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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY One Hundred and Twentieth Annual COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY, JUNE 1978 17, McGaw Memorial Hall, Evanston, Illinois , THE UNIVERSITY ALMA MATER Hail to Alma Mater! We will sing thy praise forever; All thy sons and daughters Pledge thee victory and honor. Alma Mater, praise be thine May thy name forever shine! Hail to Purple! Hail to White! Hail to thee, Northwestern! Smoking is permitted only iii the outer main floor lobby. THE PROGRAM PROCESSIONAL (Audience willplease remain seated for the Student and Faculty Processional.) THE NATIONAL ANTHEM (The first stanza) (Audiencewill please remain standing until the Invocation has been offered.) INVOCATION VIRGINIA F. LANDWEHR Dean of Students CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Citations read by RAYMOND W. MACK Provost of the University AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES robert h. strotz President of the University DELIVERY OF DIPLOMAS TO DOCTORAL RECIPIENTS Deans of the Graduate, Medical, Law,Dental, and Music Schools THE UNIVERSITY ALMA MATER (Words to the University Alma Materare printed inside thefront cover.) BENEDICTION james e. avery University Chaplain RECESSIONAL FACULTY RECESSIONAL (Graduatesandguests willplease remain seated.) STUDENT RECESSIONAL (Guests willplease remain seated.) Parents and guests are respectfully requested to remain in their seats during the entire ceremony. The aisles of the hall must be kept clear at all times, and those who leave their seats before the close of the ceremony must leave the building immediately through either the north or south door (whicheveriscloser). i THE HONORARY DEGREES — ALLISON DAVIS DOCTOR OF LAWS Anthropologist and psychologist. A.B., Williams College, 1924; M.A., Harvard University, 1925; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1942. Taught at Hampton Institute, Dillard University, and since 1939 at the University of Chicago. Distinguished lecturer at Howard, Smith, Pittsburgh, Wayne, and Delaware; visiting professor at Michigan, Columbia, California, and Illinois. Member of national committees. Author of masterly studies on race and society. Presented by B. ClaudeMathis, Professor of Education and Psychology; Director of the Centerfor the Teaching Professions and AssociateDeayi, School of Education — GEORGE EVELYN HUTCHINSON DOCTOR OF SCIENCE Biologist. Educated at Greshams School, Holt, Norfolk University, Cambridge University. Honor- ary doctorates from Lawrence, Princeton, Washington, Duke. Member of the faculty at Yale University, department of zoology, 1928-71. Visiting professor. Rockefeller University, 1971-72. Edward Browning Achievement Award, 1971; Tyler Award, 1974; Cottrell Award, 1974. Author of books on varied subjects; numerous scientific papers on aquatic insects, limnology, biogeo- chemistry. Member, National Academy of Sciences. Presented by Neena B. Schwartz, William Deering Professor of Biological Sciences and Chairman of theDepartment, College of Arts and Sciences JOHN KING FAIRBANK — DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS Historian. A.B., Harvard University, 1929; Ph.D., Oxford University, 1936. Honorary doctorates from Korea, Toronto, Swarthmore, Harvard, Oberlin, Cincinnati, Wisconsin. Member of the faculty, department of history, at Harvard since 1936; Higginson Professor of History; director, East Asian Research Center, 1959-72. Special assistant to the American ambassador in Chungking, China, 1942-43; with OWI, Washington, 1944-45; director of U.S. Information Service in China, 1945-46. Member, Far Eastern Association, National Committee on U.S.-China Relations, Amer- ican Institute of Pacific Relations (trustee 1947-51), Council on Foreign Relations, American Historical Association (president 1968), Association for Asian Studies (president 1959). Author of many books, contributor to national periodicals. Presented by James E. Sheridan, Professor of History, College of Arts and Sciences 3 ONE HUNDRED AND T E XTIET H COMMENCEMENT — EPHRAIM KATZIR DOCTOR OF SCIENCE President of Israel, 1973-78: biochemist. M.S., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1937; Ph.D., 1941. Research assistant, Hebrew U., 1941-45; research fellow. Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and Columbia University, 1946-48; department of biophysics, "Weizmann Instittite of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 1949-73; acting department head, 1949-51, department head, 1951-73. Chief scientist, Israel Defense Ministry, 1966-68; board of governors, Hebre^v U. Recipient of Tchernikhovski Prize, 1948; ^Veizmann Prize, 1950; Israel Prize in Natural Sciences, 1961; Linderstrol Um Lang Gold Medal, 1969; Hans Krebs Medal, 1972. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Society of Biological Chemists; Harvey Society; International Union of Biochemistry (member of council); Leopoldina Academy of Science, Germany; National Academy of Sciences. Presented by David Shemiri, Professor ofBiochemistry and Molecular Biology and Chairman of the Department, College of Arts and Sciences — CARL RANSOM ROGERS DOCTOR OF SCIENCE Psvchologist. B.A., Universitv of ^Visconsin, 1924; M.A., Columbia University, 1928; Ph.D., 1931. Honorary degrees from La^vrence College, University of Santa Clara, Gonzaga University, Univer- sity of Cincinnati. Director of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1930-39; professor of clinical psychology, Ohio State University, 1940-45; professor of psychology, Univer- sity of Chicago, 1945-57; professor of psychology and psychiatry, University of \Visconsin, 1957-63. Resident fello^\, Western Behavioral Sciences Institute (1964-68) and the Center for Studies of the Person (since 1968) at La Jolla, California. Recipient of numerous distinguished awards. Author of many significant books in the areas of psychology, counseling, and psychotherapy. Presented by Harold M. Visotsky, Owen L. Coon Professor ofPsychiatry and Chairman of the Department, Medical School; Director, Institute ofPsychiatry LEONARD PAUL SPACER — DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS Accountant. Studied at Coe College and the University of Chicago. Honorary doctorates from Coe and National College of Education. Associated with Iowa Electric Light and Power Com- pany, 1925-28; with Arthur Andersen & Co., 1928-73, as manager, partner, managing partner, chairman and senior partner. Director: Lyric Opera of Chicago (president 1956-59), Goodwill Industries, Museum of Science and Industry, and others; chairman, Community Fund of Chicago; trustee, Lake Forest Academy, Coe College, Northwestern University. Damen Award, Loyola University; Accounting Hall of Fame; Knight's Cross, first class, of the Royal Order of St. Olav (Norway); Chicago Medal of Merit. Presented by Kenneth V. Zwiener, Life Trustee of Xorthwestern University 4 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — ABBA PTACHYA LERNER DOCTOR OF SCIENCE Economist. B.Sc, London School of Economics, 1932; Ph.D., 1943. He has taught at Columbia, Virginia, Kansas City, Amherst, New School for Social Research, Roosevelt, Michigan State, Tel-Aviv, California-Berkeley (1966-71), and City University of New York (1971-78). Now at Florida State University. Economic adviser to the government of Israel, 1953-56. Author of influential books and articles. Presented by Marcus Alexis, Professor ofEconomics and Chairman of the Department, College of Arts and Sciences — SARAH VAUGHAN DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS Vocalist. Winner of Apollo Amateur Contest, 1942. Earl Hines's Orchestra, 1942; Billy Eck- stine's Band, 1943. Esquire magazine star of the year, 1947. Top awards for five consecutive years from Downbeat and Metronome. Vocalist for Mercury, National Music Craft, Columbia, Em Arcy, Roulette, and Mainstream records. Presented by Charles D. Clawson, Trustee ofNorthwestern University 5 Degree awarded at special convocation, May 3, 1978 — MENACHEM BEGIN DOCTOR OF LAWS Prime Minister of Israel. Born in Brest-Litovsk, Poland. Educated at Mizrachi Hebrew School ind Polish Gymnasium (high school); law degree, Warsaw University, 1935. Leader in Zionist Revisionist Movement from Jewish National Youth Movement in Poland to membership in the Knesset (Israeli parliament) from its establishment in 1948 to the present. Author of White Nights, The Revolt, and numerous articles. 6