important to all of you, the P RAEBES NOBIS BONA, University, and its faculty, staff, and students. While the University respects the rights of all to express their views, we respectfully expect and A LMA M ATER CARA, require that any such expressions during these Commencement proceedings not disrupt the B ENEDICTA, CLARA, ceremony nor prevent others in the audience from enjoying the ceremony. To enhance the dignity of the event, you are respectfully C ELSA IN HONORE requested to avoid unnecessary conversation and moving about during the ceremony. Please silence all cellphones. Guests are not permitted N OSTRO ET AMORE! on the field at any time. Smoking is not permitted in Ryan Field. 4 2619_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2018_FRONT.indd 4 6/14/18 5:07 PM PROGRAM PROCESSIONAL The audience will please remain seated for the student and faculty processional. Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by Mallory B. Thompson, professor of music and director of bands NATIONAL ANTHEM The audience will please remain standing until after the invocation. Eric Henry Olson, candidate for MM, 2018 INVOCATION Timothy S. Stevens, University chaplain WELCOME Morton Schapiro, president of the University GREETINGS J. Landis Martin, chair of the Board of Trustees ALUMNI RECOGNITION Mark Ledogar, president of the Northwestern Alumni Association RECOGNITION OF NEWLY APPOINTED EMERITUS FACULTY Morton Schapiro CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Morton Schapiro Citations read by Jonathan Holloway, provost of the University The citations appear on page 14. REMARKS TO THE GRADUATES Renée Fleming Introduced by John Earl Franklin III, candidate for BSCE and BSCS, 2018 CONFERRING OF DOCTORAL DEGREES Morton Schapiro MESSAGE TO PARENTS AND FAMILY MEMBERS Sumaia Nawal Masoom, candidate for BSESP, 2018 CONFERRING OF GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES Morton Schapiro UNIVERSITY ALMA MATER The audience will join in the singing of the Alma Mater. The text appears on page 4. RECESSIONAL Faculty recessional Graduates and guests will please remain seated. Student recessional Guests will please remain seated. Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble 5 2619_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2018_FRONT.indd 5 6/14/18 5:07 PM PROFILES MORTON SCHAPIRO J. LANDIS MARTIN President Chair, Board of Trustees Morton Schapiro began his term as the 16th president of Northwestern J. Landis Martin is the chairman and managing director of Platte River University on September 1, 2009. He is a professor of economics in Equity, LLC, a Denver-based private equity firm focused on lower- Northwestern’s Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and middle-market companies. He retired as chairman and CEO of Denver- Sciences and also holds appointments in the J. L. Kellogg School of based Titanium Metals Corporation, one of the world’s largest producers Management and the School of Education and Social Policy. of titanium metal, in 2005. Mr. Martin is also the chairman of the board of Houston-based Crown Castle International Corporation, a communi- President Schapiro is among the nation’s leading authorities on the eco- cations infrastructure provider. Until 1987 he was also a partner at the nomics of higher education, with particular exper tise in the area of col- Kirkland & Ellis law firm. lege financing and affordability and on trends in educational costs and student aid. He has testified before US Senate and House committees on Mr. Martin is chairman of the Denver Art Museum and its foundation economic and educational issues and is widely quoted in the national and of the Clyfford Still Museum Foundation. Chairman emeritus of media on those issues. Central City Opera House Association, he is also past chairman and president of the Houston Grand Opera. Previously President Schapiro was president of Williams College from 2000 to 2009. Earlier he had served as a member of the Williams In addition to chairing Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees, College faculty from 1980 to 1991 as professor of economics and assis- Mr. Martin is a member of the Northwestern Pritzker School of tant provost. In 1991 he went to the University of Southern California, Law Board. He received a bachelor of science degree in business where he served as chair of the Department of Economics until 1994 administration from Northwestern and a juris doctor degree from and then as dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences until 2000. Northwestern’s law school. During his last two years as dean, he also served as the university’s vice president for planning. President Schapiro has written or edited nine books and more than 100 articles. He has received research grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Education, the World Bank, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the College Board, the Organization for Economic Coopera tion and Development, and other groups to study the economics of higher educa- tion and related topics. In 2010 he was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and in 2017 he was elected to the National Academy of Education. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Hofstra University and his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. 6 2619_STUDAFF_CommencementProgram_2018_FRONT.indd 6 6/14/18 5:07 PM UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES Board of Trustees E. Scott Santi George E. Johnson Muneer A. Satter Daniel S. Jones Mark A. Angelson Andrew E. Senyei James R. Kackley Peter J. Barris Michael S. Shannon Jerome P. Kenney Carol L. Bernick Gwynne E. Shotwell William S. Kirsch Christine E. Brennan Benjamin W. Slivka Martin J. Koldyke Steven A. Cahillane Timothy P. Sullivan Harry M. Kraemer Jr. Fernando Chico Charles A. Tribbett III Timothy K. Krauskopf Edith Watkins Cooper Jeffrey W. Ubben Duane R. Kullberg A. Steven Crown Julia A. Uihlein Bill Lambert Deborah L. DeHaas Frederick H. Waddell Alan M. Leventhal James A. DeNaut Mark R. Walter Lawrence F. Levy Charles W. Douglas Sona Wang Edward M. Liddy Michael W. Ferro Jr. David B. Weinberg John Jeffry Louis D. Cameron Findlay Miles D. White Ann Lurie Dennis J. FitzSimons Michael R. Wilbon Robert A. Lurie T. Bondurant French Stephen R. Wilson Martha Grimes Mabie Christopher B. Galvin W. Rockwell Wirtz John W. Madigan H. Patrick Hackett Jr. Jianming Yu R. Eden Martin Dean M. Harrison (ex officio) Arthur C. Martinez Jay C. Hoag Newton N. Minow Jane S. Hoffman Life Trustees Lee M. Mitchell Lynn Hopton Davis Leo F. Mullin Edward C. Hutcheson Jr. William F.