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X **»•». 1860 „.***• *•*« AND *£«* Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport School of Allied Health Professions School of Graduate Studies School of Medicine in Shreveport Commencement Strand Theatre 10:00 A.M., Saturday, June 1, 2002 Program Theaudience is requested to remain seated during theprocessional PROCESSIONAL PRESIDING RALPHJ. HENDERSON,JR., Ph.D. Assistant Dean forStudent Affairs, School ofMedicine in Shreveport NATIONAL ANTHEM ANTHONY STUART AND KELLY STUART AnthonyStuart, Member, Class of2002, School ofMedicine in Shreveport INVOCATION BISHOPWILLIAM B. FRIEND Bishop ofthe Catholic Diocese ofShreveport WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS john c. Mcdonald, m.d. Chancellor and Dean, Louisiana State University Health SciencesCenter WILLIAM L. JENKINS, D.V.M., Ph.D. President, Louisiana State UniversitySystem ROBERT PRINGLE President, Class of2002, School ofMedicine in Shreveport ADDRESS BENJAMIN S. CARSON, SR., M.D. Director ofPediatric Neurosurgery Professor ofNeurological Surgery, Oncology, Plastic Surgery, and Pediatrics Johns Hopkins Medical Institution PRESENTATION OFTHE ALLEN A. COPPING EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS ANDREW L. CHESSON,JR., M.D. Associate Dean ofAcademic Affairs PRESENTATION OFCANDIDATES JOSEPH M. McCULLOCH, Ph.D. Executive Associate Dean, School ofAllied Health Professions SANDRA C. ROERIG, Ph.D. Associate Dean, School ofGraduate Studies john c. Mcdonald, m.d. CONFERRING OF DEGREES VIRGINIA SHEHEE LSU Board ofSupervisors OATH OF HIPPOCRATES BENEDICTION BISHOPWILLIAM B. FRIEND RECESSIONAL CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 2002 MASTER OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Heather Dawn Crittenden Tracy Margaret Shell Callie Therese Riche Sharon Rebecca Thomas MASTER OF HEALTH SCIENCES Eugene A. Constantine* Stacy Laffitte Ritch* MASTER OF SCIENCE Rachelle Louise Romanoff Shannon Eileen Walls Pharmacology&Therapeutics Biochemistry&MolecularBiology MajorProfessor: KennethMcMartin, Ph.D. MajorProfessor: BrianaJillWilliams, Ph.D. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Joseph Austin Erin Kathleen Pias Biochemistry&MolecularBiology Molecular&CellularPhysiology MajorProfessor: EricA. First, Ph.D. MajorProfessor:TakYeeAw, Ph.D. Jennifer L. Carroll Regina S. Robinson CellularBiology&Anatomy CellularBiology&Anatomy MajorProfessor:J. MichaelMathis, Ph.D. MajorProfessor: LeonardL. Seelig,Jr.,Ph.D. *In absentia CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 2002 DOCTOR OF MEDICINE JodyGottlieb Abrams Micah Anthony Day Alanna Elizabeth Angel RobertJoseph DeFatta, Ph.D. Jennifer Dawn Aufrichtig John Thomas DellaCroce Shawn Baquet Constantine Stephen Djedjos BretJoseph Barrett Bradley R. Dowden Barbara Anne Bellaire Kristen Alexa Taylor Duncan Jaime Gaston Benton Shannon Lee Edmonds Viralkumar Bhanderi* Keith Brian Elbourne Rajendra Sunao Bhati WilliamJeremy Erwin Frederic Tremaine Billings, IV Jay Philip Fakier Lea Moreen Blackwell Michael C. Glassinger Carrie Fontenot Blades David Googe J. Scott George Book Jeffrey Michael Gosslee James Lynn Bordelon,Jr. Stephanie Louise Gravois Yvette Angele Bordelon Heather Mayre Guillot Jaime Michelle Boudreaux Jennifer Lynn Henley Brian C. Boulmay Edward Ray Hernandez,Jr. RachelJurasinski Boulmay Rebecca Kimberly Hill Brandon Schyler Brooks Alex Dung Thien Hoang Karen Spencer Busenlener Benjamin Reaves Hogg Kelly Brach Busenlener John David Hyatt Brandon C. Cambre Nausheen Imtiaz Stacy Delayne Conville Fawzia NoreenJaved Eric Joseph Daniel Azeem Rehman Khan *In absentia CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER 2002 DOCTOR OF MEDICINE Robin Ann Lacour Marshall Vashon Sanson Meredith Ashley Lakey Tanja Rae Scherm Bruce Merle Lovelace, IV Cheree Ashley Schwartzenburg Stephanie Amelia Lowther Monal Bipin Shah Vaughn Ray Meiners,Jr. Amity Lynn Smith Anika Samima Michael Brian Marshall Smith Jaime Lyn Michel Melissa Anne Smith Alexandra Shaye Moore Brad Elliot Snyder Robert Clifton Moore Harold Lloyd Sonnier Matthew Sand Mosura Aaron David Stavinoha Eric Michael Nelson AnthonyJames Stuart Joseph R. Nida Jenny Marie Thomas Amanda Williamson Pearson Kenneth Lee Thomas Charles Lane Pearson, Hang Ngoc Tran Jr. Jacques C. Peltier Susan Tran Adam Thomas Perry Marney Brooke Treese Thuy-Khanh Minh Pho Spencer P. Tucker William Bradley Plauche Edward