Annual commencement / Northwestern University.

1980·8 MB·English

by  Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)

NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY
One Hundred and Twenty-second Annual
COMMENCEMENT
SATURDAY, JUNE
1980
14,
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 he 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.

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THE PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL
(Audience will pleaseremain seated for the Student and Faculty Processional.)
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
(The first stanza)
(Audience willplease remain standing until theInvocation has been offered.)
INVOCATION
IRWIN WEIL
Professor and Chairman, Slavic Languages
and Literatures Department, College of
Arts and Sciences
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 Materareprinted inside thefront cover.)
BENEDICTION
james e. avery
University Chaplain
RECESSIONAL
FACULTY RECESSIONAL (Graduatesand guests willplease remain seated.)
STUDENT RECESSIONAL (Guestswillplease 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 (whichever is closer).

THE HONORARY DEGREES
—
KARL WOLFGANG DEUTSCH DOCTOR OF LAWS
Political scientist. Degree from German University, Prague, 1934; doctor of law and political
science, Charles University, Prague, 1938; Ph.D., Harvard University, 1951; honorary degrees from
Yale University and the Universities of Geneva, Michigan and Illinois. Instructor to professor,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1942-58; professor of political science at Yale Univer-
sity, 1958-67; professor of government at Harvard University, 1967-, Stanfield Professor of
International Peace, 1971-; faculty associate. Harvard Center for International Affairs, 1969-.
Director, political research group, the Wissenschaftszentrum, Berlin. Guggenheim fellow, 1954,
1971; many other fellowships, awards and honors. Member American Political Science Associ-
ation (president 1969-70), International Political Science Association (president 1976-), Na-
tional Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Peace Science Society
(president 1973-74). Author and co-author of many important works on international relations
and the comparative study of politics and political institutions.
Presented by Bryan S. Reid, Jr., Trustee, Northwestern University
RICHARD ELLMANN — DOCTOR OF LITERATURE
Professor and humanistic scholar. B.A., Yale University, 1939; M.A., 1941, Ph.D., 1947; B.Litt.,
Trinity College, Dublin, 1947; M.A., Oxford University, 1970; D.Litt. (hon.). National Univer-
sity of Ireland, 1976. Faculty of Harvard University, 1942-43, 1947-51; professor of English,
Northwestern University, 1951-68, Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor, 1964-68; professor at Yale
University, 1968-1970; Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature, New College, Oxford Univer-
sity, 1970-. Member U.S.-U.K. Educational Commission, 1970-. Rockefeller fellow in the human-
ities, 1946-47; Guggenheim fellow, 1950, 1957, 1970; fellow. Royal Society for Literature, American
Academy of Arts and Letters, National Institute for Arts and Letters. Author of a biography
of James Joyce that won the National Book Award in 1960. Author, co-author and editor of
many other works on contemporary English literature.
Presented by Jean Hagslrum, John C. Shaffer Processor of Humanities and English,
College ofArtsand Sciences
—
NICOLAS SLONIMSKY DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS
Musicologist. Educated at the Conservatory of Music, St. Petersburg, Russia. Concert tours as
pianist: Europe, 1921-22, United States, 1923-, South America, 1941-42. Instructor, Eastman
School of Music, 1923-25; Boston Conservatory of Music, 1925-45. Conductor, Pierian Sodality,
Harvard University, 1928-30. Instructor and conductor at many schools in other locations. Con-
ducted the first public performance of a major orchestral work by the American composer
Charles Ives, 1931. Author and editor of major reference works; completed the monumental
revision of the sixth edition of Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 1978. Composer
of "miniature forms" including Studies in Black and While, for piano, a song-cycle Grave-
stones,My Toy Balloon and Mobius Strip-Tease.
Presented by Betty A. Van Gorkorn, Trustee, Northwestern University
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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND COMMENCEMENT
—
BENJAMIN LAWSON HOOKS DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS
Government official, association executive. Student at LeMoyne College, 1941-43, Howard Uni-
versity, 1943-44; J.D., De Paul University, 1948; honorary LL.D. from Howard University, Wil-
