One Hundred and Eighty-Fifth FINAL EXERCISES The Lawn May 18, 2014 The University of Virginia is grateful to the 392nd Army Band from Fort Lee, under the direction of Chief Warrant Officer Five Charles H. Vollherbst, for its participation in Final Exercises. Contents Finals Speaker, 2 Finals Program, 3 A History of Final Exercises, 4 The Academic Procession, 5 Board of Visitors and Administration, 6 Faculty Marshals, 7 Graduation Planning Committee, 8 Graduates and Degree Candidates * School of Medicine, 9 School of Law, 9 School of Engineering & Applied Science, 11 Curry School of Education, 16 Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, 18 School of Architecture, 20 School of Nursing, 21 McIntire School of Commerce, 22 School of Continuing & Professional Studies, 24 Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, 25 Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, 25 College of Arts & Sciences, 32 Student and Faculty Awards, 41 Honorary Societies, 43 Locations of Final Exercises and Diploma Ceremonies, 46 Maps, inside back cover The Good Old Song, outside back cover * The degree candidates in this program were applicants for degrees as of May 9, 2014. The deans of the University’s schools will make any necessary changes in the awarding of diplomas and/or the conferral of degrees and report them to the Office of the University Registrar for the official records. In addition, distinction and honor notations in this program are based on coursework completed as of the end of the Fall 2013 semester and may be adjusted based on coursework from Spring 2014. The August 2013 and December 2013 degree recipients precede the list of May 2014 degree candidates in each section. 1 Distinction 2 High Distinction 3 Highest Distinction 4 Honors 5 High Honors 6 Highest Honors 7 Distinguished Majors Program © 2014 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia Printing by University of Virginia Printing and Copying Services 1 Finals Speaker The Honorable Ray Mabus Ray Mabus is the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy, and leads America’s Navy and Marine Corps. As Secretary of the Navy, Mabus is responsible for conducting the affairs of the Department of the Navy, including recruiting, organizing, equipping, training, and mobilizing troops. Additionally, he oversees the construction and repair of naval ships, aircraft, and facilities, and formulates and implements policies and programs consistent with the national security policies established by the President and the Secretary of Defense. Secretary Mabus is responsible for an annual budget greater than $170 billion and leadership of almost 900,000 people. Throughout his tenure, Secretary Mabus has prioritized improving the quality of life of Sailors, Marines, and their families, decreasing the Department’s dependence on fossil fuels, strengthening partnerships, and revitalizing the Navy’s shipbuilding program. Secretary Mabus has made increasing the size of the naval fleet and protecting the industrial base a top bud- get priority of the Department. During his tenure, the Navy went from building fewer than five ships a year to having more than 40 ships under contract. He also has directed the Navy and Marine Corps to change the way they use, produce, and acquire energy, and set an aggressive goal that by no later than 2020, the Navy and Marine Corps will obtain at least 50% of their energy from alternative sources. In 2012 the Navy demonstrated the Great Green Fleet, a carrier strike group in which every participating U.S. Navy ship and aircraft operated on alternative energy sources including nuclear energy and biofuels. To prepare service members and their families for the high tempo operations of today’s Navy and Marine Corps, Secretary Mabus announced the “21st Century Sailor and Marine” initiative in 2012, designed to build and maintain the most resilient and ready force possible. Prior to joining the administration of President Barack Obama, Secretary Mabus served in a variety of top posts in government and the private sector. In 1988, he was elected Governor of Mississippi. As the youngest governor of Mississippi in more than 100 years at the time of his election, he stressed education and job cre- ation. He passed B.E.S.T. (Better Education for Success Tomorrow), one of the most comprehensive education reform programs in America, and was named one of Fortune Magazine’s top ten education governors. He was appointed Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the Clinton Administration in 1994. During his tenure as Ambassador, a crisis with Iraq was successfully averted and Saudi Arabia officially abandoned the boycott of United States businesses that trade with Israel. Secretary Mabus also was Chairman and CEO of Foamex, a large manufacturing company, which he led out of bankruptcy in less than nine months, paying all creditors in full and saving equity. Secretary Mabus is a native of Ackerman, Mississippi, and received a Bachelor’s Degree in English, summa cum laude, from the University of Mississippi, followed by a Master’s Degree in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University. He served as a Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy aboard the cruiser USS Little Rock before earning a Law Degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. 