LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER COMMENCEMENT MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 8:00 P.M., Friday, May 16, 1975 Program PRESIDING John C. Finerty, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs Louisiana State University Medical Center PROCESSIONAL NATIONAL ANTHEM INVOCATION The Reverend Roy Nash Protestant Chaplain, Medical Centers WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Allen A. Copping, D.D.S. Chancellor Louisiana State University Medical Center ADDRESS The Honorable Edwin Edwards Governor State of Louisiana CONFERRING OF DEGREES Martin D. Woodin, Ph.D. President Louisiana State University System BENEDICTION The Reverend Louis E. Meyers, S.J. Catholic Chaplain, Medical Centers RECESSIONAL "The audience is requested to be seated until the graduates have left the auditorium" CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1975 ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE Denise Barre Beyer Phyllis Anne Corley Melinda Hall Edmiston Mary Catherine Fields Debra Lynne Rowell BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE Janette Tullis Bagwell Karen Jane Birkhead Rozlyn Porretto Blanchard Colleen Anastasia Buchler Jean Marie Cannon Isabel DeAgano Cowley Darnelle Mary Cretin Kelda Marie Fuselier Cynthia Kathleen Gallo Claire Leah Kallam Camille Cooper Laing Janan Van Osdell Landry Anne Chappuis Leonards Jan Elizabeth Lewis Marilyn Marie McMahon Carol Scheel Miers Jo Ann Paratore Mutter Judy Davidson Owens Mary Clare Ramirez Mary Helen Schmidt Jane Kathryn Schneider Susan Mary Sklamba Christine Marie Stoute Kathleen Anne Williams Lisette LeNormand Wands Diane Elaine Whitcomb CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1975 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Maurice Meloy Andrews Debra Ann Barbot Beth Ann Bauer Nora Frances Bode Christine Ann Borne Jessie Lee Bostick Charlene Vitrano Brouillette Patricia Elizabeth Carlton Stephanie Jurisich Casey Denise Mercante Danna Deborah Marie Darensbourg Diane Marie Davila Barbara Susan Davis Jill Broussard de la Bretonne Dorothea Rose Ducey Karen Ann Dugas Debbie Dill Faucheux Diane Marie Ford Vickie Nassauer Gagneaux Mary Ann Gandolfi Susan Claire Haase Sharon Ann Hamberger Mary Lynn Hammell Debra Marie Hardy Mary Gerarda Heatherman Mary Virginia Hughes Peggy Ann Johnson Nancy Marie Keller Pamela Kirby Daniela Wolbart Knapp Linda Ann Krummel Renee Marie LaBorde Marie Patricia Snyder Lancelotta Jane Hammerstrom Larson Pattie Claire Lathan Cynthia Rose Lindenmayer Kathleen Gwynette Martin Eleanor Pecarrere Mouledoux Shirley Ann Muhleisen Linda Marilyn Nail Barbara Ann Nolan Paulette Oster Debra Lynn Palmer Gertrude Burke Parker Dale Elizabeth Peschlow Joy Ann Peterson Sara Crosby Quimby Mary Milazzo Raviotta Rita Mae Reulet Iris Winnifred Rogers Kathleen Ann Rooney Barbara Anne Scanlan Lynette Marie Scheaffer Ann Burns Scott Sally Joan Scott David Vernon Shaver, Jr. Judy Elizabeth Shirley Alison Anne Short Anita Lea Simmons Pamela Elaine Smith Sandra Rivera Smith Helen Michelle Snakenberg Eleanor C. Thibodeaux Charlotte Marie Thomas Sheryl Ann Thornton Evie Campbell Townsend Janet Louise Venable Sara Charlotte Wakefield CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1975 MASTER OF NURSING Judith Grant Bell Sheryl Martinez Gonsoulin CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1975 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Sharon Dennett Chandler Department: Physiology Dissertation Title: Classically Conditioned Eye Blink and Changes in Activity in the Pericruciate Cortex and Thalamus in the Cat. John Knox Cullen, Jr. Department: Physiology Dissertation Title: Test of a Model for Speech Information Flow Mark Robert Feldman Department: Tropical Medicine and Medical Parasitology Dissertation