· MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER FOURTH NINETEEN FIFTY -SIX '\
UNIVERSITY AUDITORIUM
ALMA MATER
M.S . U. we love thy shadows When .twilight silence falls, Flushing dee p and softly paling O'er ivy covered halls. Beneath the pines we'll gather To give our faith so true , Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M. S. U.
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When from these scenes we wander And twilight shadows fade, Our mem'ry still will linger Where light and shadows played . In the evening oft w",'ll gather And pledge our faith anew, Sing our love for Alma Mater And thy praises, M. S. U.
ORDER OF CEREMONIES
Tuesday, December 4, 1956, 8:00 P . M.
AUDITORIUM
PROCESSIONAL - "Processional" . . . ... . Marcelli
"AMERICA"
INVOCATION
ADDRESS
Michigan State University Band Professor Leonard Falcone, Director
Michigan State University Band
The Reverend C . Brandt Tefft People's Church East Lansing, Michigan
L . Dale Faunce, B . S., M. A., D. Ed. Vice President , Western Michigan College
CONFERRING OF DEGREES Vice President Thomas Hale Hamilton
WELCOME TO ALUMNI Starr H. Keesler Director of Alumni Relations
ALMA MATER Michigan State University Band
BENEDICTION The Reverend C. Brandt Tefft
Smith
Traynor
RECESSIONAL - "War March of the Priests" ... ... .... Mendelssohn Michiga n State University Band
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The audience is requested to remain seated while those in the procession are entering and leaving the auditorium .
The escorts for the procession are members of the Mortar Board, honorary society for senior women.
College of AGRICULTURE
The candidates will be presented by DEAN THOMAS K. COWDEN
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Lawrence William Banning Residential Building;
Haslett James Curtis Beachum
Residential Building ; East Lansing
Alan Frederic Berger Animal Husbandry;
Grosse Pointe Nelson Eugene Bogue
Landscape Architecture; Geneva, Ohio
Arthur Jerome Bott Packaging Technology;
Grand Rapids James Albert Brown
Dairy Production; Pontiac
Raymond John Brzezniak Packaging Technology;
Bay City James William Clark
Residential Building; East Lansing
Allan Gay Dalgleish Packaging Technology;
Buffalo, New York Robert Edward Dean
Forestry; Waterford
*Henry Engen Urban Planning;
Detroit Clyde Ewing
Fisheries and Wildlife; Cadillac
John Wendell Foltz, Jr . Agriculture E conomics;
Lansing Joseph Bart Grammatico
Residential Building; Ann Arbor
Eugene William Hansmann Park Management;
Whiting, Indiana Friedrich Johann Henningsen
Dairy Production; Jackson
John Paul Hynes III Forestry;
Detroit George Edward Jenison
Lbr . & Bldg. Mat '1 Merch.; Herkimer , New York
"'With honor
Rennold Lodge Klawson Packaging Technology;
Belleville Helmuth Louis Kohlndorfer
Packaging Technology; Detroit
William McIlhenny Lott Horticulture;
York Springs, Pennsylvania *George Randall McVey
Ornamental Horticulture; Superior, Wis consin
Wesley Eugene Meador Food Technology;
Jackson Howard Burdette Middlewood, Jr.
Industrial Forestry; Livonia
Roger Wayne Nelson Residential Building;
Charlotte Walter M. Norris, Jr .
Residential Building; Toledo, Ohio
*Frederick Wadhams Roberts Floriculture Production;
Antrim, New Hampshire Donald Ralph Samuelson
Residential Building; Traverse City
Herbert Vincent Schroeder Dairy Production;
Huntingion, New York Donald Joseph Sewell
Packaging Technology; Gaylord
Richard George Sherman Packaging Technology;
Walled Lake Richard Skillen, Jr.
Agricultural Economics ; Lakewood, Ohio
Nancy Robson Smith Dairy Production;
Flint Stanton George Thomas
Wood Processing and Technology; Ravenna, Ohio
George Michael VanLoozen Animal Husbandry;
Dearborn Robert John Weber
Packaging Technology; Fowler
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (Continued)
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
*Clifford Major Wetmore Park Management;
Stow, Ohio Thomas Alden Wiegel
Animal Husbandry; Springfield, Ohio
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
*Norman Wiley Agricultural Economics;
Lapeer
RE COMMENDED JOINTLY WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
William Eugene Morrison Agricultural Education;
Elk Rapids Carl Henry Pohjola
Agricultural Education; Ironwood
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
Kuldeep Singh Ahluwalia Horticulture;
Ajmer, India Gaylord Ray Alexander
Fisheries and Wildlife; Lansing
Kuldip Singh Bains Farm Crops;
Manak Dheri, India Donald Frederick Bartz
Horticu lture; Stevensvi lle
Duncan Grant Birdsell Ornamental Horticulture ;
Beloit, Wisconsin Hermann Bonasch
Animal Husbandry; Haddon Heights , New Jersey
Arthur Lloyd Carpenter Resourse Development;
Wayne Robert Lee Cross
Forestry; Chassell
William Mack Crosswhite Agricultural Economic s ;
Mountain City, Tennessee Anandarao pandurangrao Deshmukh
Agricultural Engineering; Bombay, India
*With honor
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*Charles Stuart Thrush Agricultural Education;
Shepherd
Austin Benson E zzell Agricultural Economics;
Auburn, Alabama Neal Lloyd First
Animal Husbandry; Ionia
Raymond W. Gieseman Agricultural Economics;
Williamstown, Kansas Allen Kay Gillette
Agricultural Engineering; Edwardsburg
Donald George Gillette Agricultural Economics;
Hudsonville Alfred Richard Grzenda
Fisheries and Wildlife; Baldwin, New York
Julin Watkins Hanan Floriculture;
Columbia, Missouri Hans Hoffgard Haugard
Agricultural Extension; Ilion, New York
Scott Logan Hedden Agricultural Engineering;
Toledo, Ohio Donald Robert Johnson
Agricultural Extension; Dexter
C OLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE (Continued)
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
John Francis Kelly Horticulture;
Chicago, illinois Philip Saba Khouri
Soil Science; Shakka-Lebanon
Richard Casper Lott Agricultural Extension;
Holt John Yaotung Lu
Agricultural Economics; Taipei, Formosa
Richard S . Nuttall Horticulture ;
Port Huron Syed Mohamed Siddiq Quadri
Agricultural Engineering; Hyderabad Deccan . , India
Leon Franklin Sanderson Agricultural Engineering;
Vestaburg K. N. Satyapal
Soil. Science; Bombay, India
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Harold Schick Park Management ;
Okemos Glendon William Smalley, Sr.
