Sunday, the Twelfth of May, Two Thousand and Thirteen ten o’clock in the morning ~ wallace wade stadium Duke University Commencement ~ 2013 One Hundred Sixty-First Commencement Notes on Academic Dress Academic dress had its origin in the Middle Ages. When the European universities were taking form in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, scholars were also clerics, and they adopted Mace and Chain of Office robes similar to those of their monastic orders. Caps were a necessity in drafty buildings, and copes or capes with hoods attached were Again at commencement, ceremonial use is needed for warmth. As the control of universities made of two important insignia given to Duke gradually passed from the church, academic University in memory of Benjamin N. Duke. costume began to take on brighter hues and to Both the mace and chain of office are the gifts employ varied patterns in cut and color of gown of anonymous donors and of the Mary Duke and type of headdress. Biddle Foundation. They were designed and executed by Professor Kurt J. Matzdorf of New The use of academic costume in the United Paltz, New York, and were dedicated and first States has been continuous since Colonial times, used at the inaugural ceremonies of President but a clear protocol did not emerge until an Sanford in 1970. intercollegiate commission in 1893 recommended a uniform code. In this country, the design of a The Mace, the symbol of authority of the gown varies with the degree held. The bachelor’s University, is made of sterling silver throughout. It is thirty-seven inches long and weighs about gown is relatively simple with long pointed Significance of Colors sleeves as its distinguishing mark. The gown for eight pounds. At the lower end of the hammered the master’s degree has an oblong sleeve with Colors indicating fields of shaft is a gilt (gold-plated) pine cone. The the rear part cut square and the front part with study and colors identifying upper end of the shaft displays the inscription a cutaway arc. The most elaborate academic some of the universities Universitas Dukiana 1838. This inscription is costume is the doctoral gown with velvet panels represented by members surmounted by a short, hammered neck followed down the front and three bars of the same of the faculties of the by the head which has eight flutings alternating material across the sleeves. The velvet is usually University are: with eight gilt ribs. Above the head of the mace, black, but it may be a color designating the a band carries the motto of Duke University: Arts, Letters, Humanities: white Eruditio et Religio. The upper end of the mace is field of study to which the degree pertains. Business Administration: drab The gown itself, usually black like those of the Dentistry: lavender a crown of gilt laurel leaves which carries the lower degrees, may be of a color distinctive of Divinity, Theology: scarlet seal of Duke University surrounded by the three a particular university. Economics: copper symbols of the Trinity to indicate that Duke Education: light blue University emerged from Trinity College. The hood bears a still larger symbolic burden: Engineering: orange the width of its velvet trimming designates Fine Arts: brown The Chain of Office of the President of Duke the level of the degree; the color heralds the Forestry: russet University is four feet long and is also made Law: purple major field of study; and the lining identifies of sterling silver throughout. The main part Medicine: green the institution that granted the degree. Duke Music: pink consists of nine silver pine cones alternating University is symbolized by a lining of Duke Nursing: apricot with ten gilt clusters of three laurel leaves each. blue with a white chevron. Philosophy: dark blue In the front hangs the gilt medallion with the Physical Therapy: teal official seal of Duke University surrounded by The cap, originally round, is usually a square Public Health: salmon a laurel wreath into which are set the three mortarboard and is the same for all degrees. Science: golden yellow symbols of the Trinity. In the back is the gilt coat The standard tassel for the cap is black, but the of arms of the Duke family with the motto cap worn with the doctoral robe may have a In Adversis Idem set in a sterling wreath of laurel gold tassel. The Duke doctoral gown is in the leaves and bearing the inscription Duke. authentic Duke blue. The Duke University shield, embroidered in blue on white, is applied to each front panel. With this gown there may be worn a black velvet, four-pointed, soft tam with a square top and a gold metallic bullion tassel. Two Thousand Thirteen Commencement 1 Commencement Program Presiding Richard H. Brodhead, President of the University When the Wind Symphony sounds the fanfare for the entrance of the faculty, the audience and candidates will rise and remain standing through the prayer. Processional March Flourish for Wind Band Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Candidates for Degrees Members of the Faculty Members of the University Administration Members