SUMMER COMMENCEMENT NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT ARENA UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS 6801 Franklin Avenue Saturday, August 8, 1987 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 photographer 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 E. Raworth Allen, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Anatomy Louisiana State University Medical Center WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Dr. Dyer ADDRESS Perry G. Rigby, M.D. Chancellor Louisiana State University Medical Center "The Committee of Detail" CONFERRING OF DEGREES Allen A. Copping, D.D.S., President The Louisiana State University System BENEDICTION Dr. Allen RECESSIONAL *Audience Participation Requested "The audience is requested to remain seated until the graduates have left the Arena." 3 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1987 School of Dentistry Presented by Jack H. Rayson, D.D.S., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE Karen Caruso Gaudet* School of Medicine in New Orleans Presented by Robert S. Daniels, M.D., Dean DOCTOR OF MEDICINE Eunice Cook Burke Kimberly M. Johnson School of Graduate Studies Presented by Robert F. Dyer, Ph.D., Dean MASTER OF SCIENCE Michael P. Y. Ashigbi Program: Biometry Major Professor: Miguel A. Guzman, Ph.D. Sharon Marie Krieger* Program: Human Genetics Major Professor: James C. Cohen, Ph.D. Leonardo Henry Mendoza* Program: Biochemistry Major Professor: Diana K. Sheiness, Ph.D. Lauren Anne Michaud* Program: Microbiology Major Professor: Patrick J. Lammie, Ph.D. Richard Charles Prier* Program: Parasitology Major Professor: Patrick J. Lammie, Ph.D. Khaled Arafa Radwan* (Shreveport) Program: Anatomy Major Professor: Robert D. Specian, Ph.D. Karin Elizabeth Thron* Program: Parasitology Major Professor: Jane E. Deas, Ph.D. *In Absentia 4 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1987 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Shu-Jan Lee* Program: Microbiology (Shreveport) Major Professor: Robert M. Wolcott, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: An In-Vitro Model for Study of Organ-Specific Metastasis Valerian Benjamin Pinto* Program: Microbiology (Shreveport) Major Professor: Frank B. Gelder, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Purification, Partial Characterization and Clinical Evaluation of an Adenocarcimona-Associated Antigen School of Nursing Presented by Helen A. Dunn, Dr. P.H., Dean ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Karen Boudreaux Alphonso Rhonda Osbourne Gallodoro Jane Marie Artz Carolyn Broussard Gray Anita Robert Babin Elizabeth Lipscomb Heintz Joanne Marie Ballay Diane Crick Hendawi Eliot Gerrard Bastian Charlotte A. Jeffres Janine Ruel Benge Jacqueline Schweitzer Jennings Jacquelyn Pichon Bickham Mary Johnson LaForge Lucille A. Borton Nicholas Joseph LaMothe Rhonda Protti Boudreaux Karen Krause Landry Darryl Joseph Brignac Elaine Marie Longley Mary Walker Broussard Janet Beth Parnes Wendy Simpson Buras Diane Valenti Saucier Betty Robertson Butler Karen Schindler-Stolf Pamela Ann Courville Angela Pelicano Shockley Tina DeLaughter Deavers Tonya Breaux Shropshire Janell Dugas Decossas Kathy Alberado Sperber Karen LaFerrara Doyle Vivian Coco Watson Maryan Anderson Dunn Troylynn Ann Williams Ettie McKenzie Estopinal Paula Morgan Wust Michael Lawrence Folkes *In Absentia 5 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1987 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Frances Radillo