Commencement 2014 d uke u niversity One Hundred Sixty-Second Commencement Sunday, the Eleventh of May, Two Thousand and Fourteen 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. 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 Colin Thomas Beazley, Samantha A. Giugliano, Brandon Abraham Levy, Shikha Nayar, Elizabeth Ann Wiley Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Science Kyle Patricia Karnuta, Andrew Thomas Klingner, Ariel Daphne Shpigel, Jacob Willis Tobia Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Christopher William Sheils Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering Invocation Luke A. Powery, Dean of Duke Chapel Welcoming Remarks Remarks by a Student Jennifer Lenore Sherman Candidate for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts Conferring of Honorary Degrees Introduction David M. Rubenstein, Chair of the Board of Trustees Commencement Address General Martin E. Dempsey Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Conferring of Earned Degrees Introduction and Presentations Peter Lange, Provost Deans of Schools Concluding Remarks Alma Mater Vocalists listed under National Anthem 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 Recessional La Morisque (from The Danserye) Tielman Susato (c.1510 – c.1570)/ arr. Dunnigan Blue and White (Fight song) Two Thousand Fourteen Commencement 2 Commencement Speaker Martin E. Dempsey Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin General Dempsey’s awards and decorations include Dempsey is the the Defense Distinguished Service Medal with 18th Chairman of Oak Leaf Cluster, the Distinguished Service the Joint Chiefs of Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Defense Staff. As the highest Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit ranking military with two Oak Leaf Clusters, the Bronze Star with officer in the U.S. “V” Device and Oak Leaf Cluster, the Combat Armed Forces, he is the principal military advisor Action Badge, and the Parachutist Badge. to the President, the Secretary of Defense and the National Security Council. Dempsey assumed Martin Dempsey received a bachelor of science his current assignment on October 1, 2011. degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1974, followed by a master’s degree Prior to becoming Chairman, he served as the in English from Duke in 1984. “My time at Duke Army’s 37th Chief of Staff. During more than 37 was an intellectual oasis after a long march,” years of military service, he has commanded Dempsey has said. “It allowed me time to broaden at every echelon—from platoon to combatant my perspective from the confines of military life command across the United States and the globe. and open it to another world, full of new ideas, Before becoming Chief of Staff of the Army, viewpoints, issues and stories which helped me he commanded U.S. Army Training and Doctrine develop.” He also has master’s degrees in military Command, served as the Deputy Commander art from the United States Army Command and and then Acting Commander of U.S. Central General Staff College and in national security Command, and spent two years in Iraq to train studies from the National War College and he and equip Iraqi Security Forces. taught in the English Department at West Point. 3 Honorary Degree Recipient Carolyn Bertozzi DOCTOR OF SCIENCE Faculty Sponsor: Katherine J. Franz Carolyn Bertozzi Professor Bertozzi is an elected member of the is the T.Z. National Academy of Sciences, the National and Irmgard Chu Academy of Inventors, the American Academy of Distinguished Arts and Sciences, and the Institute of Medicine. Professor of Awards of note include the Lemelson-MIT Prize, Chemistry and the Presidential Early Career Award in Science Professor of and Engineering (PECASE), and a MacArthur Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Foundation Fellowship. Her teaching has been California at Berkeley, an Investigator of the recognized with the UC Berkeley Distinguished Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Senior Teaching Award and the Donald Sterling Noyce Faculty Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. National Laboratory. Professor Bertozzi’s research When she was named GLBT Scientist of the interests span the disciplines of chemistry Year by the National Organization of Gay and and biology, focusing on how oligosaccharides, Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals, or sugars, on cell surfaces change in response Bertozzi said, “Hopefully people can look at me to cancer, inflammation and bacterial infection. and realize that it’s okay to be open in their Her laboratory uses the techniques of organic lives and be themselves and do great work and synthesis and genetics as tools to study and make contributions to the world as scientists.” manipulate complex cellular processes, focusing on how these biopolymers contribute to recognition Carolyn Bertozzi received her undergraduate and communication between cells.