Forestry; Bridgeton, New Jersey
Keith C. Sowerby Agricultural Extension;
Sandusky Robert Arnold Sundell
Fisheries and Wildlife ; Frewsburg, New York
David Denis Sutton Animal Husbandry;
Fowlerville Jaw Kai Wang
Agricultural Engineering; Kowloon, Hongkong, China
Shoko Yamasato Agricultural Economics;
Hanecki, Okinawa, RyUkyus
College of ENGINEERING
The candiates will be presented by DEAN JOHN D. RYDER
, DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Glenn Dion Brancheau Mechanical Engineering;
Orchard Lake Allen Richard Buchanan
Civil Engineering; Detroit
Bernard James Carey, Jr. Civil Engineering;
Jackson Arthur Charles Duvall
Mechanical Engineering; Erie
Owen Kenneth Falor Electrical Engineering;
Bay City Charles Frederick Featherly
Civil Engineering; Hamburg
Ralph Gram Civil Engineering;
Lansing Donald Allen Griffin
Chemical Engineering; Downers Grove, illinois
Ronald Wayne Griffin Chemical Engineering;
Downers Grove, illinois Warren Alfred Hagyard
Mechanical Engineering; Pontiac
Richard Leon Herrick Mechanical Engineering;
Lapeer Richard Keith Holmquist
Civil Engineering; Cadillac
Hoyt Paul Jones Civil Engineering;
Trenton Edwin Tetsuo Kaneko
Civil Engineering; Kana, Hawaii
*Karl Kenneth Kerns Mechanical Engineering;
Michigan Center John Gordon King
Mechanical Engineering; Ironwood
Robert Craig Knabe Mechanical Engineering;
Grand Rapids Robert Luke Kopf
Mechanical Engineering; Franklin
*With honor
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Fredrick Bertrand Krieger Metallurgical Engineering;
Niles Bernard Stephen Kuchek
Mechanical Engineering; Midland
Edward H . Lahnala Mechanical Engineering;
Pelkie Richard John Lamb
Mechanical Engineering; Grosse Pointe
Jack Carlton Lane Mechanical Engineering;
Jackson Jack Ronald Larson
Civil Enginee r ing; Saginaw
Robert Micheal Litschewski Civil Engine ering;
Lowell Lowell K. McLarty
Mechanical Engineering; Alpena
George William Moody Civil Engineering;
Lansing Charles Oran Morgan
Civil Engineering; Bellevue
*Richard Dennis Morgan Civil Engineering;
Clawson John Joseph Mullen
Civil Engineering; Jackson
Harlow Walter Nelson Mechanical Engineering;
Traverse City Arthur Henning Nielsen
Mechanical Engineering; Greenville
Armando Louis Odorico Mechanical Engineering;
Inkster Clare Ward Parker
Mechanical Engineering; Flint
Donald Lee Peterson Mechanical Engineering;
Wellston Donald Lee Rhynard
Chemical Engineering; Eaton Rapids
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (Continued)
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Edwin Arthur Robertson Mechanical Engineering;
Walled Lake Max Allan Robinette
Electrical Engineering; Grand Rapids
tRonald Wesly Roe Mechanical Engineering;
Fulton Franklin William Roenicke
Chemical Engineering; Saginaw
James Hannah Saum Civil Engineering;
Batavia, nlinois
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
Chang Moon Bek Civil Engineering;
Chinhae, Korea Donald Frederick Eary
Mechanical Engineering; Flint
Fred E. Freiheit Mechanical Engineering;
Potterville Robert William Metzger
Mechanical Engineering; Flint
*With honor tWith high honor
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Kenneth Arthur Schluchter. Jr. Mechanical Engineering;
Pontiac *Robert LaVere Stocking
Mechanical Engineering; Fremont
Elmer Linton Valkenaar Electrical Engineering;
Morton Grove, Illinois Howard Dunlap Wilson
Agricultural Engineering; Lake Orion
B. Naga Raju Sanitary Engineering;
Bangalore, India Rodney David Wood
Chemical Engineering; Charlotte
John Basil Zondorak Sanitary Engineering;
Yonkers, New York
College of HOME ECONOMICS
The candidates will be presented by DEAN THELMA E . PORTER
, DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
*Jean Ellen Barron Foods;
Detroit Carol Jean Beyersdorf
R etailing; Hemlock
Nadine Ruth Doehr General Related Arts;
Kingsford Rose Ella Menter
Institution Administration; St. Louis
Mary Jean Padjen R etailing;
Ontonagan
DEGREE OF BACHE-LOR OF SCIENCE
Karen Aagaard Rasmussen Home Furnishings;
Lansing ':'Tamara Sedlar
R etailing; Al vordton, Ohio
Barbara Ann Turner Research in Foods & Nutrition;
Selfridge Field Ca t herine Joan VanHaften
General Clothing & Textile s; Kalamazoo
RECOMMENDED JOINTLY WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Kathleen Ann B e uerle Child Development & Teachi ng;
Farmington :~O rriene First Denslow
Child Development & Teaching; Rosebush
Julia Mary Fostini Home Economics Teaching;
Grand Rapids Katherille Amelia Grieve
Home Economics Teaching; Howell
Rhoda Jean Kelly Home Economics Extension;
Okemos
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
Evadne Chitrangani Ameresekere Nutrition;
Nawalapitiya, Ceylon
" With honor
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Sue Helen 1. Hatch Retailing;
Waukegan, Illinois Patsy Linderoth Nuttall
Horne Economics Teaching; Daggett
':' Jayne Wright Randall General Home Economics;
Grand Rapids Muriel Janet Summers
Home Economics Teaching; Lansing
Ruth Watkins DeVoe Foods & Nutrition;
Manchester , Okl,ahoma
College of VETERINARY MEDICINE
The candidate~ will be presented by DEAN CHESTER F. CLARK
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Marjorie G. Rundell Medical Technology;
Niagara Falls, New York Carmencita Mildred Sturgis
Medical Technology; Atlanta
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
Mark Phinney Rines Surgery and Medicine;
Gorham, Maine
*Mary Elizabeth Smith Veterinary Medicine;
Presque Isle, Maine
Madheshwar Dhari Sinha Surgery and Medicine;
Patna, Bihar, India
College of SCIENCE AND ARTS
The candidates will be presented by DEAN MILTON E. MUELDER
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Forrest Marshall Byers ,/ Psychology;
St. Clair pack Gordon Cairl
History; Lakeview
Sue Ann Conrad """ Psychology;
Grosse Pointe Clarence Cook .......
Psychology; Chicago, Illinois
James William DeCou Social Science Divisional;
Kalamazoo Kenneth Norman DeYoung v
Psychology; Sparta
Richard Boulton Dickenson Geography;
Los Angeles; California Palmira Anna Maria Dolza
Spanish; Fenton
* With honor t With high honor
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*Edward Francis Ducey, Jr. SociaL Science Divisional;
Grand Rapids R. Don Eberhardt
Social Science Divisional; Flint
Carl William ErickePsychology;
Detroit Keith Belden Fletcher
Philosophy; Lansing
Robert William Hall Social Science Divisional;
Tecumseh Tamara E. Harrod'
Art; Grand Ledge
H. Ronald Kaufman History;
Des Plaines, Illinois Charles Laven
Art; Detroit
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ARTS (Continued)
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Jam·es Frederick McMichael V' Psychology;
Greenville Thomas Patrick Mitchell
Social Science Divisional; Grand Rapids
Brian Donlea Moore History;
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts Harry Edward Murphy
Social Science Divisional; Troy, New York
Arthur Nee! Social Science Divisional;
Grosse Pointe William Patterson
Social Science Divisional; Richmond
Nancy Jill Phares V Psychology;
Battle Creek
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Robert Lowayne Ramsey ....... Psychology;
Howell Barbara S. Runestad
English; Detroit
Irma Louise Sjo Social Science Divisional;
Junction City, Kansas *Richard Ross Sutherland
Art; Detroit
James Parker Thomson Social Science Divisional;
East Lansil1g Delbert Clare Willoughby, Jr.
Social Science Divisional; Owosso
Donald Wayne Wolfe History;
Sault Ste. Marie
RECOMMENDED JOINTLY WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
*Doris Ada Cook Spanish;
PawPaw Enid Beth Alexander Becker
Art; Perry
Lois Brown Cairl English;
Grand Rapids Wayne La Verne Getty
Social Science Divisional; Bay City
Dorothy Mae Goad English;
Lansing Beverly Louise Grenda
Social Science Divisional; Bay City
Marilyn Ann Hollis Art;
Owosso Arthur Jay Laing, Jr.
