One Hundred Seventh Annual Commencement JUNE EXERCISES THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME NOTRE DAME, INDIANA _ THE GRADUATE ScHooL THE CoLLEGE OF ARTS AND LETTERS I THE CoLLEGE oF SciENCE THE CoLLEGE oF ENGINEERING THE CoLLEGE OF LAw THE CoLLEGE oF CoMMERCE In the University Stadium I At 2:00p.m. (Central Daylight Time) June 1, 1952 .. ···:;::::- PROGRAM Processional The Conferring of Degrees, by" the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., President of the University Commencement Address, by. the Hon. Charles Malik, Minister of Lebanon The Blessing, by the Most Rev. Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle, Archbishop of 'Vashington, D. C. National Anthem .• '· '(! . Recessional •.. ~~ ...!,i, .' .•• Degrees Conferred The University of Notre Dame announces the conferring of the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, on: The Most Reverend Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle, of Washington, D. C. ) The Most Reverend Albert Francis Cousineau, C.S.C., of Cap Haitien, Haiti The Honorable Charles Malik, of Washington, D. C. Mr. John Charles Tully, of Salinas, California Mr. John Patrick Murphy, of Cleveland, Ohio Mr. Edward John Doyle, of Chicago, Illinois - Mr. Mortimer Jerome Adler, of Chicago1 Illinois The University of Notre Dame confers th~ following degrees in course: The Degree of Doctor. ·of Philosophy on: David Stephen Ballantine, Bellport, New York B.S.1 St. Francis College, 1943. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Mecnanism of the Catalytic Converston of Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol 1o Delta-Valerolactone. Brother Roy Peter Cherrier, of the Society of Mary, San Antonio, Texas B.S.E., University of Dayton, 1943. Major subject: English. Dissertation: The End of Revenge. 3 Subodh Chandra Das Gupta, Janshedpur, India B.S., Scottish Church College, 1942; B.Met. .Bengal Engineering College, 1944; M.S., Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy,1 1949. Major sub· · je_ct: Metallurgy. Dissertation: Isothermal Transformation of Austenite to Martensite. , · . Reverend Francis Joseph Ginivan, Antigonish, Nova Scotia B.S,:: St. Francis Xavier University (Nova Scotia), 1944; M.S., Univer3ity of Notre Dame, 1950. Major sub1ect: Mathematics. Dissertation: Natural Topologies in a Group with Apphcations in the Galois Theory of Infinite Extension. Francis Edward Jablonski, Washington, District of Columbia B.S., Massach~setts Institute of Technology, 1948. Major subject: Physics. Dissertation: Inelastic Scattering of a 2 Mev Electrons. · ~avid William Juenker, Buffalo, New York B.S., Canisius College, 1947. Major subject: Physics. Dissertation: Experi­ mental Study of Thermionic and Photoelectric Schottky Emission from Barium-on-Tantalum at Low Fields. Tien Shih Liu, Hankow, China B.S., Tangshan University (China), 1946; M.S., Missouri· School of Mines and Metallurgy. 1949. Major subject: Metallurgy~ Dissertation: The Indium-Antimony and Indium-Arsenic Systems. · , John Channing Noyes, Seattle, Washington B.S.., University of Portland, 1947. Major subject: Physics. Dissertation: The Photodisintegration of Thresholds of Deuterium and Beryllium. William Andrew Ragan, Snyder, New York A.B., Dartmouth College, 1947. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: Study of the Vapor Phase Side Chain Elimination Reaction of Tetrahydro­ furfuryl Alcohol. Harold Anton Schwarz, Upton, Long Island; New York B.A., University of Omaha, 1948. Major subject: Chemistry. Dissertation: The Kinetics of Hot Hydrogen Atoms in the Photolysis of the Hydrogen Halides. Edward Dwyer Simmons, North Dighton, Massachusetts • . A.i, St: Mary's University, 1945; S.T.B., ibid., 1947; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major subject: Philosophy. Dissertation: The Thom­ istic Doctrine of Intellectual Abstraction for the Three. Levels of Science: Exposition and Defense. · Herman A. Szymanski, Downers· Grove, Illinois · .. n: •of Engr.; University of Toledo, 1948. Major subject: Chemistry. Dis­ . sertation: Absorption Spectra and Electric Moments of Some Addition Compounds of Amines and Dioxane with Metal Halides. John Edwin 'van Hoomissen, Albuquerque, New Mexico B.S., University of Portland~ 1947. Major subject: Physics. Dissertation: The Photodisintegration Thresholds of Deuterium and Beryllium. Hans Berthold Wiener; London, England B.A., Christ's ·Colleg_e, 'Cambridge, England, 1945. Major subject: Chem­ istry. Dissertation: Decomposition of Methane in a Glow Discharge. The Degree of Ma.ster of Arts on: William Henry Bodden, Horicon, Wisconsin LL.B., University of Notre Dame, 1944. Major subject: Education. Wallace August Brezik, South Bend, Indiana B.A., University of Toronto, 1949 •. Major subject: Philosophy. Benjamin Paul Ciaccio, Chicago, Illinois A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1942. Major subject: Correcti()na~ Ad7 ministration. Verling William Copeland, South Bend, Indiana B.S.C., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major