FACTS ON AUTUMN COMMENCEMENT

The Ohio State University
Friday, Dec. 7, 2001
9:30 a.m., St. John Arena

NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Associate 39 Doctoral 137
Bachelor’s 1,259 Professional 12
Master’s 313 Certificates --
Total: 1,760

HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE AMONG GRADUATING SENIORS: 4.0 by Carrie Kincaid of Cincinnati, B.S. in food sciences.

HONOR GRADUATES: As designated by their colleges, 19 will graduate summa cum laude, 67 magna cum laude, and 101 cum laude.

PRESIDING OFFICER: President William E. Kirwan.

WELCOMING REMARKS: Richard A. Hollingsworth, associate vice president for Student Affairs.

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Kenneth Lee, professor and chair, Department of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University.

HONORARY DEGREES: Honorary doctorates will be presented to John N. Bahcall, one of the world's most influential astrophysicists and a professor at Princeton University; Paul E. Bierley, an OSU alumnus who is an historian, musician, scholar and aeronautical engineer; and F. Albert Cotton, one of the world’s preeminent research chemists from Texas A&M University.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: The Distinguished Service Awards will be presented to William E. Arthur and Floradelle A. Pfahl, close friends of the university.

INVOCATION: Chaplain Anthony Sarris, University Hospitals Pastoral Care.

NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO: Marc Taylor, College of the Arts, class of 2001.

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