of the Board of Trustees Members of the Platform Party National Anthem Victoria Elizabeth Young Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Invocation Luke Powery, Dean of the Chapel Welcoming Remarks Remarks by a Student Andrew Tower Barnhill Candidate for the Degree of Master of Divinity Conferring of Honorary Degrees Introduction G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., Chair of the Board of Trustees Commencement Address Melinda Gates Co-founder and Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Conferring of Earned Degrees Introduction and Presentations Peter Lange, Provost Deans of Schools Concluding Remarks Alma Mater Hannah Marie Colton, Jordan Caesar Rodriguez Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Jina Jiwan Kim Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Science Mohamed Abdelbagi Ismail Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering The audience stands for the Alma Mater and remains standing until the platform party and the faculty leave the Stadium. Dear Old Duke, thy name we sing. And though on life’s broad sea To thee our voices raise, we’ll raise, Our fates may far us bear, To thee our anthems ring We’ll ever turn to thee in everlasting praise. Our Alma Mater dear. —R. H. James ’24 Procession Out Crown Imperial William Walton (1902-1983) “… In Beauty Bearing the Crown Imperial…” DUKE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES 2 Honorary Degree Recipient Marguerite Barankitse DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS Faculty Sponsor – L. Gregory Jones Trustee Sponsor – Robert R. Penn On October 21, organization has provided emergency health care 1993, Burundi’s and counseling for victims of rape and other Hutu president violence, reaching into areas that are difficult for was assassinated, other agencies to access. Her work emphasizes unleashing inter- the interrelations of education, health, microfi- ethnic massacres nance, community and faith. across the country. On October 24, Marguerite “Maggy” Barankitse The fact that Ms. Barankitse protects children was working as a secretary for the Catholic bishop without regard for their ethnic origin has won her in eastern Burundi when a Tutsi mob stormed the many international honors, including the Human bishop’s residence and killed seventy-two people, Rights Prize from the French government, the mostly Hutus. At considerable risk to herself, she World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child, saved twenty-five children and set out to provide and the 2005 Nansen Refugee Award, presented a safe haven for them. Within a few months, by the United Nations High Commissioner for amid continued interethnic violence, Maggy was Refugees. In 2008, she was awarded the Opus Prize, providing refuge for sixty Hutu and Tutsi children. a humanitarian award for faith-based entrepreneur- ship. In an interview, she has said, “I have always Maggy’s early efforts to care for these orphaned loved the John Lennon song ‘Imagine.’ I wanted, children grew into a non-governmental organiza- from as long ago as I remember, to fix injustice tion and a multi-functional service agency with and to make the world a better place.” 500 staff. Known as Maison Shalom, or “House of Peace,” it provides health care, rehabilitation, education, and counseling services. Maison Shalom has helped more than 20,000 young people and families. In partnership with UNICEF, the Two Thousand Thirteen Commencement 3 Honorary Degree Recipient Max Dale Cooper DOCTOR OF SCIENCE Faculty Sponsor – Barton F. Haynes Trustee Sponsor – Thomas M. Gorrie Max Cooper is Dr. Cooper is an Eminent Scholar at the Georgia one of the most Research Alliance and a professor of pathology distinguished and laboratory medicine at the Emory University figures in modern School of Medicine. He has been chair of immunology. His the Scientific Advisory Board for the Center for landmark discover- HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) since ies have provided its founding by NIH in 2005. In that role, he has a framework for understanding how white blood collaborated with many Duke faculty members cells normally combat infection and how their in related research efforts. development may go awry to produce leukemia, lymphomas, and autoimmune diseases. One Before joining Emory in 2008, Dr. Cooper spent of his earliest discoveries — that the two distinct forty years at the University of Alabama School types of white blood cells, now known as T and of Medicine, where he was professor of medicine, B lymphocytes, play separate but complementary pathology, microbiology, and pediatrics. He roles in defending against infections—established received his medical degree and completed his one of the most important organizing principles residency at Tulane University. of the immune system. Dr. Cooper’s honors include the Robert Koch Prize, the American Association of Immunologists Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Distinguished Research in the Biomedical Sciences Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges.