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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY One Hundred and Seventeenth Annual COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY, JUNE 1975 14, McGaw Memorial Hall, Evanston, Illinois THE UNIVERSITY HYMN 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 in the outer main floor lobby. THE PROGRAM PROCESSIONAL (Audience willplease remain seatedfor the Student andFaculty Processional.) THE NATIONAL ANTHEM (The first stanza) (Audiencewillplease remain standing until the Invocation has been offered.) INVOCATION MANFREDH. VOGEL Professor,History andLiterature ofReligions CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Citationsread by RAYMONDW. 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,andMusicSchools THE UNIVERSITY HYMN (Words to the University Hymn are printed inside thefrotit cover.) BENEDICTION JAMES E. AVERY University Chaplain RECESSIONAL FACULTY RECESSIONAL (Graduatesandguestswillpleaseremain seated.) STUDENT RECESSIONAL (Guests willplease remainseated.) 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 bviilding immediately through the front lobby. THE HONORARY DEGREES — LLOYD N. MORRISETT DOCTOR OF LAWS Foundation executive. B.A., Oberlin College, 1951; Ph.D. in psychology, Yale University, 1956. On the faculty of University of California, 1956-58. Held various executive positions at the Carnegie Corporation where he helped establish the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Chair- man of the board of the Children's Television Workshop which produces "Sesame Street" and "TheElectric Company." Currently president of theJohn and Mary R. Markle Foundation. Presented by B. ClaudeMathis, Director of the Center for Teaching Professions andAssociateDean, SchoolofEducation — RAYMOND DAVID MINDLIN DOCTOR OF SCIENCE Scientist. B.S., Columbia University, 1931; Ph.D., 1936. Assistant professor of civil engineering, Columbia, 1940-45; James Kip Finch Professor of Applied Science, 1967—. Since 1941 has been an adviser to nine different government agencies. Numerous awards and honors including election to National Academy of Science, 1973, and Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1958. Span of research covers applied mechanics and reaches into the related fields of applied mathematics and solid-state physics. Presented by Lester Crown, Trustee ofNorthwestern University — HENRY MOSER THORNTON DOCTOR OF LAWS Manufacturer. Attended Princeton University. Began work for Denisply International Inc. in 1938. Promoted in 1942 to vice-president, and elected chairman of the board and chief executive officer in 1972. Contributed greatly to the advancement of dental education and relations between the dental industry and the profession. Instrumental in the establishment and fund- ingof the American Fund for Dental Health. Presented by Juliann S. Bluitt, AssociateProfessor ofDentalHygiene and AssociateDean,DentalSchool 3 ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH COMMENCEMENT MARY ROSAMOND HAAS — DOCTOR OF LITERATURE Linguist. A.B., Earlham College, 1930; Ph.D., Yale University, 1935. Faculty member, Uni- versity of California at Berkeley, 1943—; professor, 1957—; chairman, department of linguistics, 1958-64. Has expertise in languages of Southeast Asia and the U.S. Gulf Coast and in Califor- nia Indian languages. President, Linguistic Society of America, 1963. University of California faculty research lecturer, 1964-65. Visiting appointments: Gildersleeve Professor, Barnard Col- lege and Columbia University (Spring 1971); Edith Kreeger Wolf Visiting Professor, North- western University (Fall 1975). Editor of unabridged dictionary of Thai; author of numerous articlesand books. Presented by RichardA. Spears,Professor ofLinguisticsand Chairman of theDepartment, College ofArtsand Sciences — ALBERT ERNEST JENNER, JR. DOCTOR OF LAWS Lawyer. LL.B., University of Illinois, 1930; LL.D., John Marshall Law School, 1962. Senior partner in Jenner and Block law firm. Served on the Warren Commission, 1963-64; the Eisen- hower Commission, 1968-69. A past president of Illinois State Bar Association. Most recently served as Associate Counsel to the House Judiciary Committee. Visiting lecturer at Northwest- ern's School of Law, 1952-53. Presently chairman of the Section on Individual Rights and Re- sponsibilitiesof the American BarAssociation. Presented byNathanielNathanson,ProfessorofLaw,SchoolofLaw — TRACY MORTON SONNEBORN DOCTOR OF SCIENCE Geneticist. B.