FACTS ON AUTUMN 2003 COMMENCEMENT

FACTS ON AUTUMN COMMENCEMENT
The Ohio State University
Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003
2 p.m., St. John Arena

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Associate 38
Doctoral 148
Bachelor’s 1,335
Professional 20
Master’s 397
Certificates ---
Total: 1,938

HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS: 3.99 by Tara Magusiak of Youngstown, B.S. in Bus. Admin; and Taralee Cyphers of Bellville, B.A. in English.

HONOR GRADUATES: As designated by their colleges, 19 will graduate summa cum laude, 77 magna cum laude, and 106 cum laude.

PRESIDING OFFICER: President Karen A. Holbrook

WELCOMING REMARKS: Richard A. Hollingsworth, associate vice president for Student Affairs.

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: M. Marnette Perry, senior vice president, The Kroger Company.

HONORARY DEGREES: Honorary doctorates will be presented to Geradus ‘t Hooft, Nobel laureate and professor of physics at the University of Htrecht in The Netherlands; Nathaniel R. Jones, a retired judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit; and Mark B. Rucker, a baritone who has earned an international reputation as a performer in some of opera’s most challenging roles.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: Distinguished Service Awards will be presented to Norman M. Stanley, retired from The Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) in Wooster; and Charles C. Warner, a graduate and friend of the Moritz College of Law.

INVOCATION: Chaplain Carmen Siebold, University Hospitals Pastoral Care.

NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO: Chia-Wei Lee, College of the Arts, Class of 2003.