LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER SPRING COMMENCEMENT NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT ARENA UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS 6801 Franklin Avenue Saturday, May 18, 1985 10 A.M. SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS New Orleans and Shreveport SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY New Orleans SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES New Orleans and Shreveport SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN SHREVEPORT SCHOOL OF NURSING New Orleans It is respectfully requested that relatives and friends of the graduates not disrupt the ceremony by taking photographs in the aisles. A professional pho-tograher will record each graduate as the diploma is presented and color portraits will be available for purchase, if desired. Program PRESIDING Robert F. Dyer, Ph.D. Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs Louisiana State University Medical Center PROCESSIONAL OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM* INVOCATION The Rev. Lonnie M. Sibley, D. Min., Pastor First United Methodist Church Denham Springs, La. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Donna H. Ryan, M.D. Acting Chancellor Louisiana State University Medical Center ADDRESS Martin D. Woodin, Ph.D. President Emeritus The Louisiana State University System CONFERRING OF DEGREES Allen A. Copping, D.D.S. President The Louisiana State University System UNIVERSITY HONORS "GOD BLESS AMERICA" BENEDICTION The Rev. Mr. Sibley RECESSIONAL *Audience-Participation Invited CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1985 School of Allied Health Professions Presented by Stanley H. Abadie, Ph.D., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Susan Mary Goens Marylee Elizabeth Pontillas MASTER OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Angene Marie Campo Patrick Wynn Rappold Tammy Hudson Crabtree Lynne Guggenheim Schaeffer Robin Ann Dagate NMarion Elida Truss Fred G. Jordan II Jane Duncan Upton MASTER OF HEALTH SCIENCES Michael J. Smith Department: Medical Technology Major Professor: H. Peter Lehmann, Ph.D. Susan Louise Vaught Department: Medical Technology Major Professor: Patricia M. Williams-Lumsden, Ph.D. Carl Francis Whitaker Department: Medical Technology Major Professor: Ogden H. Hall, Ph.D. School of Nursing Helen A. Dunn, Dr.P.H., Dean ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Mary Elizabeth Branch Dell P. Peters Francis Dee Lancaster CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1985 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Julie S. Adams Jewell Margaret Goodloe Dawn DeVille Ballex Jean Louise Hill Kathleen Theresa Barrilleaux Mary Watson Hillard Renee Marie Baudier Jennifer Leigh Hobson Christine Margaret Beck Deborah Leigh Hochhalter Peggy Ann Benoit Joan Claire Hodges Monica Blair Bergeron Peter Richard Dominic Holley Shirley Stuart Bertolasi Nanette Lancaster Holzhalb Kimberley Macaluso Bertucci Karen Ann Hornberger Hema Kumari Bhandaru Jacqueline Ann Hymel Uma Kumari Bhandaru Jane Reardon Kasten Rita Theresa Boston Dorothea Elizabeth Kiser Celeste Ann Burns Mary Allen Kron Tiffanie Kae Chism Nancy Ann Laforet Cheryl Lee Clement Louise Anne Landry Leslie Ann Cline Anne Laurent Carole Claire Comarda Cheryl Goodacre Lauria Julie Ann Conley Michele Tricot Laventhal M. Nicholas Cooke Christine Camille Lear Alice Craft-Kerney Donna Lynne Leger Diane Lynn Daigle Yolunda Chriscentia Lemon Karen Elizabeth Dardis Dorien Rumsey Mahoney Cheryl Rene Davis Rose Mancini-Seutter Susan Ann Dennies Colleen Marie Markey Janine Christine Drury Betty Lynn Lobrecht McDonald Teresita Paredez Escalante Tara Ann McHugh Karen Whiting Ford Helene Louise-Marie McKee Rebecca Jane Foret Leslie A. Meisner William Charles Frail Pamela Aileen Miller Ruth Ellen Friedman Kathryn Elizabeth Mitchell Monique Marie Gary Shelley Elizabeth Nielsen Judith Veit Genovese Linda Maxine Nothaft* Deni Ann C. Gereighty Joan LaDue Pitcher Gail Pitt Gibson Julie Germaine Porche Jeannie Marie Glisson Anne Marie Quitzau Anna Giglio Glover Deborah Daigle Rule *ln Absentia CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1985 Karen Christine Ryder Aprel A. Talbot Suzanne Clark Salpietra Denise Marie Toups Rene Ann Scheel Andree Marie Vath Cheryl Ann Schwab Judith Gale Waterhouse Kristen Mary Simpson Leila Jane Weaver Laura Soler Margaret Adele White Wendy Reaney Sullivan Laurie Anne Zeringue MASTER OF NURSING Linnea Hollis Frey Rita Heger White Maria-Goretti Nkuo Ngeh School of Graduate Studies Robert F. Dyer, Ph.D., Dean MASTER OF SCIENCE Christopher Ian Amos Department: Biometry and Genetics Major Professor: Robert C. Elston, Ph.D. Alexander Asamoah Department: Biometry and Genetics Major Professor: George Bonney, Ph.D. CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1985 DOCTOR OF PHILOSPHY Mark William Chapleau Department: Physiology Major Professor: Michael G. Levitzky, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction in Dogs: Modification by Arterial Chemoreceptor Stimulation in Heartworm Disease Timothy Kenneth Hart Department: Anatomy Major Professor: Richard M. Pino, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Examinations of Fenestrated Endothelia: Permeability Properties in Normal and Neovascular Changes in Diabetic Rats Rickey Robert Reinhardt Department: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Major Professor: Lynn Wecker, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Characterization of Choline Kinase and Modulation of Choline Phosphorylation in Rat Brain CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1985 School of Dentistry Presented by Jack H. Rayson, D.D.S., Dean ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGENE Christine Marie Boudreaux Laurie Mollere Lagasse Annette Renee Distefano Mary Beth Mallett Maria Anne Eck Darcy Smith Prejeant Cheryl Ann Giordano Charmaine Ann Saucier Susan Marie Hebert ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY Mark Steven Almerico Frederick Holmes Darren Patrick Barrilleaux Cathy Adrian Jennings Peggy Ruth Cochran Douglas Keller III James Herbert Dotson Robert Francis Kelly, Jr. Nathan Joseph Galland Lilah Jo Sisson Mercante John Harry Germany Michael Angel Mesa Robert William Gossen Bela Imre Nagy, Jr. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE Dania Maria Aspuru Helen Louise Leger Donna Jean Bourgeois Jacqueline Leigh McCarty* Julie Gail Brignac Lona A. Naquin Angela Marie Condon Gloria Elizabeth Newman Ronda K. Day Penny Eve Nichols Gretchen S. deGruy Rosalia Theresa Orfanello Alexis Ann DiCristina Allison Joan Roy Jan Marie Dubos Sheila Aline Stafford Sarae Therese Fucich Kimberly Brenna Ward Cheri Lynne Gasser Karen Marie Whitman Caroline Denise Ibos Susan Marie Whittaker BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY Brian Scott Harriss *In Absentia CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1985 DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY Charles James Ardoin II Wynn Kapit Janette Tullis Bagwell Michael E. Krone Ronald Frank Baldo Frederick William Kunz IV Robert Bradley Banister Jeffery Dean Lancaster Charles Stuart Bates John Thomas Little Elba Julia Batista-Alexander John Terrence Mahoney Steve Michael Beasley Henry Victor Matthews, Jr. Donald Phillip Bennett Janice Green Mazurek Mark John Bilello John Harold McConnell Charles Austin Boudreaux Samuel Paul Miano, Jr. Kelly Wayne Braswell John Harold Moffatt, Jr. Scott Allison Brown Bobbie Nell Morris Gregory Boatner Brulte Thomas Kenan Murphy Hugh Franklin Bullard Nghiem D. Nguyen Robert Allen Bunn Jack Marshall Owens, Jr. Heidi Dengel Butler James Carlton Palmer Robert Benjamin Coffman Stephen Michael Parker Leith Anne Daigle James Allen Pearce William Stephen Darr, Jr. Kenneth Edward Pearson John Fields Day, Jr. Michael Scott Porta Gregory Owen DeJean Andrew Wade Porter Guy Michael Delhomme Michael James Post Rene Christopher Desselle Timothy Rhett Raborn Chi Phuong Dola Gizelle Poche Richard Robert Lloyd Doyle Lionel J. Richard, Jr. Lige Frank Dunaway III Susan Michele Gann Robichaux Jerome Michael Duren Wynn Chistopher Russo John Philip Epling Alan Dale Sandifer Chester Neal Epperson Glenn Victor Schmidt David Daniel Finley Mark Henry Sibley Douglas Anthony Fontenot William Ralph Sinclair, Jr. Mark Gabriel Fontenot Randel Willie Skipper Paul Wesley Hance Kristi Marsue Soileau Ernest Kevin Harmon Robert Ray Starnes Arthur Fernand Hickham, Jr. Kent Allen Stasney Elgene Edward Hood, Jr. Frank Joseph Stich III Anthony Henry Jackson, Jr. Albert Roland St. Pierre, Jr. Judith Ann Johnson Patricia Gros Summers CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1985 Timothy Robert Thomas Jerome Michael Walker H. Kirt Touchstone III Peggy Elizabeth Walsh David Gerard Trahan Gail Prather Wiesner Robert Roy Vaughan Frances Rayetta Wiggins Edward Antonio Vela School of Medicine in New Orleans Paul F. Larson, M.D., Dean DOCTOR OF MEDICINE Vincent Robert Adolph Dwight Thomas Curtis Robert Philip Albares Stephen Wayne Darbonne Gregory John Allen David George Davila Robert Glenn Anding Raymond Paul DeCorte Charles Kenneth Angelo, Jr. Jeffrey Arthur DeMouy William Martin Bailey Lawrence Joseph Derbes, Jr. Charles Jack Banta II Khai Do Thomas Edward Beatrous Richard M. Doskey Bruce Wayne Bennett Neal Jude Duhon Gerald Maurice Benoit, Jr. David Howard Lester Dunn Lisa Marie Bernhard Jesse Kevin Duplechain Thomas Bret Bolton William Stephen Dyer Barry Lawrence Bordonaro Kathryn Coreil Elkins Ronald L. Boudreaux James Madison Ellis, Jr. John Armas Bourgeois John Matson Ellis, Jr. Ralph James Bourgeois Rodger Harold Elofson II Jennifer Alane Boustany Carmelita Paredez Escalante Richard Graham Boyce Paul Joseph Failla John Richard Breaux Yuan-Da Fan James Vance Broussard Karen Mary Farizo Linda Camille Bunch Robert Keith Faul Maria Colette Cannatella R. Joseph Fernandez, Jr. Mark Edward Choquette Timothy Patrick Finney Jeffrey Wayne Coco Marc Alan Fisher Robert Patrick Colligan Rodney Severin Florek John Curtis Creed Bertrand Joseph Foch Terry G. Creel Carrie Jane Folse CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1985 Wilfred Joseph Fontenot, Jr. Lori Rachal Louis Gerald Lee Foret, Jr. Mark Henry Luquette Mark Stephen Forshag Charles Edward Madden Frazier Thompson Fortenberry, Jr. Earl Lewis Mangin, Jr. William Michael Gaar Naomi Ellen Schulz Mann Howard Eugene Gidden Willard Kenneth Mann, Jr. Lewis Frank Glass Richard Cotter Manthey John Richard Gleason Francine Anne Manuel Frederick Douglass Goldman John Michael Marchese Michael Edward Graham Robert Thomas Mazurek Benson Albert Grigsby Marcy Lynn McAdoo Andrew Gerard Hargroder William Golden McCarthy II Deborah JoAnn Hart-Plate Catherine McClelland McCormick Jodie Kangas Haselkorn Christopher Leon McIntire Eric Alison Hayes Michael James McLaughlin Melanie Renee Haynes Thomas Peter Melancon John Frederick Gerard Heaton Alan Paul Miller Sharon Accardo Hoffman Louis Reynold Minsky Robert Brian Holder Huey Harold Moak Mack Richard Holdiness Cecilia Ann Mouton Paul Rodney Ingraham Gerald Wade Mouton James Richard Jachimowicz Gregory Mark Mula Ronald Eugene Jamerson Nancy St. John Mula Susan Ann Jones James Joseph Mulvey Kevin Theophilus Jordan Phyllis Kaye Murphy Ted P. Kemp John Olen Newcomb Michael Patrick Kennedy Brian David Olivier Brenda S. Kinard Charles Eugene Padgett Maurice Leon King, Jr. Christopher Luke Paris Kurt John Kitziger David Craig Pellegrin Donald A. Kuebel Charles Matthew Pesson Carol Ann Lambert-LaNasa Bryan Anthony Picou Bernard Aldrich Landry Marcia Ann Picou Melanie Louise Landry Charles Allen Preston M'Liss Mary Landry Kristen Price Therese Marie Landry Daniel Howard Priestly David Orin Lanson Louis Vincent Puneky Brian David Lee Stuart Raymond Quartemont Karen Elizabeth Lee Elisabeth Hiern Rareshide Tania Anne Levi Charles Eb Reed CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1985 Jack Raymond Reid, Jr. Kenneth Michael Spiller Cynthia Louise Reitz Stephen Woodson Stagg Timothy Bradford Richards Jon Fredric Strohmeyer William Henry Risher Richard Joseph Sullivan James Bryan Robinson Gerard Bennett Tassin Linda Ann Rodrigue Eric Jon Teschke Nancy Lynn Rogers John Michael Thibodeaux Albert John Romanosky Joseph Moss Thornhill Russell James Saloom Vincent Victor Tumminello, Jr. Shirley Dreux Schlessinger Douglas Randolph Turgeon Robert James Schutte Joseph Patrick Turner Lisbeth Ann Scott Vernon Andre Valentino Catherine Ann Selser Phyllis Gwenn Vancil Cynthia DeAun Sherwood Grace Hill Van Epps Joel David Silverberg William David Wacker Gerald Nicholls Sims, Jr. Candice Eileen Wallace Frank Wilson Smart John Robert Wallace Eddie Matthew Smith Lesley Martin Warshaw, Jr. Mark Douglas Smith Henry John Wedig, Jr. Nancy Anne Smith Howard Cary Wetsman Vera Yen Soong Gregory John Wiest Steven Charles Sotile ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Music appropriate to the occasion of commencement, both vocal and instrumental, has been provided, traditionally, by members of the faculties, student bodies, and staff of the Louisiana State University Medical Center, and appreciation is hereby extended to those performing in today's ceremonies. All participants in this program, candidates for degrees, their families, and other special commencement guests, are sincerely requested to honor America in the singing of OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM, the lyrics of which follow: O say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming Whose broad stripes and bright stars Through the perilous fight O'er the ramparts we watched Were so gallantly streaming And the rocket's red glare The bomb bursting in air Gave proof through the night That our flag was still there O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and home of the brave Francis Scott Key UNIVERSITY HONORS Herbert Edward Kaufman, M.D. Dr. Kaufman was born September 28, 1931 in New York, N.Y., and attended The Peddle School, Heightstown, N.J., for college-preparatory studies, prior to entering Princeton University, from which he earned an A.B. degree in chemistry, magna cum laude, with Phi Beta Kappa honors, in 1952. He received his doctor of medicine degree in 1956 from the Harvard University School of Medicine, magna cum laude, earning Alpha Omega Alpha honors in his junior year, and served his medical internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. He received specialized training at the National Institutes of Health, Ophthalmology Branch of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, Bethesda, Md., serving as a clinical associate in both clinical ophthalmology and research; and, also the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, including duties as a trainee in ophthalmology, head of the Uveitis Laboratory, and lecturer in the Harvard Basic Course in Ophthalmology. Dr. Kaufman received certification by the American Board of Ophthalmology in 1962, at which time he joined the faculty of the University of Florida College of Medicine as an associate professor and chief of ophthalmology. He continued in the faculty of the University of Florida for fifteen years, including duties as professor and chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, and professor of pharmacology, as well as acting dean, and director of outpatient clinics. Dr. Kaufman joined the faculty of the Louisiana State University Medical Center through the School of Medicine in New Orleans on January 1, 1978, as professor of ophthalmology, and pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, and head of the Department of Ophthalmology, and director of the LSU Eye Center. He is the author or co-author of more than 500 technical publications in his field of specialty, holds memberships in more than 30 international societies and associations relating to medicine and science, and has served on more than 10 editorial boards of international publications relating to ophthalmology. Dr. Kaufman has received more than 25 honors or awards of national and international note, including listing among the Ten Outstanding Young Men in America, by the United States Chamber of Commerce in 1964; listing of membership in American Men of Science, in 1966; and The Lions International Humanitarian Award—Tribute to a Life of Devoted Service to Mankind, in 1968. Dr. Kaufman was designated the thirty-fourth Boyd Professor in the Louisiana State University System, and the third within the Medical Center, by unanimous vote of the LSU Board of Supervisors, meeting in special session on Friday, July 27, 1984, at Baton Rouge. Boyd Professorships, authorized by the Board of Supervisors in 1952, are the LSU System's highest designated professorial rank, awarded only to faculty scholar-researchers who have attained singular international recognition in their respective academic disciplines. The Professorships honor brothers who were presidents of the LSU System, David French Boyd (1865-1880) (1884-1886) and Thomas Duckett Boyd (1896-1927). UNIVERSITY HONORS Margaret Garrington Moore, M.S. Ms. Moore was born October 9, 1896 at McKinney, Tex,, was educated in the public schools of San Antonio, Tex., graduated from the University of Chicago in 1921 with a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and biochemistry, and was awarded her master of science degree in chemistry from Tulane University in 1932. She has also undergone specialized graduate training in the field of nutrition at the University of Colorado, University of North Carolina, and Louisiana State University, Batou Rouge. Ms. Moore has also served in the faculty of Tulane University, as well as the faculty of LSU, Baton Rouge, and joined the faculty of the LSU Medical Center on November 1, 1968, as a visiting associate professor of pathology, a position in which she continues to serve. The author of more than a dozen publications in her field of specialty, Ms. Moore also holds memberships in numerous scientific societies, including the American Public Health Association and the American Home Economics Association. Among her most notable achievements was the definition of an "Extended Table of Nutrient Values" which, coupled to a versatile package of computer programs designed following her specifications, constitutes a unique instrument for food consumption and nutrient intake involving health-related research. She is also listed in the publications, "Who's Who of American Women" and "American Men and Women of Science". The Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, meeting in special session in Baton Rouge, Friday, May 3, 1985, authorized by unanimous vote, the honorary degree, "Doctor of Science" to be conferred on Ms. Moore, through the LSU Medical Center at Spring Commencement ceremonies, May 18, 1985, in New Orleans, commemorating her career-long period of more than sixty years of service in the health sciences to Louisiana, the Nation, and the World in the omnibus areas of public health and nutrition. Supporting her nomination for the conferring of the honorary degree in communications to the Board of Supervisors were the following excerpts, taken at random, from Ms. Moore's colleagues, nationwide: "She is clearly one of the most outstanding and recognized nutrition scientists to have worked and flourished in Louisiana . . . Her contributions to the methodology of conducting dietary surveys, including the recall of dietary patterns over a life span, has been a tremendous contribution to the epidemiological studies relating diet to health and chronic diseases. These contributions are recognized by dietitians, nutritionists and epidemiologists throughout the World ... In the course of my association with her I have had the opportunity to appreciate her deep commitment and relentless dedication to nutrition-health oriented research; and in this context her contributions take special meaning in terms of continuity and cohesiveness as an effort to provide better and more extensive nutrition information for health-promotion purposes . . . She faced many hurdles in the scientific community to contribute insight into the relationship of nutrition and disease progression. She is a model scientist". ACADEMIC HERALDRY: THE SYMBOLS OF LEARNING The college or university commencement procession today, in this Nation and abroad, is a pageant, alive and bright with dress and ceremony inherited from the medieval European universities of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. To preserve their dignity and meaning it early became necessary for those 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 Doctor's degree 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 any doctor's 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 or university. 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 Blue: Philosophy Lilac: Dentistry Yellow: Science Apricot: Nursing