Spring 97 Commencement Facts

FACTS ON SPRING COMMENCEMENT

The Ohio State University
Friday, June 13, 1997
9:30 a.m., Ohio Stadium

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES:
Associate          59              Doctoral           183
Bachelor's      3,449              Professional       657
Master's        1,154              Certificates        17
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Total:          5,519 

HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS: 4.0 by
Lori Ann Wendelin of Columbus, B.S. in Business
Administration.

HONOR GRADUATES:  As designated by their colleges, 242 will
graduate summa cum laude, 179 magna cum laude, and 215 cum
laude.

PRESIDING OFFICER:  President E. Gordon Gee.

WELCOME REMARKS:  Richard A. Hollingsworth, special
assistant to the president.

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Bob Greene, syndicated columnist for
the Chicago Tribune.

HONORARY DEGREES: Bob Greene, journalist, Doctor of
Journalism; Walter Mischel, psychologist, Doctor of Science;
Eugene P. Odum, ecologist, Doctor of Science; and Erie
Sauder, entrepreneur, Doctor of Humane Letters.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: Dorothy S. Teater, Franklin
County Commissioner; and posthumously to Madison H. Scott,
vice president emeritus for personnel services, The Ohio
State University.

INVOCATION: Robert L. Brummel, director, Pastoral Care,
University Hospitals.
 
NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO: Led by Amy Elizabeth Mount,
Class of 1997.


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Thu, 12 Jun 1997 14:33:04 -0400 (EDT)]
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