Annual commencement / Northwestern University.

1983·7.5 MB·English

by  Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)

NORTHWESTERN
UNIVERSITY
One Hundred and Twenty- Annual
fifth
COMMENCEMENT
SATURDAY, JUNE
18, 1983
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 in the outer main floor lobby.

THE PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL
(Audience willplease remain seated for the Student and Faculty Processional.)
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
(first stanza only)
(Audience will please remain standing until the Invocation has been offered.)
THE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BAND
Conducted by John P. Paynter,
Director of Bands and Chairman of the Department
of Conductingand Performing Organizations
INVOCATION
JAMES E. AVERY
University Chaplain
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 the front cover.)
BENEDICTION
JOSEPH cardinal bernardin
Archbishop of Chicago
RECESSIONAL
FACULTY RECESSIONAL (Graduates and guests will please remain seated.)
STUDENT RECESSIONAL (Guests will please remain seated.)
THE NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY BAND
Conducted by John P. Paynter
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
—
JOSEPH CARDINAL BERNARDIN DOCTOR OF SACRED THEOLOGY
Religious leader. Ordained a priest in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1952, he was appointed
Archbishop of Chicago last July and was elevated to the rank of Cardinal in February by Pope
John Paul II. Archbishop of Cincinnati for ten years before coming to Chicago, he has been
active in a variety of administrative and pastoral areas within the Roman Catholic Church and
serves as head of the Bishops' Committee on War and Peace of the National Conference of
Catholic Bishops.
Presented by RichardA. Kieckhefer, AssociateProfessor of History and Literature ofReligions
and Chairman of the Department, College ofArts and Sciences
NATALIE ZEMON DAVIS — DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS
Historian, educator. Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at Princeton University, she has
also held positions on the faculties of Brown University, the University of Toronto, and the Uni-
versity of California at Berkeley. Bringing to her work the perspectives of various social sciences,
she is recognized especially for her studies on society and culture in 16th-century France and on
women's history. In 1976 she was honored by the French government with the Chevalier dans
L'Ordre des PalmesAcademiques.
Presented by Bryan S. Reid, Jr., Trustee, Northwestern University
—
PAUL SIMON DOCTOR OF LAWS
Legislator, publisher, author. Now in his fifth term as Representative from the 22nd Congres-
sional District of Illinois, he has served on the House Budget Committee and the House Com-
mitteeonScienceandTechnology,andisChairman of the House Subcommittee on Post-secondary
Education. Before his election to Congress, Simon had been a newspaper editor and publisher,
a state legislator, and Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Among his books is a study of Abraham
Lincoln's service in the Illinois General Assembly.
Presented by William A. Sampson, AssociateProfessor of Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences
DAVID GRENE — DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS
Classicist, educator. Following service on the faculties of the University of Dublin and Harvard
University, he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1937; since 1960 he has been
Professor in the Committee on Social Thought there. A student of Greek political theory, Grene
was also translator, along with Richmond Lattimore, of The Complete Greek Tragedies, volumes
of which were published over a period of 11 years. His Reality and the Heroic Pattern (1967)
is a study of the last plays of Sophocles, Shakespeare, and Ibsen.
Presented byJohn H. Wright, Professor of Classics and Chairman of the Department,
College ofArts and Sciences
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ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH COMMENCEMENT
—
DAVID SINGER DOCTOR OF LAWS
J.
Political scientist, educator. Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, he has
also taught at New York University, Vassar College, and the United States Naval War College.
Chair of the Conflict and Peace Research Committee of the International Political Science Asso-
ciation, Singer has been particularly concerned with international politics and the causes of
war. Among his books are The Wages of War, 1816-1965: A Statistical Handbook (1972) and
Resort to Arms: International and Civil War, 1816-1980 (1982).
Presented by VictorS. Gulliver, Captain, United StatesNavy; Professor ofNavalScience and
Commanding Officer, Northwestern University Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit
—
MINOR JESSER COON DOCTOR OF SCIENCE
