The 242nd Commencement

University of Pennsylvania Events 1998

Alumni/Faculty Exchanges

Members of the University are welcome at the annual exchanges taking place Friday and Saturday, May 15-16, as part of Alumni Weekend. A full schedule of these exchanges is in May at Penn (Almanac April 28), which can be found on the web at www.upenn.edu/almanac/

Baccalaureate Service

Sunday, May 17, The Palestra
Concert-2:30 p.m.
Service-3-4 p.m.
Speaker: Andrea Mitchell, CW'67, Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News, and University of Pennsylvania Trustee

University Commencement

Monday, May 18, Franklin Field
9 a.m.-Gates open
9:30 a.m.-Procession enters Franklin Field
10:15 a.m.-Ceremony begins
Speaker: President Jimmy Carter

For additional information on May 17-18 events:

Commencement Home Page: http://www.upenn.edu/commencement

Commencement Hotline: (215) 573-GRAD

School Commencements

Annenberg School for Communication

Ceremony: Monday, May 18, 2 p.m.
Annenberg School, Room 110
Speaker: William D. Novelli, ASC '64
President, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, Washington, D.C.
Reception: Annenberg School Forum, immediately following ceremony

Biomedical Graduate Studies

Reception: Monday, May 18,
immediately following Commencement,
Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Building

College of Arts and Sciences

Ceremony: Sunday, May 17, 7-9 p.m.
Franklin Field
Speaker: TBA, will be posted to the web

Graduate Division, School of Arts and Sciences

Ceremony: Monday, May 18, 1 p.m.
Superblock, 39th Street and Locust Walk
Reception: 1920 Commons, immediately following ceremony

College of General Studies

Ceremony and Reception:
Monday, May 18, immediately following Commencement, Class of 1952 Plaza (at 36th Street, across from Logan Hall)

School of Dental Medicine

Ceremony: Monday, May 18, 4 p.m.
Harrison Auditorium, University Museum
Speaker: Dr. Wallace V. Mann, Jr. Prof. of Periodontology at the University of Louisville, KY
Reception: Chinese Rotunda, Univ. Museum, immediately following ceremony

Graduate School of Education

Reception: GSE Plaza, picnic lunch,
noon-2 p.m.
Ceremony: Monday, May 18, 2:30 p.m.
First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street
Speaker: Dr. Lisa D. Delpit, Benjamin E. Mays Chair of Urban Educational Excellence, at Georgia State University, Atlanta

School of Engineering and Applied Science

Undergraduate and Masters Ceremony:
Monday, May 18, immediately following Commencement, Palestra
Reception: West Lawn of Towne Building, immediately following ceremony
(rain location: Towne Building)
Doctoral Ceremony: Sunday, May 17,
4:30-5:30 p.m., Harrison Auditorium,
University Museum
Doctoral Reception: Mosaic Room and adjacent gardens, University Museum,
immediately following ceremony

Fels Center of Government

Ceremony: Monday, May 18, immediately following Commencement,
Fels Center Garden, 3814 Walnut Street at 39th Street
Reception: Fels Center, immediately following ceremony

Graduate School of Fine Arts

Picnic Lunch: Meyerson Hall Galleries, immediately following Commencement
Ceremony: Monday, May 18, 1:15 p.m.
Furness Plaza (rain location: Room B1, Meyerson Hall)
Speaker: Professor Robert Gutman, Architecture, Princeton University

Law School

Ceremony: Sunday, May 17, 10:30 a.m.
Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets
Speaker: TBA, will be posted to the web
Reception: Law School, 12:45 to 2:45 p.m.

School of Medicine

Ceremony: Sunday, May 17, 1 p.m.
Philadelphia Marriott, Market & 12th Streets
Speakers: Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute of the NIH; and
Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner, Professor of Neurology at UCSF and winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Medicine
Reception: Philadelphia Marriott, immediately following ceremony

School of Nursing

Ceremony: Sunday, May 17, 1 p.m.
Harrison Auditorium, University Museum
Speaker: Dr. Claire M. Fagin, Dean Emeritus and Leadership Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing
Reception: Monday, May 18, immediately following Commencement, Nursing Education Building Lobby

School of Social Work

Ceremony: Monday, May 18, 1 p.m.
Harrison Auditorium, University Museum
Speaker: Dr. Sara E. Melendez, President of Independent Sector
Reception: Chinese Rotunda, University Museum, immediately following ceremony

School of Veterinary Medicine

Ceremony: Monday, May 18, 2:30 p.m.
Zellerbach Theater, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Dr. Mary Beth Leininger, Companion Animal Practitioner, Immediate Past President, American Veterinary Medical Ass'n.
Reception: Annenberg Center, immediately following ceremony

Wharton Undergraduate Division and Wharton Evening School

Ceremony: Sunday, May 17, 9-10:30 a.m.
Franklin Field
Reception: Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Atrium, immediately following ceremony

Wharton Graduate Division

Ceremony: Sunday, May 17, 1-3:30 p.m.
Franklin Field
Speaker: Robert B. Goergen, Chairman of Blyth Industries, Inc.
Reception: Lehman Brothers Quadrangle and Vance Hall, 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Wharton Doctoral Division

Ceremony and Reception:
Sunday, May 17, 5:30-9:30 p.m.
Upper Egyptian Gallery and Chinese Rotunda, University Museum

Honorary Degree Recipients

The Hon. Arlin M. Adams, Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge, 1969-86; alumnus and former adjunct faculty member in the Law School; emeritus trustee.
President Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States; director of Habitat for Humanity.
Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States, 1977-1981, former honorary chair of the President's Commission on Mental Health.
Dr. Francis S. Collins, Director of National Human Genome Research Institute at NIH.
Dr. Frank Moore Cross, Hancock Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University.
Dr. Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board since 1987.
Jessye Norman, renowned soprano.
Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner, alumnus and winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Medicine; professor of neurology and biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco.
Maurice Sendak, world's leading author-illustrator of children's literature.

Almanac, Vol. 44, No. 33, May 12, 1998