FPO UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI COMMENCEMENT2019 MAY 9 • 3 p.m. Graduate Degree Ceremony UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI COMMENCEMENT2019 MAY 9 • 3 p.m. GRADUATE DEGREE CEREMONY Graduate School School of Architecture Business School School of Communication School of Education and Human Development Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music CommencementCommencement MarshalsProgram Grand Marshal A. Parasuraman, D.B.A. Business School Alumni Association Banner Marshal Larry W. Ingraham, M.B.A. ’83 Faculty Senate Marshal Scotney Evans, Ph.D. School of Education and Human Development Academic Banner Marshals Graduate School Soyeon Ahn, Ph.D. School of Architecture Charles Bohl, Ph.D. Business School Andrea Heuson, Ph.D. School of Communication Diane Millette, Ed.D. School of Education and Human Development Kysha Harriell, Ph.D. Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music John Daversa, D.M.A. Faculty Marshals School of Architecture Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, M.Arch. Allan Shulman, M.Arch. Business School Patricia Abril, J.D. Diana Falsetta, Ph.D. Doug Lehmann, Ph.D. Jeffrey Weinstock, M.B.A. Tallys Yunes, Ph.D. School of Communication Grace Barnes, M.F.A. Paul Driscoll, Ph.D. Victoria Orrego Dunleavy, Ph.D. Juliana Fernandes, Ph.D. School of Education and Human Development Batya Elbaum, Ph.D. Blaine Fowers, Ph.D. Walter Secada, Ph.D. Warren Whisenant, Ph.D. Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Shannon de l’Etoile, Ph.D. Serona Elton, J.D. Trudy Kane, M.M. Gary Keller, M.M. 2 Commencement Program Hooders Juan Chattah, Ph.D. Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Barbara Millet, Ph.D. School of Communication Alumni Marshals Harold Long Jr., A.B. ’68, J.D. ’71 Eugene Williams Sr., Ed.D. ’72 Steven Gorin, M.S.Ed. ’96, M.B.A. ’18 Matthew P. Bourdeau, B.B.A. ’99, M.B.A. ’06 Hope E. Davis Grant, M.S.Ed. ’03 Daniel P. Carvajal, B.B.A. ’08 Natalya Kashirina, M.B.A. ’17 3 CommencementCommencement ProgramProgram Academic Procession * University of Miami Commencement Band Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music University of Miami Fanfare Robert M. Carnochan, D.M.A. David Lambert, D.M.A. ’05 Director of Wind Ensemble Activities Pomp and Circumstance Jeffrey P. Summers, M.M. Edward Elgar Doctoral Conductor Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music President’s Procession * President’s Processional Fanfare – Toward Our New Century Brian Balmages, M.M. ’00 Pomp and Circumstance Edward Elgar Convocation Opening Jeffrey L. Duerk, Ph.D. Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost The National Anthem * Christine M. Jobson The Star Spangled Banner Candidate, Doctor of Musical Arts Francis Scott Key Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Invocation * Rabbi Lyle S. Rothman Campus Rabbi and Jewish Chaplain, UM Hillel Chair, University Chaplains Association Welcome Julio Frenk, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. President Presentation of Honorary Degree Recepient Hilarie Bass, J.D. ’81 Fernando Henrique Cardoso Chair, Board of Trustees Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa Conferral of Honorary Degree President Frenk Advice to Graduates Fernando Henrique Cardoso Former President of Brazil Conferral of Academic Degrees Graduate School Guillermo Prado, Ph.D., Dean School of Architecture Rodolphe el-Khoury, Ph.D., Dean Business School John Quelch, Ph.D., Dean School of Communication Gregory J. Shepherd, Ph.D., Dean 4 Commencement Program School of Education and Human Development Laura Kohn-Wood, Ph.D., Dean College of Engineering Jean-Pierre Bardet, Ph.D., Dean Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Shelton G. Berg, M.M., Dean Student Address Christine M. Jobson, D.M.A. ’19 Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Alumni Association Welcome Jose Hernandez-Solaun, M.B.A. ’05 Director, UM Alumni Association Alma Mater * Craig S. McKenzie, D.M.A. ’19 William S. Lampe Doctoral Conductor and Christine Asdurian Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Stephannie Moore, D.M.A. ’19 Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Recessional University of Miami Commencement Band Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music Man of the Hour Miami March The Crosley March The Noble Men March Henry Fillmore *Those who are able are asked to stand for these portions of the program. At the conclusion of the program, the audience will please remain standing until the platform party has left the Watsco Center. 