English; Highland Park
Shirley Darvishian McKee Art;
Berkley Bonnie Lou Burgess Prouty
Art; Adrian
*With honor tWith high honor
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Jean Gretchen Schade Art;
Grosse Pointe Victor Hugh Sis ung
Social Science Divisional; , Lansing
tPatricia O'Tool Smith Art;
Bay City Margaret Mae Sullivan
Sociology and Anthropology; Ferndale
Ruth Ella Thompson Social Science Divisional;
Frankfort tVerne Nicholas Vackaro
History; Pontiac
David B . Van Dommelen Art;
Lansing tJames Emery Wresinski
Social Science Divisional ; Manistee
Bruce Frank Werth History;
Hollywood, Florida Gene Allan Wilson
Social Science Divisional; Midland
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ARTS (Continued)
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Robert John Brigham Geology;
Union City Francis James Cameron
Geology; Newberry
James Robert Cestkowslti Geology;
Watersmeet James Joseph Drake
Zoology; Detroit
Richard Nicholause Ewasek Biological Science Divisional;
Detroit George Wesley Gaiser
Physical Science Divisional; Cleveland, Ohio
Michael Peter Graff Microbiology and Public Health;
Brooklyn, New York Joseph Bernard Gratzer
Physical Science Divisional; Grosse Pointe
Robert Paul Jackson Geology;
Straffordville, Ontario, Canada Nancy Mabeth Kromis
Biological Science Divisional; Ferndale
Virginia Ann Kueny M"thematics;
North MusJ<egon Gary George Lerner
Statistic s; East Rockaway, New York
Thomas Arthur Longman Geology;
Putnam, Illinois James Lee Mahan
Zoology; Charlotte
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Seymour Albert Maisey Entomology;
Brooklyn, New York Norman Wayne Melvin
Geology; Barre, Vermont
John Edward Nicolay Mathematics;
Detroit John Kojun Oshiro
Mathematics; Wahiawa, Hawaii
Roberta Ann Purdon Biological Science Divisional;
Mt. Clem·ens Richard Ralph Riker
Chemistry; Lansing
Edward Alexander Schiller Geology;
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada George Michael Smith
Physics; East Lansing
Roger Anderson Solberg Geology.;
Felch Harvey Wesley Spurr, Jr .
Botany; Maywood, Illinois
Clarence Star Geology;
Grand Rapids Donald Gustave Sundberg
Zoology; Muskegon
William Herman Weidenfeller Botany;
Grand Rapids James Williams
Physics; Saginaw
RECOMMENDED JOINTLY WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
tMary Lou Andrews Mathematics;
Hillsdale Ralph Robert Brown
Mathematics; East Lansing
*Leonard Charles Hockley Physics ;
Detroit George William Kielwasser, Jr.
Biological Science Divisional; Dexter
*With honor tWith high honor 11 .
Mary Anna Richards Biological Science Divisional ;
Farmington Donald Richard VanDerKolk
Zoology; Grand Haven
Rolland L . Williams Physical Science Divisional;
Niles
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ARTS (Continued)
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC
** Richard Carlyle Carson Public School Music;
Buchanan *Sarah Forman Graves
Public School Music; Oxford
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF MUSIC
Carl Hilding Johnson, Jr. Applied Music;
Grand Rapids
RECOMMENDED JOINTLY WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Patricia Douglass Findorff Public School Music;
East Lansing
DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS
Joanne O'Dell Breazeale English;
Bristol . Tenne ssee John Dumitru
Sociology and Anthropology; Detroit
Shirley Ann Falter History;
Elmhurst, Illinois Rolf Armin George
Philosophy; Lue beck, Germany
Anthony Michael Graziano ""'" Psychology;
Nyack, New York Nolen Franklin Hurt
History; Washington, Indiana
Donna Carey Lavey Social Scie nce Divisional;
Lansing
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
Charles Richard Barr Chemistry;
Dakota , Illinois Leonard Thomas Blouin
Physiology; Minden City
* With honor
** Graduate as of August 24, 1956, with honor
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*Sarah Frances Owen Public School Music;
Algonac
John L . Maes L./
Psychology; Port Huron
Stanley Allen Maheffy Sociology and Anthropology;
Davison Elizabeth Williams Nall
Sociology and Anthropology; Dighton
John Otto Schlump Art;
Monroe J eanne E layne Trude 11
Art; Bay City
Clarence Murray Williams .,/ Psychology;
Lansing
Yen Fu Bow Physics;
Anhwei, China Dugald A. Brooks
Chemistry; Rochester, New York
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ARTS (Continued)
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
Bruce Burton Dice Geology;
Grand Rapids Adalberto Figueroa Potes
Entomology; Palmira, Colombia, S . A .
Richard Trent Reist Botany;
Saginaw Gideon Schwarzbart
Mathematics; Natanya, Israel
DEGREE OF MASTER OF MUSIC
Richard Robert Foor Music;
Flint
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Janet Bradford Vandoren Chemistry;
Midland Harry Bennett Weinburgh
Entomology; East Lansing
Saul Wider Physiology;
Bay Shore, New York
Charles Maynard McDermid Music;
Detroit
College of BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE
The candidates will be presented by DEAN HERMAN J. WYNGARDEN
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Eugene H. Achenbach General Business;
Unionville Constantine James Afendulis
Economics; Muskegon
Charles Morgan Alden Economics;
Lansing Barold Wong Aloiau
General Business; Honolulu. T. H.
William Anderson, Jr. Economics;
Flint tJames Richard Archambault
General Business; Lansing
Lawrence William Armour Accounting;
Vassar Foster Dickie AschenBrenner
General Business; Farmington
Robert Patrick Baird Accounting;
Montreal, Quebec, Canada *Robert Lindsay Bell
Hotel Management; Bronx, New York
Duane Arehart Berry Hotel Management;
Toledo, Ohio Richard Ray Bettison
Food Distribution; Lansing
George Laird Bolton Economics;
G ro s se Pointe Richard Galloway Bristol
General Business; Battle Creek
Philip Rutherford Burnett General Business;
Jackson TuliG Jose Carta Escalona
Economics; Barguisimeto, Venezuela
Sheldon Wesley Church, Jr. Accounting;
Berkley *Charles Duane Collison
General Business; Saginaw
August Richard Consiglio Restaurant Management;
Detroit
*With honor tWith high honor
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Larry Sutherland Cooper Accounting;
Calgary, Alberta, Canada George McKenzie Cox, Jr .