Biochemist, educator. Chairman and Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of Mich-
igan Medical School, he has done research in metabolic biochemistry ranging from fundamental
metabolic and substrate specificity studies to mechanistic investigations of flavoprotein- and
hemeprotein-mediated catalysis with particular emphasis on hydroxylase enzymes. A member of
the National Academy of Sciences, he has received the William C. Rose Award in Biochemistry
and Nutrition and the Bernard B. Brodie Award in Drug Metabolism.
Presented by KarlD. Bays, Trustee, Northwestern University
ARTHUR RUBLOFF — DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS
Real estate developer, civic leader, philanthropist. As developer of the Evergreen Plaza Shop-
ping Center in 1942, he established the basic designs, patterns, and methods followed in shop-
ping centers throughtout the world. Now Chairman of the Board of the Rubloff Development
Corporation, he has also served as a founder and director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, as a
director of three museums, and as chairman, president, trustee, or member of over 45 civic and
charitable organizations.
Presented by George S. Grossman, Professor and Librarian, School of Law
—
LYNN TOWNSEND WHITE, JR. DOCTOR OF LITERATURE
Historian, educator. Now Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California at Los
Angeles, he was President of Mills College from 1943 to 1958. An historian of technology and
an authority on the medieval roots of Western technology, he was a co-founder of the Society
for the History of Technology and has served on the councils of numerous scholarly organiza-
tions. Among his books are Medieval Technology and Social Change (1962) and Medieval Reli-
gion and Technology (1978).
Presented by Joel Mokyr, Professor ofEconomics, College of Arts and Sciences
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NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
ROGER WILLIAM BROWN — DOCTOR OF SCIENCE
Psychologist, educator. Since 1974 the John Lindsley Professor of Psychology in Memory of
William James at Harvard University, Brown has also served on the faculty of the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology and is Chairman of the Department of Social Relations at Harvard.
A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he has been interested primarily in communica-
tion and social psychology, especially linguistic and cognitive development in children. His books
include SocialPsychology (1965) and A First Language: The Early Stages (1973).
Presented by Roy A. Koenigsknecht, Associate Dean, Graduate School,
and Professor of CommunicativeDisorders, School of Speech
MARJORIE CRAIG BENTON — DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS
Public servant. United States Representative to UNICEF (United Nations Children's Emer-
gency Fund) and Chair of Save the Children Federation, she has received the 1978 UNICEF
Award for Outstanding Public Service and the 1981 Adlai Stevenson Award for International
Service. In addition to service on national boards of numerous organizations dealing with
peace, environmental issues, and social justice, she is active in Democratic Party affairs and has
served as a delegate to the last three Democratic national conventions.
Presented by Margaret T. Gordon, Associate Professor ofJournalism, Medill School of
Journalism, and Director of the Centerfor Urban Affairsand Policy Research
OSCAR EMMANUEL PETERSON — DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS
Pianist, composer. A prolific recording artist, he has given concerts throughout the world and
has conducted master classes in jazz piano at universities throughout North America. Recipient
of awards from Down Beat and Metronome magazines, he also received Grammy Awards in
three out of four consecutive years. A Canadian citizen, Peterson was awarded the service
medal, Order of Canada, in 1973. Composer of such works as "Hymn to Freedom" and the
"Canadiana Suite," he has published instructional materials as well as transcriptions of his own,
solos.
Presented by Patricia H. Buehler, Trustee, Northwestern University
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DONALD THOMAS CAMPBELL DOCTOR OF SCIENCE
Psychologist, educator. For 25 years a member of the Northwestern faculty, he is currently
University Professor of Social Relations and Psychology at Lehigh University. A member of
the National Academy of Sciences, he is recognized for his work relating psychology to such
other disciplines as philosophy, anthropology, and the history of science, and for his work on
quasi-experimental design and on unconventional and non-reactive measurement in social re-
search.
Presented by ArleneK. Daniels, Professor ofSociology, College of Arts and Sciences
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