Facts on Summer Commencement

The Ohio State University
Friday, August 29, 2003
9:30 a.m., The Jerome Schottenstein Center

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Associate’s 25
Bachelor’s 997
Master’s 659
Doctoral 153
Professional 10
Certificates 1
Total: 1,845

HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS: 3.99 by Abigail Lindsay Parker of Akron, B.S. in education.

HONOR GRADUATES: As designated by their colleges, 19 will graduate summa cum laude, 70 magna cum laude and 70 cum laude.

PRESIDING OFFICER: President Karen A. Holbrook.

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

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Carl F. Kohrt, president and CEO of Battelle.

HONORARY DEGREES: Honorary doctorates will be presented to William Francis Ganong, a pioneer in the field of neuroendocrinology; and Dennis J. Greenland, an internationally renowned soil scientist.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: Distinguished Service Awards will be presented to two Ohio State alumni who have worked tirelessly on behalf of university and the Alumni Association: Kenneth L. Coleman, founder, chair and CEO of ITM Software; and Ralph A. Rockow, founder and president of Exodyne, Inc., of Phoenix.

INVOCATION: Chaplain Joan Maynard, University Hospitals Pastoral Care.

NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO: A. Rosalind Crew, Master of Music candidate, College of the Arts.