General Business; Detroit
John Glenn Crawford General Business;
Lockport, New York Thomas Allan Curtiss
General Business; Grand Rapids
tWarren George Cushing General Business;
Cadillac Charles Willard Dare
Economics; Birmingham
Joe LeRoy Denison Economics;
Royal Oak Richard Roy Deskin
Economics; Birmingham
Ronald Eugene Dissette General Business;
Harbert Robert Henry Dornbos
Economics; Grand Haven
James P . Drinkwater General Business;
Grottoes, Virginia Robert Hicks English
Economics; East Lansing
William Dale Ferguson Institutional Management;
Sault Ste. Marie Richard H. Fessler
Economics; Fenton
Francis Brownell Flanders General Business;
Oscoda Frank J. Flemming
General Business; Marion
Walter Gordon Godfrey General Business;
Detroit Armen Peter Googasian
Economics; Pontiac
*George Lewis Granger General Business;
Gaines
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE (Continued)
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
" Gordon MacKenzie Guilbert , Jr. Accounting;
East Lansing *M e lvin Burger Hahn
Accounting; Frankenmuth
John Peter Hamm Accounting;
Iron Mountain Robert Warren Hanke
Hotel Management; Mount Morris, Illinois
Harland Delbert Harris Hotel Management;
Fort Collins, Colorado Walter Alfred Heberlein
General Business; Detroit
Ronald Fre derick Heck General Business;
Monroe Thomas Arleigh Hess
General Business; Detroit
H . Hugh Hickok Accounting;
Nashville *Niles K . Hill
Accounting; East Jordan
Lloyd David Holmes General Business;
Mayville Bruce Chaney Huron
Institutional Management; Iron Mountain
Charles Lane Jansen Accounting;
Port Huron Rodney Leroy Kelly
General Business; Sunland, California
Robert Glen Kilpatrick Institutional Management;
Willis *Kenneth Bernard Lange
Economics; Saginaw
Kenneth Nord Larson General Business;
Manistee Bruce Lawrence Lax
E conomics; East Chicago, Indiana
Howard Roland Lewin Economics;
Chicago, Illinois Thomas George Lipman
Economics; Grand Rapids
Donald Claiborne Lisle Economics;
Royal Oak
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Donald Jerome Ludwig General Business;
Grand Rapids Kenneth Jerome Ludwig
Economics; Grand Rapids
Saul Phillip Luria Hotel Manage m e nt;
Vineland, New J ersey Brent MacDonald
Hotel Management; Kansas City, Missouri
Peter Charles Marchant General Business;
Lansing Ross Samuel Marzolf
General Business; Alma
Frank Ronald Mayer Food Distribution;
Ironwood John G. McBain
General Business; Lansing
Edward Austin McKillop GeJ1.eral Business;
London, Ontario, Canada Russell John Mee uwsen, Jr.
General Business; Grand Rapids
Harold James Mellen, Jr. Accounting;
Detroit Kenneth Mende ls
General Business; Grand Rapids
Yukinaga Mochizuki Hotel Manageme nt;
Tokyo, Japan Daniel Joseph Morrissey
Economics; Farmer Gity, Illinois
" Jay Norman Mossman Accounting;
Coldwater James A. Murphy
General Business; Benton Harbor
Philip Michael Murphy Accounting;
Pinckney Owbra Dryde n Nary
General Business; Birmingham
Betty Ruth P e tch Accounting;
Hubbard Lake Morton Arthur Potter
Economics; Belleville
David S. Raspier General Business;
Forest Hills, New York
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE (Continued)
[)EGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
"" Rhea Joan Rautio Economics;
Palmer Melvin Harold Revall
General Business; Stephe nson
John Smith Richardson Economics;
Charlotte Gustave Henry Rissman, Jr.
Hotel Management; Howell
Douglas Ellwood Rix Hotel Management;
Concord, New Hampshire Richard Charles Schurrer
Economics; Birmingham
Duane Arthur Scott Economics;
Birmingham Clarence William Shepard, Jr.
Accounting; Rochester
Carl Rolland Shook Economics;
Grand Rapids J arne s P e te r Sinadino s
Hotel Management; Lansing
William George Sinn, Jr. Economics;
Detroit Arthur Luck Smith, Jr .
General Business; Lansing
H. Keith Smith Economics;
Detroit Kenneth S. Sohn
General Business; Lansing
Harvey Raphael Squire Economics;
Forest Hills, New York Michael Larry Starkey
Economics; Parkersburg, West Virginia
Arthur Judson Stewart, Jr. Hotel Management;
Hillsdale
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
James Joseph Sweeney, Jr. Economics;
Troy, New York Nicholas A. Theodore
Hotel Management ; Westcheste r, New York
C. Robert Utter Ge ne ral Business;
Detroit tDavid James Vande r Broek
Accounting; Grand Rapids
Luis Antonio Vivaldi General Business;
A r ecibo, Puerto Rico " Harold Bernard Vogt
General Business; Be llevue
" Robert Vratanina Political Science;
Charlevoix Charles Andrew Waks
Accounting; Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Bruce Franklin Walker, Jr. General Business;
Bay City Walter Fre derick Webb
General Business; Bay City
Richard Scherer Weinman Accounting;
Steubenville, Ohio John Frederick Will
Economics; Wauwatosa. Wisconsin
James Elvin Wingerden Hotel Management;
Hastings Marvin Eugene Witbeck
Accounting; Evart
George Wolf Economics;
Charlevoix Richard Dubois Young, Jr.
