MlH {A UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Spring 1988 !' Commencement Twin Cities Campus UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Spring 1988 Commencement Twin Cities Campus Board ofRegents The Honorable Wendell R. Anderson, Wayzata The Honorable Charles H. Casey, West Concord The Honorable M. Elizabeth Craig, Minnetonka The Honorable Jack P. Grahek, Ely The Honorable Wally Hilke, St. Paul The Honorable Elton A. Kuderer, Fairmont The Honorable David M. Lebedoff, Minneapolis The Honorable Charles F. McGuiggan, Marshall The Honorable Wenda W. Moore, Minneapolis The Honorable David K. Roe, Minneapolis The Honorable Stanley D. Sahlstrom, Crookston The Honorable Mary T. Schertler, St. Paul Administrative Officers Richard J. Sauer, Interim President C. Eugene Allen, Acting Vice President for Institute of Agriculture, Forestry, and Home Economics Roger W. Benjamin, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Carol N. Campbell, Acting Vice President for Finance and Physical Planning Stephen S. Dunham, General Counsel and Vice President Richard B. Heydinger, Vice President for External Relations Neal A. Vanselow, Vice President for Health Sciences Frank B. Wilderson, Vice President for Student Affairs The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs. facilities, and employment without regard to race. religion, color, sex, national origin, handicap, age, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Table of Contents page The University of Minnesota ..................................................... 5 Academic Costume ............................................................. 6 March Candidates for Degrees ................................................... 7 College of Agriculture ........................................................... 7 College of Agriculture and Carlson School of Management .............................. 7 College of Biological Sciences .....................................................8 Continuing Education and Extension ................................................ 8 School of Dentistry .............................................................. 8 College of Education ............................................................ 8 College of Education and College of Home Economics ................................ 10 College of Forestry ............................................................. 10 General College ............................................................... 10 College of Home Economics ..................................................... 11 College of Liberal Arts .......................................................... 12 Carlson School of Management ................................................... 16 Medical School ................. ' ............................................... 17 School of Nursing .............................................................. 18 College of Pharmacy ........................................................... 19 School of Public Health ......................................................... 19 Institute of Technology ......................................................... 19 University College ............................................................. 23 College of Veterinary Medicine ................................................... 23 June Candidates for Degrees .................................................... 25 College of Agriculture .......................................................... 25 College of Agriculture and Carlson School of Management ............................. 26 College of Biological Sciences .................................................... 26 School of Dentistry ............................................................. 28 College of Education ........................................................... 29 College of Education and College of Agriculture ..................................... 33 College of Education and College of Home Economics ................................ 33 College of Forestry ............................................................. 33 General College ............................................................... 34 College of Home Economics ..................................................... 35 Law School ................................................................... 37 College of Liberal Arts ......................................................... .40 Carlson School of Management ................................................... 52 Medical School ................................................................ 55 Mortuary Science .............................................................. 60 School of Nursing .............................................................. 60 College of Pharmacy ........................................................... 61 School of Public Health ......................................................... 62 Institute of Technology .........................................................63 University College .............................................................70 College of Veterinary Medicine ...................................................71 June Candidates for Commissions . ..............................................73 Additional copies of this booklet are available from University Relations, 6 Morrill Hall, 100 Church St. S.E., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455. I J The University ofMinnesota The University of Minnesota, ranked among Two students received bachelor of arts degrees the nation's top ten public universities, reflects at the first commencement in June 1873. Since the commitment to education of a state that is then, the University has granted a total of only 21st in population. It is almost alone 408,093 degrees. Students eam undergraduate among universities in the United States in its and graduate degrees in more than 250 fields combination of three characteristics: an of study. international research university, a land-grant The Duluth campus joined the University in institution with a strong tradition of education 1947, the Morris campus opened in 1960, the and public service, and a metropolitan Crookston campus in 1966, and the Waseca academic community. campus in 197 I . The Twin Cities campus, its largest campus, is Enrollment in fall 1987 was 55,924 on all five made up of 18 colleges and offers the full campuses. Enrollment was 44,293 on the range of academic and professional degrees. A Twin Cities campus, 7,365 at Duluth, 1,967 at comprehensive campus in Duluth offers Morris, 1,163 at Waseca, and 1,136 at undergraduate and graduate programs. The Crookston. Morris campus offers a four-year liberal arts program. Two-year technical colleges in During the 1987-1988 academic year, the Crookston and Waseca provide University of Minnesota conferred 10,598 paraprofessional and technical education, degrees on all its campuses: 5,798 in July, primarily in agriculture-related fields. August, and December 1987 and March 1988, Through the Minnesota Extension Service, the and 4,800 in June 1988 (subject to completion University is present in each of Minnesota's of requirements). 87 counties. University alumni include four Nobel Prize The University is the primary center in winners, a former chief justice of the United Minnesota (and parts of the surrounding States, two former vice presidents, the heads region) for instruction and research in the of Fortune 500 companies, pioneers in health sciences, law, engineering, agriculture, medicine, civil rights leaders, top journalists, and forestry: it offers all of the graduate-level and men and women who have achieved programs in these fields. In all the arts and distinction in every field. sciences and in teacher preparation the Alumni and their families and friends are University is the major doctorate-granting always welcome at the University. Alumni are institution in the state. invited to continue their relationship with the When the University was founded as a University through the Minnesota Alumni preparatory school in 185 I , Minnesota had Association and its college groups. been a territory for just two years, and statehood was still seven years away. The school was built on not much more than the pioneers' faith in education. The University struggled financially in its early years and was forced to close during the Civil War. It reopened in 1867. 5 Academic Costume Academic gowns date back to the 14th At University of Minnesota commencement century, when they served two functions of ceremonies--except those where master's and nearly equal importance: to indicate the doctoral degrees are awarded-mortarboard academic rank of the wearer and to keep the tassels indicate field of study (see list below), scholar warm in the drafty stone halls of and honors students wear gold epaulets. The academia. side of the mortarboard on which the tassel hangs has no meaning, although at some The markings, cut, and colors of the schools the tassel is moved from right to left modem-day academic costume--cap, gown, when the degree is awarded. and sometimes hood-indicate the academic degree, the field of study, and the institution After receiving a degree, graduates may wear that granted the degree. In the United States, academic costume on any appropriate the bachelor's degree gown is black and occasion, always wearing a black tassel. untrimmed. College of Agriculture ....................................................... maize College of Biological Sciences .........................................