For more information: www.upenn.edu/commencement/.
Unless otherwise noted, receptions begin immediately following the School ceremonies, in an adjacent or nearby location.
Annenberg School for Communication
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2:30 p.m., Annenberg School Auditorium
Speaker: Andrea Mitchell (C'67), chief foreign correspondent, NBC News
Reception: Annenberg School Plaza Lobby
Biomedical Graduate Studies
Reception: Monday, May 19, 12:30-2 p.m., Clinical Research Building
College of Arts and Sciences
Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 7-9 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: William Shore (C'77), founder and executive director of Share Our Strength, an anti-hunger organization
Graduate Division, School of Arts and Sciences
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1 p.m., Superblock, 39th Street and Locust Walk
Reception: 1920 Commons
College of General Studies
Ceremony and Reception: Monday, May 19, immediately following Commencement
Class of 1952 Plaza (at 36th Street, across from Logan Hall)
School of Dental Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1 p.m., Irvine Auditorium
Speaker: Dr. Paul Goldhaber, Dean Emeritus and Professor of Periodontology,
Harvard University School of Dental Medicine
Reception: School of Dental Medicine, 3 p.m.
Graduate School of Education
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2:30 p.m., First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street
Speaker: Dr. Ramon C. Cortines, Acting Assistant Secretary for the U.S.
Office of Educational Research & Information
Preceded by Reception: GSE Plaza, immediately following Commencement
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, immediately following Commencement, Palestra
Reception: West Lawn of Towne Building, (rain location: Towne Building)
Graduate School of Fine Arts
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1:30 p.m., Meyerson Hall Plaza (rain location: Room B1, Meyerson Hall)
Speaker: GSFA Dean Gary Hack
Preceded by Reception: Meyerson Hall Galleries, immediately following
Commencement
Law School
Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 11 a.m., Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets
Speakers: Robert S. Bennett, a pre-eminent Washington D.C. trial lawyer; Eli M. Rosenbaum (W'77) (honorary fellow), Acting Director, Office of Special Investigations, Criminal Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice
Reception: Law School
School of Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 4 p.m., Irvine Auditorium
Speaker: Dr. Philip R. Lee, former Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS
Reception: University Museum
School of Nursing
Undergraduate Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m., Harrison Auditorium, University Museum
Speaker: Dr. Shirley Sears Chater (N'56), former Commissioner of Social Security
Doctoral Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 3:30 p.m., Auditorium, Nursing Education Building
Reception (all students): Monday, May 19, 12:30 p.m., Nursing Education Building, Street-level reception area
School of Social Work
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2 p.m., Harrison Auditorium, University Museum
Speaker: Dr. Carol W. Williams, Associate Commissioner, DHHS, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau
Reception: Chinese Rotunda, University Museum
School of Veterinary Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Dr. John A. Shadduck, former Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine,
Texas A&M University
Reception: Annenberg Center Lobby
Wharton School (undergraduate) and Wharton Evening School
Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 9-11 a.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Alison Y. Chen (W'97)
Reception: Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall
Wharton Graduate Division
Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 1-3:30 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Laurence Tisch, Co-Chair of Board & Co-CEO of Loew's Corp.
Reception: Lehman Brothers Quadrangle and Vance Hall, 3:30- 5:30 p.m.
Wharton Doctoral Division
Ceremony and Reception: Sunday, May 18, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Upper Egypt Gallery and Chinese Rotunda, University Museum
Speakers: Dean Thomas Gerrity, Vice Dean Janice Bellace, and Vice Dean Mark Pauly
Almanac
Volume 43 Number 34
May 13, 1997
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