Accounting; La Jolla, California
RECOMMENDED JOINTLY WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
*Gretchen Ann Brightman Economics;
Oke mos
*With honor tWith high honor
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Margue rite Eaton Frost Business Education;
Flint
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE (Continued)
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS RECOMMENDED JOINTLY WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (Continued)
Robert Leigh Knowles Political Science;
Saginaw Mary Isabel McRobbie
Accounting; Royal Oak
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Dewey Mikeal Allen Police Administration;
Honolulu, Hawaii Noel Carl Bufe
Police Administration; Wyandotte
Leo Edmund Chesher Police Administration;
Saginaw Donald Gene Czinder
Police Administration; Grand Haven
Ralph Fredrick Doe hne Police Administration;
Detroit Charles Edward He rbert
Police Administration; Muskegon
Thomas Lambert Police Administration;
Dearborn Daniel David Lee
Police Administration; Honolu lu, Hawai i
DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS
Nicholas J . Beltsos Economics;
Lansing Robert Dugald Buchanan
Hotel, Res. & Gen'!. Inst . Mgt.; East Lansing
Hernan Charneco General Business;
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico Gordon Loren Cook, Jr.
General Business; Pelham, New York
Lynn Roger Crawford General Business;
Alma Luiz Felippe Valle Da Silva
General Business; Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
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Carl Winfred Pope Business Education;
Grand Haven Marjorie Eileen Shudark
Business Education; Midland
James P e ter McLaughlin Police Administration;
Detroit Roland Lorne Nafus
Police Administration; Niagara Falls, New York
Richard A. Rosen Police Administration;
Lansing Naomi Ruth Thrower
Police Administration; Ypsilanti
Paula Jean Veich Police Administration;
Allegan *Glenn Leroy Weaver
Police Administration; Grand Rapids
Alvin James Zimmerman Police Administration;
Traverse City
Herbert L eighton Dean Accounting;
Niagara Falls, New York John Kenneth Gore
Economics; Cassopolis
Bhaksook Kambhu Political Science;
Bangkok, Thailand Donald Joseph Koza
General Business; Romulus
Raymond George Luoma Accounting;
Newberry Ivan De Sa Motta
General Business; Sao Paulo, Brazil
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SERVICE (Continued)
DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS
Thu Ngoc Phan Economics;
Saigon, Vietnam Robert Henry Schwartz
Hotel, Res. & Gen'!. Inst. Mgt.; Westchester, New York
David Robinette Shelby General Business;
LaFollette, T ennessee
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SOCIAL WORK
Jack Donald Eaton Social Work;
Lansing S. Jerome Roach
Social Work; Grand Rapids
College of EDUCATION
Carl Anthony Smith Economics;
Defiance, Ohio Ernest Ervin Street
Accounting; Bancroft
Howard Lewis Wright Accounting;
Detroit
Ward Wayne Wood Social Work;
Lansing
The candidates will be presented by DEAN CLIFFORD E. ERICKSON
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Jean Leslie Anderson Elementary Education;
Rockford, Illinois Charlene Helen Boyd
Ele mentary Education; Flint
Irene Triplett Brett Elementary Education;
Grand Ledge *Joan F. Durand
Elementary Education; Morley
*Emily Mae Edmunds Elementary Education;
Royal Oak Elarbara Wright Fox
Elementary Education; Saginaw
tSandra Lou Fraser Elementary Education;
Niles
*With honor tWith high honor
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Doris Ann Harris Elementary Education;
Coleman William L. Kopp
Elementary Education; De troit
Julia Ann Malpass Elementary Education;
East Jordan tMolly Martina Robyn
Elementary Education; Kalamazoo
)!t; Myrna Arbutus Severance Elementary Education;
Lansing Jannette Elizabeth Stephens
Elementary Education; Birmingham
Judith Delores Zimmerman Elementary Education;
East Lansing
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (Continue d)
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
William He nry Boivin Industria l Arts;
Saginaw Lydia Filomenia Borrillo
Physical Education- Dance; De troit
Jerry Lee Boyd Industrial Arts;
Bronson Phyllis Jean Conklin
Physical Education; Alma
Frederick T. Fink Industrial Arts;
Lake Odessa Carol Ann Fraleigh
Recreation; Port Huron
David J. Hendrickson Physical Education;
Eveleth , Minnesota Edward Russell Hobaugh, Jr.