Title: A Fine Structural Analysis of the Invasive Mechanism of Pathogenic Naegleria sp CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1975 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Thomas Manning Holt Department: Anatomy Dissertation Title: A Morphological and Histochemical Study of the Developing Tongue Musculature in the Mouse: Its Relationship to Palate Closure. Randolph Bernard Malloy Department: Anatomy Dissertation Title: An Experimental Inquiry into the Possible Role of Neurotrophic Mechanisms in Skeletal Development Following Removal of Neural Crest Precursor Cells of Dorsal Root Ganglia and Sympathetic Ganglia in the Chick Embryo. CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1975 DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY Girolamo Jerome Alesi John Kenneth Aycock John Monroe Barksdale Gerald Anthony Baudin Ernest Arno Beier, Jr. Marie Bonner Bergeron Neil J. Bernard John Lamar Beyt, III Darrell Wayne Blalock William Padgett Bolton Ronald Stephen Bourgeois Janice Sherman Brien Harry Mulcahy Brown James Carey Brown James Ralph Bush, Jr. William Francis Carter George Thomas Comeaux, Jr. David James Conner Stan Peter Cowley, Jr. Philip Joseph DiSalvo, Jr. Donald Guy Doll Roger Hayward Downs John Milton Dunham William Dunbar Duvic David Lee Ezernack Don Gary Floyd Michael Wayne Fox Carl Edwin Friedman, Jr. James W. Gilbert, III Gary Anthony Glaviano Gerald Crittenden Golden, Jr. Gary Francis Graugnard Michael J. Guevara Stuart Jules Guey, Jr. C. Grady Hornsby, Jr. James Randy Hudson Philip James Kahn John Joseph Killeen, Jr. 10 SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY (Continued) Thompson Tal Lanius Terry Joseph Latiolais Michael Francis LeBlanc Sue Cooper LeBlanc John Kenneth Legleu, Jr. Jimmy Wayne Leonard Michael Edward Little Willard Kenneth Mann, Jr. Walter Frank McNeil Charles Bertram Morrison, III Kenneth Paul Najolia Richard Dale Olinde Hugh Wilkinson Oser, Jr. Stephen Joseph Carroll Peirce Brian Paul Poimboeuf Allan Patrick Rappold Jeanne Mulligan Reeves Robert K. Revere Richard Mark Rotchstein Dennis Ahlert Russo Gayle Manch Sanchez Richard Jason Schroeter Gordon Kemp Settoon Lonnie M. Sibley, Jr. Orus Ross Stephens John Wesley Stockstill Douglas Dale Strickland John Franklin Tomlinson, Jr. Gerard Raymond Tully, Jr. Ronald Clement Villars Michael Wayne Walker David Ellison Warren Preston Joseph Webre, Jr. Edwin Mixon White John Francis Whitman Larry Alan Wise Emmett L. Zimmerman, III 11 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1975 DOCTOR OF MEDICINE John D. Amar Michael Anthony Dennis, Jr. Timothy G. Andrus Keith Francis DeSonier John Mills Armstrong, III Richard Bernard Drude, Jr. Keith D. Bailey Michael Hubertus Enghardt Sidney Lee Bailey Leslie Ellsworth England James Charles Bellina John Herbert Finnan, Sr. Ronald Merritt Bennett Lynn Edward Foret Ronnell Paul Bernard Gordon Marc Gaethe Libeau Joseph Berthelot James Joseph Gaspard, Jr. Andre Raoul Bezou Louise Roach Geary James R. Biggerstaff Richard Alan Gordon Jerry Ray Biggerstaff Raul Benjamin Guevara John William Birsner, Jr. Michael Stephen Hanemann Stephen Clifford Bolline Sanders Fowler Hearne fames Erle Bright Matthew Craig Holden Oscar Wharton Brown, III Charles E. Kaufman Joseph D. Busby, Jr. William Joseph Kelley Robert Millet Campbell Robert Thomas Kendrick Robert Capitelli Patricia Turner Kimura Joseph Ward Cappel, III Ronald Samuel Kober Don Emile Carter Joseph Anthony Kott George Philip Coussan Alan Daniel Lacoste Madison Stevens Crouch John Curtiss LaFleur Norris Vincent Crump Paul E. LaRose Richard F. Dalton, Jr. Leonard John Larson, II Nicholas Aloysius Danna, III William Joseph Laughlin, Jr. Susan Hermann Day Roland James Degeyter Jacques Arthur de la Bretonne Paul Arthur LeBourgeois Alan Louis Levin Lawrence Levy 12 DOCTOR OF MEDICINE - - - (Continued) Walter Edmond Levy, III Larry George Lipscomb Gerald Andrew Louviere John Wesley Magee, III Alfred Ameen Mansour, Jr. Michael Dean Manuel Michael Joseph Marcello Randall Evan Marcus Malcolm Wernick Marks Robert Philip Marler Thomas William Marsh Paul Wayne McCormick Robert C. McReynolds, Jr. Michael Forrest Melanson William Morrison Meyers, Jr. John Berry Middleton Robert Louis Ming Thomas James Mulhearn George Andrew Murphy, III Robert Earle Owens Lee Roberts Pankey Chester Eugene Pruett Stephen James Ritter William Koonce Robinson Fred Henry Rodriguez, Jr. Brice Steele Rolston Thomas Baldwin Ryan Robert Parker St. Amant Joseph Sampognaro, III Mary Ella Sanders Glenn David Schexnayder Clifford Jacques Schwartzenburg T. Lewis Sistrunk David Lee Smith Donald Edward Smith Randall John Smith Eugene Theodore Stueben Helen Ludeweka Sullivan, J.D. Marvin Denny Tark Patrick Evans Tarpy Joycelyn L. Terrell Richard Milton Thomas Ben Frank Thompson, III Rickey Joseph Viator Richard Wayne Waguespack Robert Michael Weaver Thomas Gagnet Weilbaecher Charles Spurgeon Wingo Mary Kay Odom Wolfson Tommy Yee Steven David Yellin Clinton Young David Bruce Young James Mark Young Walter Russell Young 13 ACADEMIC HERALDRY: THE SYMBOLS OF LEARNING The college or university commencement procession today, in this country and abroad, is a pageant, alive and bright with the dress and ceremony inherited from the medieval universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. To preserve their dignity and meaning it early became necessary for these universities to set rules for academic dress. American universities agreed on a definite system in 1895 and set up a suitable code of academic dress for the colleges and universities of the United States. In 1932 the American Council on Education presented a revised code which for the most part governs the style of academic dress today. The principal features of academic dress are three: the gown, the cap, and the hood. The Gown. The Flowing gown comes from the twelfth century. It has become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship, for it completely covers any dress of rank or social standing beneath. It is black for all degrees with pointed sleeves for the Bachelor's degree; long closed sleeves for the Master's degree, with a slit for the arm; and round open sleeves for the Doctor's degree. The gown worn for Bachelor's or Master's degrees has no trimmings. The gown for the Doctorate degrees is faced down the front with velvet and has three bars of velvet across the sleeves, in the color distinctive of the faculty or discipline to which the degree pertains. For certain institutions the official colors of the college or university may appear on the gown or its decorations. The Cap. The freed slave in Ancient Rome won the privilege of wearing a' cap, and so the academic cap is a sign of the freedom of scholarship and the responsibility and dignity with which scholarship endows the wearer. Old poetry records the cap of scholarship as square to symbolize the book, although some authorities claim that the mortar board is the symbol of the masons, a privileged guild. The color of the tassel on the cap denotes the discipline, although a gold tassel may be worn with a doctoral gown. The Hood. Heraldically the hood is an inverted shield with one or more chevrons of a secondary color on the ground of the primary color of the college. The color of the facing of the hood denotes the discipline represented by the degree; the color of the lining of the hood designates the university or college from which the degree was granted. COLORS DISTINCTIVE OF CERTAIN DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS Green: Medicine Dark Blue: Philosophy Lilac: Dentistry Yellow: Science Apricot: Nursing