Facts on Winter 2003 Commencement

The Ohio State University
Friday, March 21, 2003
9:30 a.m., St. John Arena

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Associate 56
Bachelor’s 1146
Master’s 235
Doctoral 86
Professional 3
Certificates 1
Total: 1,527

HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS: 4.0 by Ann Elizabeth Sackenheim of Oxford, B.S. in animal sciences; and Kelli Lee Sears of Granville, B.A. in psychology.

HONOR GRADUATES: As designated by their colleges, 16 will graduate summa cum laude, 55 magna cum laude and 100 cum laude.

PRESIDING OFFICER: President Karen A. Holbrook.

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

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Geoffrey Parker, Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History and research associate of the Mershon Center, The Ohio State University.

HONORARY DEGREES: Honorary doctorates will be presented to Eva Klein, professor of tumor biology at the Karolinska Institute’s Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center in Sweden; Elizabeth McKeever Ross, a 1940 graduate of Ohio State who has played a vital role in the cultural and philanthropic life of Central Ohio; and Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., one of America’s most influential scholars and Pulitzer Prize winner.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: The Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Jane Fawcett-Hoover, vice president of national government relations for The Procter & Gamble Company and daughter of Novice Fawcett, who was president of Ohio State from 1956 to 1972; and Charles W. Lifer, professor emeritus in the Department of Agricultural Education.

INVOCATION: Chaplain John M. Nganga, University Hospitals Pastoral Care.

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