Physical Education; K:ittanning, Pennsylvania
David Danie l Hoke Physical Education;
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma William Robert Kester
Industrial Arts; Pontiac
DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS
Polly Page Atkinson Adm . & Educ. Services;
Grand Rapids Ivan W. Bentley
Adm. & Educ. Service s; Lansing
William L. Doss, Jr. Adm, & Educ. Services;
Detroit Carmel Edith Elliott
Vocational Education Roseville
Ke nneth Gene Emmer Foundations of Education;
Eaton Rapids Nancy Lou Hull
Teache r Education; Ashley
Bettie Jean Hunt Adm. & Educ . Services;
Ann Arbor Elizabeth Ann Kennedy
Foundations ·of Education; Lansing
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Linus George Larner Industrial Arts;
Flint Vonda Lee Naylor
Phy sical Education; Lansing
Narcissa France s Polk Recreation;
Chicago, Illinois James Grover Pletcher
Industrial Arts; Muskegon
Edward John Roe .Industrial Arts;
Flint Thomas Saidock
Physical Education; Dearborn
William Elmer Smiley Physical Education;
Bay City P e ter Stoll
Physical Education; East Tawas
Edward Eugene Townse nd Physical Education;
Lansing William Howard Walt
Physical Education; Angola, New York
Stephen Orne Krebs T eache r Education;
East Lansing Richard Charles Larson
Vocational Education; Olivet
Foster Kenneth McClelland Adm. & Educ. Services;
Eaton Rapids Gladys Marguerite Monique
T eacher Education; East Lansing
J a m es Fred Morse Adm. & Educ. Services
Adrian Lyle Otha Plews
Vocational Education; Fruitport
Willis Freeman Porter Adm. & Educ. Services
Wyandotte Esther Gowan Re agan
Teacher Education; Scottville
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (Continued)
DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS
Peter Nelson Roon Adm. & Educ. Services;
Holland Danie l Morris Smith
Vocational Education; Cleveland, Mississippi
Edward D. Smith Adm . & Educ. Services;
Howard City Robert Edwin Stowe
Adm. & Educ. Services; East Lansing
Carme la Caputo Sviland Foundations of Education;
Birmingham
Renate Teran T eacher Education;
East Lansing Marcia Arline Thompson
Adm . & Educ. Services Dayton, Ohio
Arthur James Thorsby Teacher Education;
Flint William L e land Webb
Adm. & Educ. Services; Lansing
College of COMMUNICATION ARTS
The candidates will be presented by DEAN GORDON A . .sABINE
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
" Steven S. Arnett Journalism;
East Lansing Joel Frederick Ayers
Radio And Television; Harbor Springs
Paul H. Babbitt Spee ch;
East Grand Rapids Charles Wesley Barr II
Speech; East Lansing
Paul Albert Blattner Journalism;
Grand Rapids Burton Ho ward Kunza Brooks
Journalism; Bellevue
Charles Proctor Charron Speech;
Oxford Noel D. Chrisman
Journalism; Flint
Dolores Claire Dover Journalism;
Hancock William Alexander Hall
Speech; Detroit
* With honor t With high honor
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William John Jonson Journalism;
Hamilton, Ohio Jack Dingman Jourdain
Journalism; Lansing
tMabelle Lou Kelly Speech;
Flint Ronald Charles Kohls
Journalism; Okemos
Frederick E. Linehan Journalism;
Harbor Springs Ric hard Spaulding Marshall
Speech; East Lansing
Da le W. Mathews Journalism;
Vassar *Joan Dorothy McCarty
Journalism; Carsonville
Robert Allan McClenahen Speech;
Wyandotte Robe r t McDonald
JournaLism; Detroit
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ARTS (Continued)
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Joseph John Moylan Journalism;
Chicago, !llinoi" John Hope Peddie
Speech; Det roit
Lawrence Michael Rau Journalism;
Lansing Lewis Fred Renshaw, Jr.
Journalism; Troy
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS
Constance J. Smith Journalism;
Detroit Catherine Louise Snyder
Speech; East Lansing
Basil C. Stevens, Jr. Journalism;
Saginaw
RECOMMENDED JOINTLY WITH THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Nancy Christine Buerk Speech;
Lincoln Park Joyce Ann Crow
Speech; Rapid City
Sylvia Lore tta de Steiger Journalism;
East Detroit
DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS
Merlin Edwin Bement Speech;
Bedford, Ohio
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Irvene Muriel Mills Speech;
Flint Gloria Virginia Regner
Speech; Dearborn
James Joseph Renkiewicz, Jr. Speech;
Detroit
School for ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDIES
The candidates will be presented by DEAN THOMAS H . OSGOOD
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Abolghassem Amin Phy siology and Pharmacology;
Es sfahan l Iran
Edwin Leo Baker Chemistry;
Charlotte
Robert Walter Berry Chemistry;
Atlanta, Georgia
Lytle Houston Blankenship Fisheries and Wildlife;
Campbellton, Texas
Milford Dean Bonner Dairy;
Reform, Alabama
Theodore Laurence Brown Chemistry;
Urbana, Illinois
Robert Thomas Christian Mic robiology and Public Health '
Lansing ~
Myron George Cropsey Agricultural Engineering;
Corvallis, Oregon
Harry Kirk Dansereau Sociology and Anthropology ;
Oxford, Mississippi
Robert Jack Deans Animal Husbandry;
Cincinnati, Ohio
Lucile Ellen Decker Chemistry ;
Bellevue
Gerald Gean Dull Chemistry;
Billings, Montana
Elmer John Fuhr Horticulture;
Roseville
EJnerson E. Garver Chemistry ;
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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Albert Nelson Halter Agricultural Economics;
Okemos
