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Coastal Carolina College of the University of South Carolina Commencement Exercises May 19, 1985 Seven o'clock P.M. Coastal Carolina Campus USC COASTAL CAROLINA COLLEGE Higher Education in Horry County had its beginning with the formation of the Coastal Education _Foundation on July 23, 1954. The Foundation, an eleemosynary cooperation, gave birth to the Horry County Higher Education Commission which was created by statute on April 9, 1959. These two groups established and supported Coastal Carolina Junior College, the forerunner of Coastal Carolina College of the University of South Carolina. Coastal Carolina College signed its first contract with the University of South Carolina on August 1, 1959, and received its first students with the beginning of the fall semester on Sep­ tember 16, 1960. Coastal Carolina served as a two-year regional campus of the University for the next thirteen years. By special legislation, Coastal Carolina added a junior year to its educational program with the fall semester, 1973. Subsequently, the senior year followed, and Coastal Carolina became a four-year branch of the University of South Carolina with authority to award baccalaureate degrees. The College now has a student population of 3000 with 116 full-time faculty members. Students may pursue associate and baccalaureate degrees in sixteen fields of study, while par­ ticipating in more than thirty student clubs and organizations. HORRY COUNTY HIGHEREDUCATION COMMISSION William Alford Ruth S. Kearns J. Keith Blanton Sumter L. Langston Eugene H. Carmichael Richard M. Lovelace, Jr., Chairman John W. Dawsey George N. Magrath Hurbert G. Gibson Donald A. Moore Edward M. Henry Philip N. Render J.C. Hipp Ernest F. Southern Hal B. Holmes, Jr. Betty Springs COASTALEDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC. T. Luke Benson Mrs. Novie Nelson James P. Blanton Edward L. Proctor Clay D. Brittain, Jr., Sec./Treasurer Rodney L. Propps, President James M. Devers, Jr. Robert R. Sansbury David R. Gravely Grant Singleton Hugh Godefroy C. Foster Smith E.W. Jerdon Cathcart Smith James W. Johnson E. Craig Wall, Jr. Paul E. Malone Frank M. Watts EX OFFICIOMEMBERS Eugene C. Floyd Fred Hicks Fran Gilbert Edward M. Singleton USC-Coastal Carolina College gratefully acknowledges the many contributions and extensive support of E. Craig Wall, Sr., who died in April of this year. Order of Exercises Presiding: Frederick W. Hicks, Ph.D. Chancellor of USC Coastal Carolina College PRELUDE ..................................... Myrtle Beach Brass Ensemble Donald Mack, B.A. M.M.E., Director PROCESSIONAL ................................... Pomp and Circumstance ,- The University Mace The Platform Party The Faculty Degree Candidates NATIONAL ANTHEM ............................. Myrtle Beach Brass Ensemble INVOCATION ............................ ............ J. Kirk Lawton, Jr. Pastor of Ocean View Baptist Church, Myrtle Beach SPECIAL MUSIC ............................... Coastal Carolina Concert Choir May Day Carol ................ Arr. Deems Taylor Carolyn Cox, M.M., Director Give Me Your Tired Your Poor ......... Irving Berlin Kathy Peters, Piano INTRODUCTIONS AND WELCOME ............. Frederick W. Hicks, Ph.D., Chancellor INTRODUCTION OF COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER .............. Michael A. Lehouck President, Senior Class COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS ............................ Lawrence Eagleburger Former Under Secretary of State REMARKS AND CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES .. James B. Holderman, Ph.D. President, University of South Carolina A WARDS OF COMMUNITY MERIT .................. James B. Holderman, President USC EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TEACHING AWARD - FOUR YEAR CAMPUSES . ............ James B. Holderman, President PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES ........................ Elinor S. Miller, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs CONFERRING OF DEGREES ...................... James B. Holderman, President Frederick W. Hicks, Chancellor ALMA MATER .................................... Graduates and Audience BENEDICTION ......................... ....... The Rev. J. Ben Cunningham First United Methodist Church, Conway RECESSIONAL . ............................... Myrtle Beach Brass Ensemble CITATIONFOR THE HONORARY DEGREE DOCTOR OF LAWS LAWREN CE SIDNEY EAGLEBURGER Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1930, the son of Leon S. and Helen Van Omum Eagleburger. He received a bachelor of science degree from the Uni­ versity of Wisconsin in 1952 and after two years of service as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, earned a master's degree in political science from the same university. Mr. Eagle burger entered the Foreign Service in 19 57 and was assigned to the American Embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, where he remained until 1959. He was then named political analyst for Cuba in the Bureau of Intelligence Research and in 1961 was assigned to the eco­ nomic section of the American Embassy in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. In 1963, after a severe earthquake in Macedonia, he earned the respect and gratitude of Yugoslavians by leading U.S. government efforts to provide medical and other aid. Two years later, Mr. Eagle burger moved to the Secretariat Staff for European Affairs where he became the special assistant to Dean Acheson, Advisor to the President on France-NATO. In October, 1966, he was appointed a member of the National Security Council Staff, responsible for Euro­ pean Affairs. One year later, Mr. Eagle burger was named special assistant to the Under Secre­ tary of State. Mr. Eagleburger's long-time association with former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger began in 1968 when he was made Dr. Kissinger's assistant during the Richard M. Nixon presi­ dential transition. In 1969, he was assigned to the U.S. Mission to NATO in Brussels, as politi­ cal advisor to the Chief of the Political Section. From 1971-73, Mr. Eagleburger served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Policy Plans and Na­ tional Security Council Affairs. In 1973, he was named Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Operations. Later, he was made Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State, Dr. Kissinger. In 1977, Mr. Eagleburger returned to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as U.S. Ambassador. In 1981, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. Then, in 1983, he was appointed Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the third-ranking posi­ tion at the State Department. Mr. Eagleburger was awarded the Distinguished Civilian Service Medal by the Department of Defense in 1973; the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service in 1978; and in 1984, the Carr Award from the Department of State, which is presented to career offi­ cers who performed with unusual distinction at senior levels of service for 25 years or more. He was also presented the Distinguished Honor Award, the Department of State's highest award of merit. Throughout his career, Mr. Eagleburger was cited consistently for his candor and integrity, his uncompromising dedication to maintaining the professional quality of the Foreign Service and his unquestionable influence in foreign policy-making decisions. Mr. Eagleburger retired from the Department of State in May, 1984, after 27 years as a Foreign Service officer. Since leaving the State Department, he was elected to the Board of International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation and was named president of Kissinger Asso­ ciates, Inc., a firm founded by Dr. Kissinger in 1982. He also serves as Chairman of the Inter­ national Advisory Board of the James F. Byrnes Center of the University of South Carolina. Married to Marlene Ann Heineman, Mr. Eagleburger has two children. For his record of distinguished service to his country and his dedication to civic progress; for his continuous work for the government of the United States in the Department of State and as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs: the University of South Carolina, with the approval of its Board of Trustees, now presents Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger for the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws. CITATION FOR THE HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICE JAMESJ. JOHNSON James J. (Jimmy) Johnson was born the son of Joe Baylis and Wilomina Johnson in Con­ way, South Carolina, on November 20, 1935. He was educated in the public schools of Horry County and was graduated from Coastal Carolina College in 1960. Mr. Johnson is Vice President and Treasurer of Dargan Construction Company, Inc. of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He has been active in church and community affairs. He is one of the original establishers of United Way of Horry County and served as president.