5 Commencement Program University of Miami Commencement Band Jeffrey P. Summers, Conductor Flute Emily Bedard Anna Kevelson Aaron Rib Oboe Cameron Roberts Joey Wenda Bassoon Melanie Ferrabone Keegan Hockett Clarinet Tina DiMeglio Margaret Flood Kevin Gregory Claire Grellier Maydeleen Guiteau Shannon McDonald Patrick Prentice Saxophone Frank Capoferri Joey Speranzo Nick Tobin Samuel Valancy Trumpet Logan Butler Kyle Elgarten Matyas Fieszl Ben Hunter Connor Towns Mack Wood Horn Peter McFarland Caiti Beth McKinney Natalie Miller Brittaney Pertsas Trombone Cameron Daly Steven Eckert Thomas McKee Wesley Thompson Euphonium Cassius Torres Tuba Phil Beatty TJ Graf Double Bass Dezmond Rogers Percussion Katherine Fortunato Daniel Gerhardt Conor Mulford Guillermo Ospina The commencement set was designed by Kristian A. Rodriguez, B.S.C. ’04, M.F.A. ’18, art director in University Communications. 6 Commencement Speaker HonoraryCommencement Degree Pr Recipientogram FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO Former President of Brazil When the call came in the middle of that 1993 night asking Fernando pushed for changes in electoral and po- Henrique Cardoso, Brazil’s minister of foreign relations, to become the litical party laws that paved the way for next minister of finance, the once-exiled sociologist-turned-politician Brazil’s return to democracy. assumed his political career was over. Cardoso remained in the senate After all, Brazil’s economy was in shambles. Over five decades, doz- until 1992, when Brazil’s 32nd presi- ens of prior finance ministers had failed to fix Brazil’s hyperinflation, dent, Fernando Collor de Mello, was which at the time was bordering on 30 percent a month. In just the impeached for corruption and replaced previous eight years, Brazil had adopted seven different currencies in a by Itamar Franco, who tapped Cardoso futile effort to curb it. to serve as foreign minister. Like many Yet, Cardoso, an expert in dependency theory who served as presi- presidents before him, Franco was saddled dent of the International Sociological Association from 1982 to 1986, with skyrocketing debt and hyperinfla- accepted the challenge and began implementing debt reforms, mon- tion. In 1993, disrupting Cardoso’s over- etary controls, and an eighth currency, the real, which would stabilize night stay in a New York hotel, Franco the economy, eventually lifting 20 million Brazilians out of poverty and invited him to become minister of finance. turning the burgeoning democracy into a major exporter and respected Most advisors cautioned Cardoso to remain in a holding pattern player on the world stage. until Franco’s successor was chosen the following year, but Cardoso A year later, the professor, researcher, and scholar at heart would pressed forward, assembling a team—his four musketeers—that helped be elected Brazil’s 34th president—he would say an “accidental presi- devise his Plano Real for stabilizing the Brazilian economy. dent”—remaining in office for an unprecedented two terms, during The following year, when Cardoso ran for president himself, 54 which he eradicated regressive social policies and modernized his home- percent of Brazil’s voters showed their appreciation, electing him in the land without the corruption or scandal that had tainted many of Brazil’s first round. With the sociologist-turned-politician at the helm, the next former leaders and three of his successors. eight years ushered in a bold, new era of progressive economic, social, For combining principle and pragmatism to fight for democracy and administrative, health, and educational reforms aimed largely at closing equity, and for setting an example for the world on the appropriate use the chasm between Brazil’s rich and poor. of political power, Fernando Henrique Cardoso is receiving a Doctor of Through policies he initiated, millions of acres of land were distrib- Humane Letters, honoris causa. uted to landless families, and people living with HIV/AIDS were given The son and grandson of military generals, FHC, as he is widely access to free antiretroviral drugs—making Brazil the first developing known, declined to follow his family’s military tradition and instead country to take that then-controversial step. Among the first politicians pursued a career in academia, earning a doctorate in sociology in 1961 to openly discuss the taboo subject of Brazil’s racial inequality, Cardoso from the University of Sao Paulo to explore such issues as slavery, social also pursued affirmative action policies that opened government min- change, development, and democracy. istry jobs and the diplomatic corps to a population noticeably missing Engaged in a struggle to improve public education, he was persecuted from its ranks, blacks. by the military dictatorship that seized power in 1964 and went into Before he left office in a smooth transition of power in 2002, exile, teaching at universities in Chile and Paris while continuing his the United Nations recognized Cardoso’s achievements in improv- research on the relationship between developing countries and the West. ing Brazil’s employment, poverty, health, and education by awarding Written in Chile, “Dependency and Development in Latin America,” him its first Mahbub ul Haq Award