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1925; Ph.D. in zoology, 1928. Research associate, Johns Hopkins, 1930-39. Faculty member department of zoology, Indiana University, 1939—; professor, 1943; Distinguished Service Professor in the department of zoology, 1953—. Among his numerous awards and honors are election to the National Academy of Sciences, 1946; recip- ientof the Kimber GeneticsAward in 1959. Heisan authorityon thegenetics ofciliates. Presented byNeena B. Schwartz,ProfessorofBiologicalSciencesand Chairman of theDepartment, CollegeofArtsandSciences 4 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — EDWIN CARLOS BERRY DOCTOR OF LAWS Association executive. Undergraduate, Oberlin College, Duquesne University; graduate student. University of Pittsburgh and Western Reserve University. Began work in race relations at the Urban League of Pittsburgh in 1937. First executive of the Portland Urban League, 1945; appointed to the Chicago Urban League in 1956 and served as its executive director. Since 1947 has taught in the departments of sociology and social studies at a number of major univer- sities. Presently assistant to the president of Johnson Products Company, where his responsi- bilities include administration of the education grants committee and scholarship fund. Host- moderator of WGN-TV series "People to People." Recipient of "Chicagoan of the Year" award in 1965 andJohn F. Kennedy award, presented by Catholic Interracial Council, in 1967. Presented byDaggett Harvey, TrusteeofNorthwestern University — TJALLING CHARLES KOOPMANS DOCTOR OF SCIENCE Economist. M.A. in mathematics and physics. University of Utrecht, 1933; Ph.D. in mathemat- ical statistics. University of Leiden, 1936. Lecturer, Netherlands School of Economics in Rotter- dam, 1936-38. Specialist in Financial Section, League of Nations in Geneva, 1938-40. Research associate. School for Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1940-41. Economist Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., 1941-42. Statistician, Combined Shipping Adjustment Board and British Merchant Shipping Mission, 1942-44. Cowles Commission for Research in Economics, University of Chicago, 1944-55; director of research, Cowles Commission 1948-55. Professor of economics, Yale University, 1955—; director, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale, 1961-67. PresentlyAlfred Cowles Professor ofEconomicsatYale. Presented by Stanley Reiter,ProfessorofManagement EconomicsandMathematicsand Directorof the CenterforMathematicalStudiesin EconomicsandManagement Science — JAMES LAFAYETTE DICKEY DOCTOR OF LITERATURE III Poet. B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1949; M.A., 1950. Member of English department faculty. Rice University, 1950; 1952-54; University of Florida, 1955-56; poet-in-residence at Reed College, 1963-64; University of Wisconsin, 1966. Presently writer-in-residence and professor of English at University of South Carolina. American poet and author of the novel Deliverance. Numerous awards and honors including Guggenheim Fellow, 1962-63; National Institute grantee, 1966; consultant in poetry. Library of Congress, 1966-68; member of National Institute of Arts and Letters. National Book Award of Poetry, 1966. Presented byLillaA.Heston,ProfessorofInterpretation,SchoolofSpeech 5 ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEENTH COMMENCEMENT SAMUEL ABRAHAM GOUDSMIT — DOCTOR OF SCIENCE Physicist. Ph.D. (Physics) University of Leiden, 1927; Hon. D.Sc, Case Institute of Technology, 1958. Faculty member. University of Michigan, 1927-46; professor, 1932—; Northwestern Uni- versity, 1946-48. Senior scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1948-70; chairman, physics department, 1952-60. Editor-in-chief, American Physical Society, 1951—. Numerous awards and honors including officer Order of British Empire; Max Planclc Medal; Medal of Freedom. Mem- ber National Academy of Science, American Philosophical Society. Inventor, with Professor G. E. Uhlenbeck, of theconceptofelectron spin. Presented by Harold Byron Smith,Jr., Trustee ofNorthwestern University — ROBERT STEPHEN INGERSOLL DOCTOR OF LAWS Government official. Graduate of Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, 1937. Began his business career in 1937 with Armco Steel Corp. Joined Borg-Warner Corp. in 1939 and in 1961 became its chairman and chief executive officer. Appointed ambassador to Japan, 1972; appointed Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 1973; accompanied Henry Kissinger on the November 1973 trip to China. Sworn in as Deputy Secretary of State, 1974. Presented by John H. Perkins, Trustee ofNorthwestern University — CARL GUSTAV HEMPEL DOCTOR OF LITERATURE Philosopher. Ph.D., University of Berlin, 1934. Engaged in private research and writing, Brus- sels, Belgium, 1934-37. Research associate in philosophy department. University of Chicago, 1937-38. Faculty member, philosophy department. City College of New York, 1939-40; Queens College, Flushing, N.Y., 1940-48; Yale University, 1948-55. Professor of philosophy, Princeton University, 1955—; Stuart Professor of Philosophy, 1956—. Among his awards and honors are Guggenheim Fellow, 1947-48; Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, Oxford University, 1959-60. Fellow,American Academy ofArts and Sciences. Presented by IrvingM. Klotz, Professor ofBiochemistry and Chemistry, College ofArts and Sciences 6