Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Ninety-First Annual Commencement JOHN M. PARKER AGRICULTURAL CENTER MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1952, AT EIGHT O'CLOCK PROGRAM Monday Evening, June 2, 1952 Eight O'clock JOHN M. PARKER AGRICULTURAL CENTER PROCESSIONAL L. S. U. Symphony Orchestra NATIONAL ANTHEM INVOCATION Dr. J. Norris Palmer Pastor, First Baptist Church Baton Rouge, Louisiana GREETINGS FROM THE STATE His Excellency, Robert F. Kennon Governor of the State of Louisiana TO THE GRADUATES OF L.S.U. President Troy H. Middleton Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College ADDRESS Dr. M. T. Harrington President, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College College Station, Texas CONFERRING DEGREES ALMA MATER BENEDICTION RECESSIONAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION—Continued Bachelors of Science Nina Jeanette Smith Jerry Gordon Verret Blanche McGehee Snowden Sally Rae Walder Barbara Joy Spier Helen Louise Werlein Carey Lynell Stephens Dorothy Rolfe White Billie Jo Stroud Miriam Lanier White Camilla Sigrid Swenson Roger Glen Wiley Ruby Flack Swetman Blanche Eleanor Wilkinson Charles Morris Tillman Carolyn Ruth Wilson Victor Eugene Townsley Anna Kirkland Woods Amanda Cathleen Trichel Elisha Ashe Young Gary Marvin Varnado Frances Louise Young Charles L. Zapp, Sr. (Physical Education) Earl John Brown Sonya Lee LeBlanc Beverly Glenn Bruchhaus Archie Lee Lejeune Sara M. Davis James Watson Lindsey Harold Paul Gautreaux Ernest Thomas Murphree Betsy Ann Gissel Lula May Perkins Sarah Elizabeth Goff Jack Benjamin Skye Donald Everett Jolissaint Frances Elizabeth Smith Donald Lawrence Jones Joseph William Tandy Martha Agnes Jones Gladys Joy Verret Herbert Chandler Landry Gloria Ann Wilbert Robert Payne Yates Bachelors of Music Education VernaMae Birckel Mary Frances Huckins Raymond Henry Capriotti Edward Earl Pickard Anne Edine Cox Armor Lee Powell James Vernon Daigle Dolores Cutright Terrell Patricia Wright VanPelt SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Bachelors of Science Edith Catherine Fontan Frances Mary Gaudin — In Religion — Sister Camilla Irene Marie Gonzales Joycelyn Mary Hymel Joan Mary Mulvannny — In Religion — Sister Gerald Mary Ann Neelley — In Religion — Sister Mary Ann Lucille Hutchison Robertson Jean Day Soignier Abbie Mary Zimmerman 12 MASTERS OF SCIENCE—Continued Harry Swan Leach, B.S.................................Organic Chemistry Theodore Edward Leinhardt, B.S..................................Physics John Russell Manning, B.S.........................Hydraulic Engineering Joseph Didier Martinez, B.S.......................................Geology Calvin C. Mattax, B. of Chem..................................Chemistry John Dan McNeil, B.S.............................Agricultural Economics Michael James Mitchell, B.S...................................Chemistry John Warth Mundinger, B.E........................Mechanical Engineering Robert Earl Murry, B.S.................................Game Management Wilbert Charles Normand, B.S............................Plant Pathology Harlan Wesley Norton, B.S...................................... Dairying Edward Whitfield Orton, B.S....................................Geology James Howell Peebles, Jr., B.E.....................Mechanical Engineering Carroll Jennings Perkins, B.S...........................Game Management John Arthur Perry, B.S..........................................Chemistry Georgia Cannon Pierson, B.S.............................Home Economics Clarence Felix Pillon, Jr., B.S....................................Chemistry James Stuart Pittman, Jr., B.S.....................................Geology Warren Gardner Reed, Jr., B.S....................................Geology Joseph Viener Roberts, A.B........................................Physics Herman Emil Rolfs, B.S.....................................Biochemistry Percy Vilas Rougon, B.S................................Industrial Education Andre Edouard Rouillard, B.S........................Chemical Engineering Samuel Marshall Sanders, Jr., B.S................................Chemistry Susan Jeanette Scribano, B.S............................Physical Education Joseph Emmett Sedberry, Jr., B.S................................Agronomy Harry Joseph Sherman, B.S........................................Zoology Thomas Dewey Shockley, Jr., B.S.......................Electrical Engineering Margaret Heidelberg Short, B.S...........................Home Economics Joseph Lawson Smilie, B.S.........................Agricultural Engineering James Parker Spillers, B.S........................................Geology William Leake Stirling, B.S...............................Nuclear Physics John Dempsey Stokes, B.S.............................Chemical Engineering Jacob Edward Strassner, B.S.....................................Chemistry Hans Albert Suter, B.S...........................................Chemistry