berforce University and Central State University. Ordained to ministry, Baptist Church, 1956.
Co-founder and officer of Mutual Federal Savings and Loan Association, Memphis. First black
commissioner appointed to Federal Communications Commission, 1972; helped lay groundwork
for increased minority participation in communications industry. First black judge of Shelby
County (Tennessee) Criminal Court, 1966. Succeeded Roy Wilkins as executive director, Na-
tional Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1977.
Presented by Newton N. Miriow, Trustee, Northwestern University
—
LEONID HURWICZ DOCTOR OF SCIENCE
Economist, educator. LL.M., University of Warsaw, 1938. Research at London School of Eco-
nomics, Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, University of Chicago, 1938-45. Associate professor and professor, Iowa State
College, 1946-49; professor of economics and mathematical statistics. University of Illinois, 1949-
51; University of Minnesota, 1951-, Regent's Professor of Economics, 1969-. Visiting pro-
fessor at Stanford University, University of Bangalore, Harvard University and University of
California. Among the most active and innovative researchers in economics; contributor to a
remarkable range of topics in economics, decision and game theory, and mathematical program-
ming as author, editor, and consultant. Member, National Academy of Sciences; fellow and
former president. Econometric Society; distinguished fellow, American Economic Association.
Presented by Donald John Roberts, Professor of ManagerialEconomics and Decision Sciences,
J. L. Kellogg Graduate School ofManagement
—
WALTER ANDREW NETSCH DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS
Architect and city planner. B.Arch., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943. Partner,
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, architects-engineers; designer of Northwestern University build-
ings including Rebecca Crow^n Center, the University Library, Frances Searle Building, Regen-
stein Hall of Music and O. T. Hogan Biological Sciences Building. Recipient of Reynolds
Award for United States Air Force Academy Chapel. Other major projects include Chicago
Circle Campus for University of Illinois and Model Cities Plan for Newark, New Jersey; also
medical research facilities, industrial complexes, transportation systems, public and private
housing, art museums, college and university campuses.
Presented by John P. McGowan, University Librarian
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
PETER G. PETERSON — DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS
Corporation executive. B.S. summa cum laude, Northwestern University, 1947; M.B.A. with
honors, University of Chicago, 1951. Executive of Market Facts, Inc. and McCann-Erickson,
Chicago, 1947-58. Officer and director. Bell & Howell Company, 1958-71. Assistant to the Presi-
dent of the United States and other appointments in Washington, 1971-73; Secretary of Com-
merce, 1972-73. Since leaving public service, chairman of Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb In-
corporated, New York.
Presented by Allin W. Proudfoot, VicePresident forDevelopment,
Northwestern University
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AARON SISKIND DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS
Photographer and educator. B.S.S., City College of New York, 1926. Taught in New York pub-
lic schools, 1927-49; Trenton Junior College, 1950-51. Faculty of Institute of Design, Illinois
Institute of Technology, 1951-71; trainer of generations of photographic artists in Chicago.
Taught at Rhode Island School of Design after 1971. One of the greatest American photog-
raphers, his work has helped to achieve recognition of photography as a major art form. Two
important monographs have been published on his work, which has been exhibited worldwide.
Presented by Leon Forrest, Associate Professor of African-American Studies,
CollegeofArts and Sciences
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SHIZUO KAKUTANI DOCTOR OF SCIENCE
Mathematician, economist. M.A., Tohoku University, 1934; Ph.D., Osaka University, 1941;
teacher at Princeton University, Institute for Advanced Study, 1940-42, 1948-49. Assistant pro-
fessor, Osaka University, 1942-48; faculty member at Yale University, assistant professor to
Higgins Professor of Mathematics, since 1949. Internationally recognized authority on func-
tional analysis, probability and stochastic processes. His mathematical work has been particu-
larly significant for the field ofeconomics.
Presented by Alexandra Bellow, Professor ofMathematics,
College ofArts and Sciences
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