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244th Commencement
University of Pennsylvania Commencement
Events 2000
- Classes Without Quizzes
- (formerly known as Alumni/Faculty Exchanges)
Members of the University are welcome to participate in eight unique
programs taking place Friday and Saturday, May 19-20, as part of Alumni
Weekend. A full schedule of these exchanges is in the May At Penn calendar
(inserted in this issue), which can be found on the web at www.upenn.edu/almanac/v46/n30/maycal.html.
Baccalaureate Service
- Sunday, May 21
- Blanche P. Levy Park (College Green)
- Note: New
Location
- 2:15-2:45 p.m.--Brass Concert
- 3-4 p.m.--Service
- Speaker: Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III, Pastor of The Abyssinian
Baptist Church
- (Rain location: Palestra, 4-5 p.m.)
Commencement
- Monday, May 22
- Franklin Field
- 8:30 a.m.--Gates Open
- 9:30 a.m.-Procession Enters Franklin Field
- 10:15 a.m.--Ceremony Begins
- Speaker: Seamus Heaney, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Literature
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Honorary Degree Recipients
- John N. Bahcall, Ph.D., Richard Black Professor of Natural Sciences
at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; Doctor of Science.
- Mary Douglas, D.Phil., retired professor of social anthropology,
London University; Doctor of Humane Letters.
- Ronald Dworkin, LL.B., Quain Professor of Jurisprudence at University
College London and Sommer Professor of Law and Philosophy at NYU; Doctor
of Laws.
- Seamus Heaney, poet, critic and translator; Doctor of Humane
Letters.
- Wynton Marsalis, Pulitzer Prize winning jazz artist, composer,
and educator; Doctor of Music.
- The Honorable Edward G. Rendell, C'65, former mayor of Philadelphia;
Doctor of Laws.
For more on the Honorary Degree recipients, see Almanac, April
4, 2000, on the web at www.upenn.edu/almanac/v46/n27/040400.html.
For additional information on May 21-22 events: see the Commencement
Website: www.upenn.edu/commencement/
or call the Commencement Hotline: (215) 573-GRAD.
School Graduation Ceremonies
Annenberg School for Communication
Ceremony: Monday, May 22, 2:30 p.m., Annenberg School, Room 110
Speaker: Michael Moore, Award-Winning Documentarian and Producer
Reception: Annenberg School Lobby, immediately following ceremony
Biomedical Graduate Studies
Ceremony and Reception: Monday, May 22, immediately following
Commencement, Biomedical Research Building (BRB) II/III Auditorium and
Lobby
College of Arts and Sciences
Ceremony: Sunday, May 21, 7-9 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Andrea Mitchell, CW'67, Chief Foreign Affairs
Correspondent, NBC
Graduate Division, School of Arts and Sciences
Ceremony: Monday, May 22, 1 p.m. Hamilton Village (Superblock),
39th Street and Locust Walk
Speaker: Susan Stewart, Ph.D., Donald T. Regan Professor of English,
Penn
Reception: 1920 Commons, immediately following ceremony
College of General Studies
Ceremony and Reception: Monday, May 22, immediately following
Commencement, Class of 1952 Plaza, at 36th Street, across from Logan Hall
School of Dental Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 22, 1 p.m., Irvine Auditorium
Speaker: Stephen A. Cooper, D.M.D., Ph.D., D'71, Member,
Board of Overseers, School of Dental Medicine
Reception: Penn Tower Hotel, 3:30 p.m.
Graduate School of Education
Ceremony: Monday, May 22, 2:30 p.m., First District Plaza, 3801
Market Street
Speaker: Kati Haycock, Director, Education Trust, Washington
DC
Preceded by Reception: GSE Plaza, picnic lunch, immediately following
Commencement
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Undergraduate and Masters Ceremony: Monday, May 22, 1 p.m., Palestra
Reception: West Lawn of Towne Building, immediately following
ceremony
(rain location: Towne Building)
Doctoral Ceremony: Sunday, May 21, 5 p.m., Harrison Auditorium,
Museum
Speaker: Ruzena Bajcsy, Ph.D., Professsor of CIS, Penn; Asst.
Dir., Directorate for Computer & Info. Science & Eng., NSF
Reception: Mosaic Room and adjacent gardens, Museum, immediately
following ceremony
Fels Center of Government
Ceremony and Reception: Monday, May 22, 12:30 p.m., Terrace Room,
Logan Hall
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Graduate School of Fine Arts
Ceremony: Monday, May 22, 1:30 p.m., Furness Plaza
(rain location: Meyerson Hall, room B1)
Speaker: A. Eugene Kohn, FAIA, RIBA, JIA, Ar'53, GAr'57, Principal,
Kohn Pedersen Fox
Preceded by Picnic Lunch: Meyerson Hall Plaza, immediately following
Commencement
Law School
Ceremony: Monday, May 22, 2 p.m., Academy of Music, Broad and
Locust Streets
Speakers: Seth P. Waxman, Esq., Solicitor General of the United
States; Janet F. Stotland, Esq., Education Law Center
Reception: Law School, 4:30 p.m.
School of Medicine
Ceremony: Sunday, May 21, 10 a.m., Irvine Auditorium
Speaker: Jordan J. Cohen, M.D., President, Association of American
Medical Colleges
Reception: Biomedical Research Building (BRB) II/III Lobby and
Plaza, immediately following ceremony
School of Nursing
Ceremony: Monday, May 22, 7 p.m., First District Plaza, 38th
and Market Streets
Speaker: Rebecca Rimel, President and CEO, The Pew Charitable
Trusts
Reception: NEB Plaza, immediately following Commencement
(rain location: NEB street-level atrium)
School of Social Work
Ceremony: Monday, May 22, 2 p.m., Harrison Auditorium, University
Museum
Speaker: Lynn C. Swann, National Spokesperson, Big Brothers Big
Sisters of America
Reception: Chinese Rotunda, Museum, 4 p.m.
School of Veterinary Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 22, 2:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg
Center
Speaker: Arthur Caplan, M.A., Ph.D., Director, Center for Bioethics,
Penn
Reception: Annenberg Center Plaza, immediately following ceremony
(rain location: Annenberg Center Lobby)
Wharton Undergraduate Division and Wharton Evening Division
Ceremony: Sunday, May 21, 9-10:30 a.m., Franklin Field (heavy
rain location: Palestra)
Reception: Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall Atrium, immediately following
ceremony
Wharton Graduate Division
Ceremony: Sunday, May 21, 1- 3:30 p.m., Franklin Field (heavy
rain location: Palestra)
Speaker: The Honorable Lawrence H. Summers, Secretary of the
Treasury
Reception: Lehman Brothers Quadrangle and Vance Hall, 3:30 p.m.
Wharton Doctoral Division
Ceremony and Reception: Sunday, May 21, 5:30 p.m., Upper Egyptian
Gallery and Chinese Rotunda, University Museum
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Almanac, Vol. 46, No. 30, April 25, 2000
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Library Year-End Report | Commencement
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