subject: Economics .. Guy F. DiNocenza, Hartford, Connecticut A.B;, Holy Cross Co1lege, 1950. Major subject: English. John Thomas Evans, South Bend, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1950. Major subject: History. Arthur H. Furnia, Malone, New York A.B.,. New York State Teachers Col1ege 1950. Major subject: History. Dissertation: Anglo-French Relations, 19'44-1950. Sister Mary Leola Hausser, of the Sisters of Notre Dame, Cleve- land, Ohio . · ·: A.B., Notre Dame Col1~$e, 1948. Major subject: English. Dissertation: Chaucer and Gower as ! ... arrators in the Legend of Good Women and the Confessio Amantis. · Ralph George Holmes, South Bend, Indiana B.S. in P~E., University· of Notre Dame, 1950. Major subject: :~ducation. Sister Mary ·cccilie Lambur, of the Sisters of Notre Dame; Cleve­ land, Ohio A.B., Notre Dame Co1leg~, 1936. Major subject: Philosophy. Disse~tati~n': Connatural Kno\vledge. Alvin Clarence Marrero, South Bend, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1947. Major subject: Philosophy •. Albert Russell McAhron, Shepherdsville, Kentucky A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major subject: History. Disser.,. tation: The Material Culture of the Southwestern Indians as seen by tho Early .Spanish E.'tplorers, 1536-1634. 5 .......__ "~_.------~----------~~--~----_.---M~----------------~----------~~ Thomas Joseph McKimmey, Mishawaka, Indiana B.S.E., Villanova College, 1942. Major subject: English. Reverend Adrian T. McLaughlin, of the Order of St. Benedict, Morristown, New Jersey B.A., St. Vincent College, 1939. Major subject: History. Joseph Michael Moschella, South Bend, Indiana B.S. in P.E., University of Notre Dame, 1951. Major subject: Education. I li Robert Arthur Nalette, East Pepperell, Massachusetts B.S. in P.E., University of Notre Dame, 1950. Major subject: Education. Charles Harold O'Brien, Green Bay, Wisconsin A.B., University of Notre Darnel 1951. Major subject: History. Disserta­ tion: Justice Oliver Wendell Homes and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 1,, Leo Leonard Omiliak, Glendale, California 1: A.B., Loyola University of Los Angeles, 1950 •. Major subject: History. J! Peter Lawrence Pesoli, Ithaca, New York B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1948. Major subject: English. Reverend Herman Anthony Porter, of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, Donaldson, Indiana Ordination, Sacred Heart Seminary, 1948. Major .subject: English. Perley Herbert Provost, Jr., South Bend, Indiana A.B., St. Michael's College, 1949. Major subject: Correctional Admin­ istration. Leon Albert Rettenmaier, Kansas City, Kansas B.S., Creighton University, 1950. Major subject: Philosophy. Raymond Henry Ringston, Notre Dame, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1951. Major subject: Economics. ~ichard Brawn Sullivan, Menlo Park, California B.A., Santa Clara University, 1942. Major subject: History. Dissertation: The Attitude of the American State Department towards the Persecution of the Church in Mexico (1914-1917). Joseph Thomas Sunega, Rockville, Connecticut A.B., University_ of Notre Dame, 1951. M3:jor subject: English. Terrence Eugene Vollmer, Louisville, Kentucky A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1951. Major subject: English. j 6 I l I I l I __ ._(~ :;:Pi John Joseph Woods, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . B.A., La Salle College, 1950. Major subject: History. Dis~ertation: A-nglo­ Spanish Relations in the Reign of James I (1603-1625). Raymond Anzelmn Zukowski, Kenosha, Wisconsin A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1949. Major subject: Education. The Degree of Master of Music on: Richard Charles VanderHagen, South Bend, Indiana B.M.E., University of Notre Dame, 1951. Major subject: Music. The Degree of Master of Science on: Frank Arthur Bury, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada B.S., St. Patrick's College, Ottawa, 1941. Major subject: Physics. Reverend William Thomas Duffy, of the Congregation of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana A.B., University of Notre Dame, 1941. Major subject: Mathematics. James Curtis Haire, Notre Dame, Indiana B.S., St. Mary's College, 1950. Major subject: Physics. John Edward Ivory, Buffalo, New York B.S., Canisius College, 1950. Major subject: Physics. Meinrad Frederick Keck, Brooklyn, New York B.S., St. John's College, 1949. Major subject: Biology. Lawrence A. Krak, Gilman, Wisconsin B.S.: State Teachers College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1948. ~Iajor. subJect: Matnematics. · Augustine Daniel Mancuso, Silver Creek, New York B.S. in N.S., Niagara University, 1950. Major subject: Biology. Paul Joseph McCarthy, Okarche, Oklahoma B.S. in E.E., University of Notre Dame, 1950. Major subject: Math­ ematics. Edward Louis Michel, Stratford, Connecticut A.B., St. Anselm's College, 1950. Major subject: Biology. Lee Roy Ullery, Jr., South Bend; Indiana B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1950. Major subject: