LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER COMMENCEMENT MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 14, 1977 Program PRESIDING John C. Finerty, Ph.D. Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs Louisiana State University Medical Center PROCESSIONAL NATIONAL ATHEM INVOCATION Rev. Frank L. Kirchner, Pastor Saint Paul Lutheran Church, Baton Rouge WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Allen A. Copping, D.D.S. Chancellor Louisiana State University Medical Center ADDRESS "The Challenge of Changing Directions" Hon. Gillis W. Long, Alexandria House of Representatives Eighth Congressional District State of Louisiana CONFERRING OF DEGREES Martin D. Woodin, Ph.D. President Louisiana State University System BENEDICTION Rev. Mr. Kirchner RECESSIONAL The audience is requested to be seated until the Graduates have left the auditorium" CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1977 ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE Karen Elizabeth Anticich Nancy Ann Baumann Sherry Kay Bernard Maria Ann Caillouet Charlotte Marie Connick Marianela Fernandez Elizabeth Ann Foreman Sarah Estelle Gordon Susan Ann LeBlanc Barbara Judith Louviere Carla Jan Perkins Francine Elizabeth Raymond Susan McGovern Schultz Vicki Rose Shelton Marcia Lynne Snider Yvonne Marie Stewart BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE Kim Marie Arnould Susan Marse Boudreaux Marie Mathilde Boustany Kathleen Ruth Cline Melanie Frances Freeman Malia Kay Hill Lisa Anne LaPlace Kathleen Walsh Martin Jo Ann Monistere Elizabeth Pizzolatto Laura Anne Stevens Colleen Marie Walsh CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1977 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Vicki Lynne Bryant Barbara Heins Ruby Ka-Yee Cheng Gay Lynn Jackson Carolyn Zara Durr Elizabeth Karen Killeen Judith Anne Estopinal Susan Ann Nosacka Ann Elizabeth Fallon Martha Lynn Pratt Suzette Fourrier Jane Millet Roussel Lind Ann Gardner Virginia Hobler Roy Margaret Temple Goldthwaithe Rebecca Louise Stevenson David Paul Greene BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY Joseph B. Brignac Dalton F. Hebert Richard William Bunch Kim Marvin Licausi Kimberly Sarah Byers Grace Perkins Madison Alice M. Chauvin Julian Craig McCulloch Diane Claire DeJean John Carroll Musso Terry Lamar Eberhardt Sally L. Normand Elizabeth Ann Forstall Darlene Ina Pailet Larry Adolph Geoffroy Mary Sue Stipe Virginia Dawn Green Margaret Lois Vidrine Craig Gerard Hebert Maria Hou-Chu Wong 5 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1977 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Madeline Rose Althans Karen Ann Kroll Kathryn Lee Doering Gwenevere Ann Lea Gloria Frances Greenfield Diane Louise Pillot Linda Buchert Hoffman Mary Margaret Schneider Diane C. Kliebert MASTER OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Rebecca Lynn Dessauer Susan Lee Epstein Lynn Marie Flint Pamela Meador Meinders Betty Frances Patton CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1977 ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Bernice Beverly Johnson BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Mary White Adams Joel Basset Alford Ann Mary Arnondin Sandra Ann Bass Lorraine Crellin Bourgeois Susan Elizabeth Brockhoeft Denise Pfefferle Bruce Mary Kathleen Brumfield Thomas P. Butcher, Jr. I. Michael Callais Christine Ann Cambre Victoria Mengert Carr Valerie Lynn Carter Larry Ike Chachere Gwendolyn Zemo Chase Pamela Jane Cooke Katherine M. Dempsey Susan LeBlanc Dill Pamela Ann Engeron Salva Ann Failla Katherine Ann Farrar Marva Louise Furmidge Elizabeth Rose Gates Michele Ann Gernon Diana Claire Gray Sally Page Hamilton Jo Lynn Hayden Susan Elizabeth Joseph Jennifer Kiene Cheryl Vidrine LaFleur Darlene Holley Lahasky Neal Patrick Lancon Janet Maria Lattanzi Jeanne Marie LeBlanc Geralyn Ann Lombard Lark L. MacDonald Karen Kennedy Mangin Anne Doyal Maher Marcelle LeGendre Mascari Deirdre Ruth Maxwell Meg McCormack Virginia Herbert McDougall Minnie Margaret McElwee Melanie Ann Melito Robert Paul Mothershead Victoria Mary Muller Joni Ann Nasca Barbara Mequet Ochsner Lynn Elizabeth O'Dowd Kathleen Susan O'Grady Stephen Eugene Pellegrin Sandra Lynn Prestenbach Denise Claudet Rome Kathleen Brandt Rosenstrauch Kathleen Hartmann St. Romain Steven Carl Savage Pamela Johnson Scariano Kevin Ann Stoulig Diane Marie Sullivan Sharon Ruth Tabor Janine Bilich Thiberville Sue Ellen Thornhill Patricia Ann Thrash Margaret Ann Tomsula JoAnne Wagner Janine Marie Wedenoja Julia Louann Winland CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1977 MASTER OF NURSING Agnes Elizabeth Calametti Charlene Yasiunas Gibson Edris Theodora Chamel Margaret Routh Gilmore MASTER OF SCIENCE Robert Colin Dugan Department: Physiology Major Professor: Francis C. Nance, M.D. Hsin-sheng Lo Department: Biochemistry Major Professor: Richard E. Reeves, Ph.D. Michael Quealy Watson Department: Biochemistry Major Professor: Robert Menzies, Ph.D. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Heath Hampton Herman Department: Biochemistry Major Professor: Lewis C. Mokrasch, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: A Neurochemical Study of CNS Synoptic Pro-teolipids in "Lethargic" Mice. CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1977 DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY Debra Claire Arnold Jon Allan Aronson Robert Emmett Barsley Kenneth James Belanger Tracy Clark Benton, Jr. Charles William Berthold, III Ronald Peter Bertucci Richard Irvin Borne Michael Omagene Bourns Douglas Eric Brammer James Wellington Briggs, III Scott Randall Browning Warren Paul Brumfield Thomas Ando Campanella Richard Howard Campbell Calvin Wayne Caswell William Denzell Cavanaugh John Saunders Clark Talmadge Kirk Crane Douglas Donovan Damm Allan Dale Dennis Arthur Weldon Dickerson, II Herman Stewart Dickerson Dennis Edward Donald Don Charlton Ellzey James Edward Fagan, III Charles James Fairchild, Jr. David Stickney Ferry, III Claborne Lorenza Floyd, Jr. Bennett Paul Fontenot Charles Joseph Fontenot Barton Lee Frye Terry F. Fugetta Frank Neal Gaensehals Robert James Gaffney George William Gaines David Wayne Garrett Carl Allen Gentry Daniel J. Gerstner Francis Thomas Giacona Charles George Glueck William Brantley Goyne Henry Alan Gremillion Arlen John Hanle Richard Pete Heflin John Alexander Hendry CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1977 DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY Craig Anthony Henry Walter Shepherd Platt Wilton Eric Hoggatt Donald Edward Price Charles Franklin Hudson Cheryl Stone Quimby Jeffrey Bennett Jeter Robert Lawrence Rebert, Jr. James Steven Kadi Edward Paul Roberson Bruce John LeBlanc John Lewis Robert, Jr. William Ross Ledoux Adrain Michael Simm Robert Michael Lee John McHugh Smith Ronald Joseph Liuzza Marck Paul Smythe Michael Robert Lorio Phil Burnham Sparks Michael William MacKenzie Walter Edmund Steinmetz, Jr. Harold O'dell Marshall, Jr. Gerald Lane Stephenson Rickey Lee Martin Terrence Hubert Truxillo Duncan Fairley Matheson, III Roy Kenan Varner James Joseph McGee Richard Carmen Vinci David Lawrence Melancon Lamar Etienne Waguespack, Jr. Mark McKeithen Meredith Felder Eugene Wallace Galen Frank Meyers, Jr. Richard Lee Wampold Edward Morris Moody, II Bertrand Morgan Wattigney, Jr. Charles Wyck Neely Mark Alan Welch Jack Paul Newell, Jr. Michael Howard West William Thomas O'Brien, Jr. Thomas Ford Witherspoon Alan Carl Perry 10 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1977 DOCTOR OF MEDICINE Holland McGehee Addison, Jr. Charlotte Marie Anderson Blaise Andrew Angelico Charles Wendel Aycock John Russell Barnes Ronald Monroe Batson Richard Purcell Baumgartner Wayne Sylvan Baxley Stephen Littlefield Beasley Mary Elizabeth Bell Marian Lorraine Bellecci Frederick Reginald Bentley, Jr. Warner Lee Bruner, III Sidney Guyol Chetta Alan Bentley Claunch Denis Alan Clegg Alan Jason Coe Thomas Gerard Comeaux Shelbey Scott Cook Steven W. Cooley Mark Jack Cotlar Robert E. Deck, Jr. Gerard Michael DiLeo Elizabeth Therese Dolgos Maurice Barnette Faugot Donald Charles Faust John Thomas Foret Leo Edward Futrell, III Phyllis Claire Gilmore Robert John Grieshaber Joseph S. Guarisco John Benjamin Guidry Michael Bruce Guillory Ronald Edwin Guy Henry Reuben Halperin Thomas Allen Hansbrough Merrill Odom Hines, Jr. Robert H. Hines, Jr. Robert M. Hogan, III Kathleen Camp Hubbell Jeffrey Thomas Hutchinson Frances Barbara Ivker George Habib Karam Stratton Thomas Kearns Richard Thomas Kennedy John Graham Kimble Frank H. Kirchner David Morris Lahasky Edmund Carl Landry Elizabeth Moreland Lewis James Morris Lewis Jannet Faye Lewis Robert Eugene Martin Lovell John Mayeux, Jr. 11 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1977 DOCTOR OF MEDICINE Kenneth Edward McCarron Daniel Theodore McClenathan Gary David Menszer Frank Weber Minor Benjamin Sanford Mitchell Rebecca Montgomery William Hensley Moore, Jr. Michael Harvey Moskowitz Manoj Narayanan James E. Neill William Clark Newberry Charles Joseph O'Boyle Dennis Michael Occhipinti James Sheldon Osterberger, Jr. Mark Richard Ottenweller Chester Louis Patrick, Jr. Dwight Stephen Phelps David William Price Donald Richard Pulitzer Stephen Jon Ramey Joseph Riley Reed, Jr. Elaine LaNasa Richardson Susan Louise Richarme Gary Frey Roberts Mark Douglas Roberts Wayne Thomas Robichaux William Blant Rogers William Edwin Roniger Fielding Clark Sauls Eric Jonathan Schultis Dominick Joseph Scimeca, Jr. Susan Glaudi Scioneaux Helen Gordon Selser Clifton Warren Shepherd, Jr. Gordon Carl Shipp Sam Jude Solis Katherine Adair St. Amant Patricia C. Stephens Richard Harold Streiffer Ernest Gene Thompson, Jr. Michael Anthony Traub Joseph Henry Tyler, Jr. Mary Lee Vance Richard Robert Vath Wayne Charles Vial Michael Edwin Vidrine Henry Chester Waite, III Craig Michael Walker Carol Marie West Roger Gordon West Susan Marianne Weyer Fredrick Nathaniel Wolk James Francis Woodard Scott Rory Zander William Pirotte Zink 12 It is respectfully requested that relatives and friends of the graduates not disrupt the ceremony by taking photographs in the aisles. A professional photographer will record each graduate as the diploma is presented and color portraits will be available for purchase, if desired. 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 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 15