1 Distinction 2 High Distinction 3 Highest Distinction 4 Honors 5 High Honors 6 Highest Honors 7 Distinguished Majors Program 2 Finals Program Sunday, May 18, 2014 Academic Procession Gweneth L. West, Grand Marshal Degree Candidates Faculty President’s Party The Pledge of Allegiance The National Anthem, performed by the 392nd Army Band from Fort Lee Welcome Teresa A. Sullivan, President of the University of Virginia Introduction of Finals Speaker George Keith Martin, Rector of the University of Virginia Finals Address The Honorable Ray Mabus, U.S. Secretary of the Navy Greetings from the Alumni Association Timothy G. O’Shea, Chair of the University of Virginia Alumni Association Board of Managers Conferring of Degrees, Ms. Sullivan School of Medicine, Dean Nancy E. Dunlap, M.D. School of Law, Dean Paul G. Mahoney School of Engineering & Applied Science, Dean James H. Aylor Curry School of Education, Dean Robert C. Pianta Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, Dean Robert F. Bruner School of Architecture, Dean Kim Tanzer School of Nursing, Dean Dorrie K. Fontaine McIntire School of Commerce, Dean Carl P. Zeithaml School of Continuing & Professional Studies, Dean Billy K. Cannaday, Jr. Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, Dean Harry Harding College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Dean Meredith Jung-En Woo Final Words to the Class, Ms. Sullivan Academic Recession, The Good Old Song 1 DistinctionWe request2 High Distinction that the audience 3 Highest remain Distinction in place 4until Honors the academic 5 High Honors recession 6 Highesthas passed. Honors The presentation 7 Distinguished of Majorsdiplomas Program will follow at the locations noted in this program. Degree candidates who do not receive their diplomas at school or departmental ceremonies may receive them at the Office of the University Registrar in Carruthers Hall after 2 p.m., Monday, May 19. 3 A History of Final Exercises at the University of Virginia So astute was Mr. Jefferson in determining the basic educational policy for the University of Virginia that the policy has seen very little change in the University’s 195-year history. The colorful ceremony you will see today, however, would not have been held under Thomas Jefferson’s original plan, which did not provide for degrees and diplomas. Although the early students of the University were highly respected for their knowledge, some of them petitioned the Board of Visitors for diplomas to improve their opportunities for employment. Out of deference to the founder, the Board took no action on these requests during Jefferson’s lifetime, but fifteen months after his death, it changed the policy and directed that plans be laid for the first “Public Day” (commencement). In July 1829, the first Public Day was held in the Dome Room of the Rotunda. The program was very long, and it included orations by students. By 1848, the program began with a procession led by students and involved a single address by a prominent person. Public Day was held in the Dome Room until the Rotunda annex was completed in 1853. It was then held in the public hall of the annex until the Rotunda and the annex burned in 1895. When Cabell Hall was completed in 1898, the Public Day programs were held in its auditorium. President Alderman’s inauguration in 1905 brought about the more formal procession as seen today. It is now led by a faculty grand marshal. When the McIntire Amphitheatre was completed in 1921, it became the site for the final exercises. A sudden drenching rainstorm disrupted the 1949 ceremony, sending the soaked graduates and guests into any shelter they could find. The threat of sudden storms and the increased number of graduates caused President Colgate Darden to declare that the 1952 ceremony would be the last to be held in the amphitheatre. Since then, Finals have been held on the Lawn except in bad weather. Even when the ceremonies were held in the amphitheatre, the participants marched from the Rotunda, down the Lawn to the site of the ceremony. Students have long considered it a high privilege to have the opportunity to walk down the Lawn at Finals, and today’s students place an even greater importance on this privilege. So important to many of them is the ceremonial walk down the Lawn, that a number of students, cheated out of a ceremony on the Lawn by bad weather, “confirm” their graduation by processing down the Lawn after Finals. Through 1961, the president conferred the degrees and handed each recipient a diploma.