Carl Thomas Herald Dairy;
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Charles Eugene Heyd Chemistry;
Detroit
Irvin George Hillyer Horticulture;
Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Leah Stewart Houser Sociology and Anthropology;
Owosso
Thomas William Humphreys Microbiology and Public Health;
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Joseph Benedict Jenks English;
Jamaica, Long Island, New York
C. Gratton Kemp Administrative and Educational Services;
East Lansing
James Edward Kennedy Psychology ;
Flint
Aleksander Kivilaan Horticulture;
East Lansing
Joseph Lambert Philosophy;
Dowagiac
Henrietta Marie LeDuc Chemistry;
Detroit
George Lamar Maddox Sociology and Anthropology;
McComb', Mississippi
A. Marie McCarthy Microbiology and Public Health;
Worcester, Massachusetts
SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDIES (Continued)
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Charles Donald McCarthy V Psychology;
Jackson
Denton Delbert M<:Grady Metallurgical Engineering;
East Lansing
Richard Edwin Michel Physics and Astronomy;
Saginaw
Marvin Murray Physiology and Pharmacology;
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Howard Ralph Neville Economics;
East Lansing
Norman Wellington Painter Sociology and Anthropology;
Ga te sville, Texas
Clark D. Paris Horticulture;
Paonia, Colorado
Charles Harry Proctor Sociology and Anthropology;
Wayne
Ramon Frederick Rolf Chemistry;
Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Joseph Mario Sandri Chemistry;
Chicago, Illinois
Victor D. Sanua ....... Psychology;
New York City, New York
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
Louis Andrew Doyle Administrative and Educational Services;
Mecosta
Laszlo Joseph Hetenyi Foundations of Education;
Gainesville, Florida
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Bernard Joseph Sloan Botany and Plant Pathology;
Detroit
Jean Judson Smith ,;r Psychology;
Klamath Falls, Oregon
William Francis Smith -Psychology;
Boston, Massachusetts
Orrin Edison Taulbee Mathematics;
Taulbee, Kentucky
Glen Anthony Thommes Chemistry;
Austin. Minnesota
Herman Tiessen Horticulture;
Leamington. Ontario. Canada
Clayton Edward VanHall Chemistry;
Grand Haven
Frederick Eugene VanNostran Botany and Plant Pathology;
Huntington, West Virginia
Arthur M. Vener Sociology and Anthropology;
New York, New York
Jack LeRoy Weigle Horticulture;
East Lansing
Ruth Holm Wells .,/ Psychology ;
Williamston
Paul Ernest Rupff Administrative and Educational Services;
Bay City
Colon Lee Schaibly Administrative and Educational Services;
Woodland
SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDIES (Continued)
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
Burton Kellogg Thorn Vocational Education;
East Lansing
GRADUATES AS OF AUGUST 24, 1956
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
John Lucian Bagg Statistics;
De Kalb, Illinois
Clarence Frede rick Becker Agricultural Engineering;
Laramie, Wyoming
Thomas Lucien Blair Sociology and Anthropology;
New York, New York
Martha Marie Briney English;
Ann Arbor
Lyman R. Caswell Chemistry;
Rockport, Indiana
John Christensen Chemistry;
Collegedale, Tennessee
Richmond Cowan Davis Vocational Education;
Cotton Plant, Arkansas
Frances G . Fallon Chemistry;
Baltimore, Maryland
Forrest Dean Freeland, Jr. Forestry;
East Lansing
Walter Edward Freeman Sociology and Anthropology;
East Lansing
Gerhard F. Gettel Sociology and Anthropology;
Owendale
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Robert Lawrence Herrmann Chemistry;
Whitestone, New York
Earl Joseph Hodgkins Forestry;
Auburn, Alabama
Bernard Jacobson Mathematics;
Cleveland, Ohio
Coy Hilton James History;
Albion
John Edward Jordan Administrative and Educational Services;
Owosso
Irving Stanley Katz Psychology;
New York, New York
Eldon George Kelly Administrative and Educational Services;
Flint
Karl Kereluk Microbiology and Public Health;
Fargo, North Dakota
Leo Lapidus Mathematics;
East Lansing
Robert Bruce Miller Physics and Astronomy;
Scottville
SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED GRADUATE STUDIES (Continued)
GRADUATES AS OF AUGUST 24, 1956 (Continued)
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Richard Dana Moore Anatomy;
Battle Creek
Miles D. Pothast Psychology;
Melbourne, Iowa
Jorge H. Rodriguez-Arias Agricultural Engineering;
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Spaulding Merrick Ruffin Animal Husbandry;
Emporia, Virginia
Rama Dayal Singh Farm Crops;
Jaunpur, India
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
Leland Wilbur Dean Administrative and Educational Services;
East Lansing
Leon Anson McDermott Teacher Education;
Mt. Pleasant
Kenneth Harvey Parker Administrative and Educational Services;
Binghamton, New York
Donald Ora VanOstenburg Physics and Astronomy;
Grand Rapids
Frederick Weber, Jr. Microbiology and Public Health;
Montvale, New Jersey
James Ward Wilkins, Jr. Psychology;
Newton Falls, Ohio
Allen Eugene Willner Psychology;
Forest Hills, New York
Aubrey Lloyd Pulliam Foundations of Education;
Adrian, Missouri
Edwin George Spacie Administrative and Educational Services;
Mt. Pleasant
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF VETERINARY MEDICINE
Edwin Marshall Ellis Veterinary Medicine;
Adrian
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