5/27/03, COMMENCEMENT 2003: Photos - Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 34

COMMENCEMENT 2003

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photograph by Stuart Watson

Honorary Degree Recipients

Before assembling on the reviewing stand to watch the procession along Locust Walk, President Judith Rodin joined Ben on the Bench. The Honorary Degree Recipients and Trustee Chairman James Riepe, gathered behind them: standing (left to right): Dr. Herbert Gans, Commencement speaker Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Dr. Mamphela Ramphele, Philip Roth, James Riepe, Dr. Sadako Ogata, and the Hon. Stephen Breyer.

The plaidly-clad bagpipers played as the smiling students, their proud parents, and the Old Guard greeted one another during Penn's traditional procession along Locust Walk on the way to Franklin Field for the 247th Commencement where the Class of 2003 became grinning graduates as the sun shined. President Judith Rodin conferred honorary degrees upon the six recipients and the graduates from the 12 schools.

photographs by Lisa Godfrey

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For the streaming video of Penn's 247th Commencement ceremony--from the processional to recessional and all the pomp and circumstance, see www.upenn.edu/commencement/webcast.html.

Almanac, Vol. 49, No. 34, May 27, 2003

ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS:

Tuesday,
May 27, 2003
Volume 49 Number 34
www.upenn.edu/almanac

Capturing the sights and sounds of the 247th Commencement at Penn.

SAS names the inaugural holder of an endowed chair in physics.

Teaching awards at GSFA, GSE and the Law School.

The Faculty Senate leadership for 2003-2004.

Coverage of the meeting of the Executive Board of the Trustees.

The Humanities Forum will gain a co-director.

Two professors leave Penn to head schools--one in town and other in California.

PPSA's annual election meeting on Thursday will feature EVP Cliff Stanley.

Weekly-paid staff needed to serve on WPSA board; election next month.

More honors are bestowed on Penn's illustrious faculty and staff.

What a month May has been in Penn's Past.

Research Roundup: hypertension, virtual reality, mouse eggs from embryonic stem cells, and sleep deprivation.

Summer AT PENN brings to campus more than 50 special programs for participants from around the world, from children to adults.