EIGHTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COMMENCEM ENT BRYANT COLLEGE ... OF ... BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Friday) August 5) 1949 9:00 A . M. ALBEE THEATRE PROVIDENCE ORDER OF EXERCISES MUSICAL PRELUDE .............. ..... .... .. ..... .. ... .. .....Orchestra Selection from "Roberta" ... .... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ... .Kern Waltz "Gold and Silver" ......... .. .......... ... ... ... .Lehar Novelty "Fiddle Faddle" ................ .. .. ... ..Anderson "Creole Days" from "Mississippi Suite" .......... .. .. .. Grofe ACADEMIC PROCESSION "Pomp and Circumstance" . .. .. .... ........ .. ....... ..... .Efgar PROCESSION OF GRADUATES "Triumphal March" ......... .. .... ........ ... ....... ...... .Fucik THE NATIONAL ANTHEM INVOCATION The Reverend Richard Alban Johnson Assistant, St. Martin's Episcopal Church (The audience will please rise) ADDRESS OF 'VELCOME His Excellency, John O. Pastore Governor of the State of Rhode Island ADDREsS-"Light Your Candle" Mr. Benjamin F. Fairless President of the United States Steel Corporation ADDRESS TO THE GRADUATEs-"Play Well Your Part" Dr. Henry L. Jacobs President of Bryant College PRESENTATION OF HONORARY DEGREES PRESENTATION OF DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS IN COURSE President Jacobs (The audience is requested not to applaud until the end) PRESENTATION OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES Dr. Michael F. Walsh Director of Education of the State of Rhode Island BENEDICTION The Reverend Richard Alban Johnson Assistant, St. Martin's EfJiscopal Church (The audience will please rise) CLOSING MARCH "On the Mall" ..... .. ..... ....... ...... .. ...... .. .. .. Goldman Music by Robert Gray and his Orchestra (The address of Mr. Fairless will be broadcast through the courtesy of Station WEAN. It will also be re·broadcast over Station \VPRO from 3:30 to 4 o'clock this afternoon; over Station WPJB from 7 to 7:30 o'clock tonight; and Station WJAR from 9:30 to 10 o'clock tonight.) HONORARY DEGREES Degree of Doctor of Science in Business Administration (D.S. in B.A.) MR. BENJAMIN F . FAIRLESS President ot the United States Steel Corporation COLONEL CLEMENT KENNEDY President and Director ot the New Ocean House, Swampscott, banker, Vice-President ot Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and member ot the Army Advisory Board HIS EXCELLENCY, JOHN O. PASTORE Governor ot the State ot Rhode Island Our Honorary Degree Recipients BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS President and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the United States Steel Corporation, Director of United States Steel Corporation (New Jersey) and Director of United States Steel Corporation (Delaware) . Appointed Chief Administrative Officer of the Corporation in 1938. In 1942 appointed a member of the Advisory Staff of Major General Levin H. Campbell, Jr., Chief of Ordnance of the War Department. He is also a member of the Iron and Steel Industry Advisory Com­ mittee of the War Production Board. He was awarded the Medal for Merit by the War Department in 1946. In 1949 the American Iron and Steel Institute presented him with the Gary Memorial Medal for "outstanding achievements in handling problems of steel supply for war and peace, and in fostering a better understanding of the iron and steel industry". He has also been given honorary degrees of doctor of engineering by Ohio Northern University; doctor of science degree by Kent State University, Kent, Ohio; doctor of science degree by the University of Pittsburgh; doctor of engineering by Stevens Institute of Technology; and doctor of laws by Bethany College, Bethany, West Virginia. COLONEL CLEMENT KENNEDY President of the New Ocean House, Swampscott, Massachusetts; has lectured on hotel management at Boston University and Cornell University. Director of several banking institutions, and of industrial and insurance companies. Vice President of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital of Boston. Member of the Army Advisory Board. Awarded the Medal of Merit in 1946 for meritorious duty as Chief of the Planning Division and Director of Troop Training in the First Service Command. Decorated with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta by Pope Pius XU in 1940. HIS EXCELLENCY, JOHN O . PASTORE Admitted to the Rhode Island Bar in 1932. Has received honorary degrees of Doctor of Laws from Providence College, Doctor of Education from Rhode Island College of Education, Doctor of Science from the Rhode Island College of Pharmacy and Doctor of Laws from Rhode Island State College. From 1934 to 1936, member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives; Assistant Attorney General in 1944. Elected Lieutenant-Governor in 1945; elected Governor of Rhode Island in 1946, re·elected in 1948. CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES The Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Education (B.S. in B.Ed.) and the five-year professional Teacher certificate of the Department of Education, State of Rhode Island Lorraine Rhoda Atkin, Cum Laude Elizabeth Elaine Gaisford Marilyn Bourne Mary .. Florence Victorine Healy Evelyn-Mae Bradbury Dolores M. Laurion, Magna Cum Laude Ruth Marie Carty Lorraine Therese LeMay Eileen Frances Donnelly John Lindia Craig H. Edgar Janet Eliza Wilson Jane Mason Fuller The Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S. in B.A.) George Wallace Ackroyd Joseph Caccia John Anthony Adamowicz Anthony Alfred Calore, Jr. George Peter Adams Thomas A. Canfield Anthony Agresto Joseph Canning Frank Akucewicz Frank Caramadre Warren H. Aldrich Robert L. Carey James L. Allen Clifford R. Carlson Arthur L. Altenburg Kenneth E. Carlson Charles C. Alves Alvaro Carreira Howard ,"'. Anderson Thomas Louis Carroll John Edward Anderson John Thomas Cavanaugh, Jr. George W. Andreas Lester E. Cecere Ernest T. Antoniou Peter D. Cellino Roy L. Archer, Jr. Leonard Anthony Chace Frank J . Armata, Jr. Paul R. Charlonne Theodore Stephan Armata Wendell Herbert Cheney Joseph Leo Arsenault Arthur Joseph Chicoine Stanislaw M. Baldyga Francis J . Chmura, Summa Cum Laude Edward J. Bayles Frederick Webster Clark Donald Lloyd Beales George Edward Clements, Jr. Frank Peter Begos, Jr. George Potter Coates William Luther Benson Clifford Milton Cohen Herbert M. Bichunsky Rudolph Robert Colagiovanni Alexander Bilida Charles S. Cole Anthony Bisbano, Jr. Lloyd M. Cole Paul Blackway Joseph Nicholas Coletti Donald James Blair Michael P. Como Robert Joseph Blais Rodney W. Cone Sylvio Conrad Blanchette William Joseph Conley Armand C. Bonneau Lawrence W. Connelli Harry B. Boyer Thomas Patrick Connelly Bertram N. Brassard William Edward Connor Robert Artley Brechter Edward Coppola George Joseph Breen, Jr. Earl James Corley Robert C. Brown Winthrop Fred Cornwell Lewis C. Brownell, Jr. Joseph W. Coughlin Joseph Bruno Wallace James Crooks Armand Bucci Edmond R. Curtis Donald Arthur Buckingham Francis Emanuel Danella Stanley Budnick Robert Lawrence Danesi Rosemarie Buonaiuto Robert .J. Davey Harry Edward Burns Arthur L. Dawson, Jr. Arthur N. Buteau John G. Devino Thomas H. Byrnes Joseph DiBlasi Edward Cabral Michael William DiChiara Hugo J. DiClemente Chester S. Holda Ralph DiGiuseppe John T. R. Holden Roger Alfred Dion William C. Holroyd. JT. Anacleto J. DiRaimo Floyd A. Huntington John Bernard Dolan, Jr. Bernard A. Jacobs Edward Walter Dombrowski Arthur Johnson William J. Donnell Burleigh McKee Johnson William Joseph Doyle Edmund A. Johnson Jesse Dunstan Gordon L. Johnson J. Roger Dupont Francis A. Johnson Leonce L. Duquette Raymond F. Johnson Eugene Eckoff William Johnson. JT. Warren E. Eddy Benjamin Harrison Johnstoll Marshall Edelston Everett R. Jones Thomas E. Egan Kauno David Kaski Everett L. Eliason Edwin H. Keast Kenneth Eldredge, Jr. Thomas Edward Kelley. Jr. Joseph Robert Ercoli Edward F. Kelly Frederick J . Erwin, Jr. David Arthur Kenahan Joseph Evangelista Donald Ralph Kennedy Margaret Gertrude Fallon John Joseph Kennedy Edward Howard Farrell Russell B. Kent Bertrand Joseph Fay, Jr. Robert Ellsworth Kettell Gloria R. Feder James Dillon Kilcommons William J. Ferranti Cyril E. King Douglas Burton Fielder Robert D. Kinniburgh, JT. Gerald Charles Finkelman Leo W. Kopychak Robert J. Finn Stephen G. Kowalik Bernard J. Flood Martin Bernard Kozlak Robert L. Fournier Selma Labush Francis Joseph Foye. Jr. Charles Lambros Frank Bernard Freed John F. Langwell, J1'. John Joseph Gagel Maurice Laroche John A. Galambos Leo J. Lawless Gustave L. Galasso. Jr. Peter G. Leasca William Sleicher Gallagher George Leaska Robert G. Gardner Robert A. Lees Charles D. Garnett Carroll D. Lenih~n Walter L. Gavitt. Jr. Edward M. Levine Lester D. Gaw J ulius Levine Roland C. Genereux Abram Lew Adrian Eugene Geoffrey, Jr.• Cum Laude Bernard F. Lewonis Bradford Kenneth Gesner. Magna Cum Laude Louis Lindia Walter J. Gilbert Ermino Peter Lisbon Russell Gleason Jeannine Lucille Loranger George Arthur Glenn Raymond F. Lord, Jr. Robert Godfrey Randall Dunn Lovejoy Raymond B. Goldberg Robert E. Lowrey Arnold Ralph Goodman Maurice A. Lundy Robert Hume Graham John J. Lynch Edward Donald Greer Joseph A. Macari Douglas J. Gregory Donald N. MacLane Earl Eddy Greene Dominic A. Mandllca Wallace J. Grenier Raymond Leo Manosh Donald \V. Grosvenor Joseph F. Mansolillo Ellard Guimond. Jr. Michael Manugian Leon Andrew Guimond Raymond A. Marchetto Phillip Guimond Americo MarolIa Conrad Gundersen Nicholas Joseph Maselli Robert Milton GustaEson Stanley Masukewicz George Haggis James Joseph McAreavey Edward J. Hanrahan Robert Harold McCord Thomas A. Harring. JT. James ,P. McCrudden Richard Victor Harris Vincent J. McDermott Robert A. Harrison James Edwin McDonald, Jr. Russell Harold Harrison John B. McEnery William Bindloss Hawke Paul James McGinley George