W. Veillon,Jr. Robert Perry Pringle, Jr. Scott Alan Walls Rachel Louise Richardson Laurie Marie Whitaker JasonJude Romero William Robison Wise Christopher Charles Roth Charles Gordon Wood Brad David Rupe Robert Clay Wood Greg Alan Salard Steven Michael Youngblood MARSHALS School of Allied Health Professions Thomas Powell, Ph.D. School of Medicine David L. DeSha, Ph.D., ChiefMarshal Joseph A. Bocchini,Jr., M.D. Robert C. Clawson, Ph.D. Warren D. Grafton, M.D. Benjamin M. Rush, M.D. David E. Scarborough, M.D. CLASS OF 2002 ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY Elected Junior Year JodyGottlieb Abrams James Lynn Bordelon, Jr. Robin Ann Lacour Charles Gordon Wood Elected Senior Year Jennifer D. Aufrichtig Constantine S. Djedjos Jay P. Fakier Heather M. Guillot John D. Hyatt Meredith A. Lakey Jaime L. Michel Joseph R. Nida Jacques C. Peltier ChristopherC. Roth Tanja R. Scherm Jenny M.Thomas Laurie M. Whitaker ACADEMIC HERALDRY: THE SYMBOLS OF LEARNING The university commencement procession is a pageant, alive and bright with the dress and ceremony inherited from the medieval universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. To preserve their dignity and meaning it became necessary for these universities to set rules for academic dress. American universities agreed on a definite system in 1895 and setup a code of academic dress. In 1932 the American Council on Education presented a revised code which governs the style today. The Gown. The flowing gown comes from the twelfth century. It has become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship, for it completely covers any dress of rank or social standing beneath it. It is black for all degreeswithpointed sleeves for the Bachelor's degree; longclosed sleeves for the Master's degree, with a slit for the arm; and round open sleeves for theDoctor's degree. The gownwornforBachelor'sorMaster'sdegreeshas no trimmings. The gown for the Doctorate degrees is faced down the front with velvet and has three bars of velvet across the sleeves, in the color distinctive of the discipline to which the degree pertains. For certain institutions theofficialcolorsofthecollegeoruniversitymayappearonthe gown or its decorations. The Cap. The freed slave in Ancient Rome won the privilege of wearing a cap, and so the academic cap is a sign of the freedom of scholarship and the responsibility and dignity with which scholarship endows the wearer. Old poetry records the cap ofscholarship as square to symbolize thebook, althoughsome authoritiesclaimthatthemortarboard is the symbol of the masons, a privileged guild. The color of the tassel on the cap denotes the discipline, although a gold tassel may be worn with a doctoral gown. The Hood. Heraldically, thehood is an inverted shieldwithone or more chevrons of a secondary color on the ground of the primary color of the college. The color of the facing of the hood denotes the discipline representedbythe degree; thecoloroftheliningofthehood designates the university or college from which the degree was granted. The Mace. The mace, carried by the Chief Marshal, was in medieval times a weapon of war. Today it is a ceremonial symbol of authority. It is universally carried in academic and ecclesiastical processions. The mace carried in today's procession was conceived, designed and made by Jesse O. Morgan, a friend of LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport. Oath of Hippocrates I do solemnly swearby thatwhich I hold most sacred that I willbe loyal to the Profession of Medicine and just and generous to its Members. That I will lead my life and practice my Art in uprighteousness and honor. That into whatever house I will enter, it shallbe for the good of the sick to the utmost of my power. That,holdingmyselfalooffromwrong,fromcorruption,fromthetempting ofothers tovice, I willexercise myArtsolelyfor the cure ofmypatientand will give no drug, perform no operation for a criminal purpose, even if solicited, far less suggest it. That whatsoever I shall see or hear of the lives of men which is not fitting to be spoken, I will keep inviolably secret. These things do I promise. And in proportion as I am faithful to this, my oath, may happiness and good repute be ever mine. In the opposite if I shall be foresworn. School of Allied Health Professions School of Dentistry School of Graduate Studies School of Medicine in New Orleans School of Medicine in Shreveport School of Nursing