Claude Taylor, B.S........................Agricultural Extension Education Jared Young Terry, B.S.............................Agricultural Education Vera Coles Thibodeaux, B.S...............................Home Economics Jacob J. Trachtenberg, B.S...........................Chemical Engineering Hubert Jerome Tracy, B.S...........................Hydraulic Engineering Humphreys Talbot Turner, B.S...........................Civil Engineering Victor M. Valle, B.S........................Agricultural Extension Education George Leonard Yousko, Jr., B.ME..................................Power SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Barrelle Noble Addis Samuel Joseph Brewer Ortha James Barnette Lastie John Broussard Charles Patten Bass Eric Thomas Brown Harold Ryan Bicknell Etienne Roman Brown Wiley Hugh Billingsley Edward Gilbert Burleigh, Jr. Mattye Lois Boagni Chris Nicholas Christu Leon Harold Bombet Ferdinand Joseph De Rouen. Jr. 19 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE—Continued Robert Lawrence diBenedetto Shirley Marie McCluer Adonis Joseph Domingue Culpepper Hewitt McCuller Suzanne Alice Dugas Owen Paul McCutchen Joseph Rogers Dupre Daniel Philip McIntire Wilson Joseph Eroche II James Kimbro Maguire Heber Clark Ethridge, Sr. Norman Lee Mauroner William Don Flory Gus Miller Roy Gerard Folse Thomas Cornelius Monroe, Jr. Robert Rogers Fowler Bernie Hawthorne Moore, Jr. Bernard Cortez Fruge David Jonah Mykoff Nicholas Charles Gagliano William Wilfred Oser, Jr. Jack Haliem Gani Benjamin Wesley Pardue James Price Garner Charley Fred Passman Thomas Joseph Garvey, Jr. Joseph Donald Persich Gerald Roudolph Gehringer Carl John Pope Joseph Antoine George Joe Harold Powell Angelo Joseph Giorlando Francis Albert Puyau Jack Boyd Golson William Lee Read Oscar Ray Griffin Hilda Irene Reynaud Henry Dailey Haberyan, Jr. Harry Maurice Scarbrough James Merriwether Hamilton Jacquelyn Faye Shaffett Ronald Anthony Hardey Joseph Hamilton Shoemaker Billie Joy Hargis Truman Donald Simmons Thomas Hebert Claude Karlos Smith, Jr. James Truman Henry George Edward Smith Glen Vernon Higgins Albert Burleigh Sonnier Louis Leighton Hill Eli Sorkow Robert Biggers Hornberger Bernard Meyer Steinau William Fred Hornberger, Jr. Charles Stern Gerard William Jauchler Joseph Tarride, Jr. Melvin Rivers Jones Eugene Theriot Leon Jules Joseph David Dubourg Thibaut Alcee Joseph Jumonville III Joseph Anthony Thomas Meyer Kaplan Leo Jerard Vallette Franklin Edward Kappen Vernon Aloysius Voorhies Nathan Leonard Kern James Hirm Waddell John Bares Klein Charles Chadwick Wagner, Sr. Jacob Raphael Lahasky Prentice Jones Walker John Robins Langlow, Jr. Pattie Jean Warren Roy Gabriel La Salle William Schaffrath Wiedorn, Jr. Milton Jack Liberman James Elmer Williams. Jr. Ellis Dale Lindsey George William Wright, Jr. 20 DOCTORS OF PHILOSOPHY Emilie Anne Andrews, B.S., M.S...................................Biochemistry Thesis Title: "Biotin and Oleic Acid in the Nutrition and Metabolism of Certain Microorganisms." Youssef El Sedik A. Azab, B.S., M.S.......................................Botany Thesis Title: "Inheritance of Resistance in Sugarcane to Mosaic and Red-Rot Diseases." William Fred Beyer, Jr., B.S., M.A...................................Education Thesis Title: "The Performance of High School Biology Students in Basic College Biology." Lie Tien Chang, B.S., M.S.................................Analytical Chemistry Thesis Title: "A Study of Temperature Effect on Adsorption Chromatography." |John Wright Chisholm, B.A., A.M...................................Economics Thesis Title: "The Economics of the Salt Industry in Louisiana." Joseph Martin Dechary, B.S., M.S.....................................Chemistry Thesis Title: "Part I The Addition of Diphenylketene To o-Benzoquinone Thesis Title: Part II Diazoketones as Reagents for the Identification of Organic Acids Thesis Title: Part III The Bromo-2-Nitrobenzoic Acids." Herbert Clay Dessauer, B.S.........................................Biochemistry Thesis Title: "The Biochemistry of Anolis carolinensis." Winfred S. Emmons, Jr., B.A., M.A.........................American Literature Thesis Title: "The Materials and Methods of American Horror Fiction in the Nineteenth Century." Benjamin Kaplan, A.B., M.A.........................................Sociology Thesis Title: "Selected Jewish Communities in Louisiana: A Historical and Sociological Analysis of Their Origin, Development, and Change." Allan Walter McDonald, B.S., M.S.......................................Physics Thesis Title: "Bridge Measurements of the Equivalent Electrical Characteristics of Selenium Rectifiers." Reuben Miller, B.S., M.S.............................................Chemistry Thesis Title: "The Reaction Between Organ o-Magnesium Compounds and Triketones." Warid Abdel Bar Warid, B.S., M.S. ..................Botany and Plant Pathology Thesis Title: "Inheritance Studies in the Onion, Allium Cepa L." 21