Rebecca Inez West MASTER OF NURSING Arthur Joseph Salway School of Allied Health Professions Presented by Stanley H. Abadie, Ph.D., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CARDIOPULMONARY SCIENCE Gayle Eileen Allen Cynthia Negrotto McDaniels Harold Edward Amadon Marcus Miller Timothy Wright Angely* Kevin Charles Rivault Denise Reppond Atkins* Denise Saab Deborah Sue Barker* Todd Lyle Simons* Steven Leroy Boyd* Leslie Ann Strong* Mary Margaret Daley* Donna Ann Wascom Sheri Annette Finch* Laura R. Weller Michael James Houston* BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Sandra H. Apgar* Christine Lynn Kapesis Deonne Marie Bodin Regina Carol LeJeune Suzanne Marie Bonnecarrere Susan Kay Luallin* Sally Baker Buffington* Marc Eric May (out 08-04-87) Catherine Leigh Caughman Suzanne Meredith* Hilda Chellappan (out 08-04-87) Lorie Ann Moore* Diane Cianciminio Michaela Lucia Pagni Cheryl Lynn Connella* Yvette Marie Shore Yvette Jeanne Cozic Patty Lynn Siebeling* Vincent Roy Danna, Jr. Robert Clay Soulier Annamarie Fausto* Suyen Maria Teran Melody Jeannine Grimmer Lyndon G. Williams.* *In Absentia * 6 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1987 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Wendy Ann Barre Sharon Leigh Garrot Mary-Elizabeth Bertucci Mark Paul Gremillion Jennifer Marie Bilbro* Shari Yasmin Karmen Leslie Fournet Bourgoyne Michelle Lemoine Bridget Ann Brown Maria Stassi Marget Lynley R. Brown Sharon Kay Mayberry Cathey Cross Chustz Michelle Ann Mayeux Dianja Elise Coleman Bridgett Machell Pelts* Amy Louise Constransitch Renee Miller Rivault Melanie Ann Dauterive* Cecelia Roman Lisa Karen Dunn Alicia Camille Sagrera* Cory Angela Fury Pamela Lynne Solley* Melissa Mary Gabb Mona Faye Vaughn BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY Deoma Joseph Adams Brian Martin Knight Jennifer Anne Aguillard Deann Toncre Koyn* Cyndi Tyler Bigner* Stanley Jon LaGarde Donna Marie Boue' Mattie Ann Lanaux Scott Alan Brannon Pamela Marie Lauto Mary Jean Carter Butaud Duane Allen Lege Cindy L. Caruso Lance Paul Lemoine, Jr. Mary E. Cittadino Patricia Jean Litchfield Dionne Renee Clause* Melinda Marie Montecino Lois Dorinda Cooper* Stanley Edward Powell* Maria Luisa Cruz James Russell Reed Benjamin Todd Drury Celeste Regina Richard Sharon Lynette Dunn* Julie Ann Robichaud* Lisa Kaye Dupree* Virginia Lee Scales* Ronel Ann Estrada* Robin Corte Schultz James Patrick Fontenot Kimberly Ann Shook Wendy Fulton* Debra Lynn Sibley* Susan Patricia Gaubert Janet E. Solomon* Sibyl Nanette Glover* Ana Marie Tarajano Craig McLain Goodwin Kathryn Hemelt Turner Donald Patrick Hanks Julie Mary VanHoven Joanne Hardison* Cynthia Lea Walz* Stacy Rae Kennard Regina Marie Zimmerman* Kirk James Kern *ln Absentia 7 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1987 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN REHABILITATION COUNSELING Rosemary Savona Aucoin Rhonda Marie Gremillion Ann-Marie LeBlanc Baranofsky* Michelle M. Hindelang Janet Lee Castille Martha Marie Hollander Sandra Elizabeth Clark Antoinette Toups Plaisance Judith Ann Deffes Darby Dianne Reyes Crystal Ann DeFraites Tara Elizabeth Tew Carla Frances Exposito Brenda Tillman-Villavaso Corinne Kahle Gelpi Margaret Elise Vicknair MASTER OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Sandra Garrity Banks Program: Speech-Language Pathology Stacy Claiborne Beighley* Program: Speech-Language Pathology Cheryl Leigh Braud Program: Audiology Elizabeth Ann Braud Program: Audiology Jane Maness Breaud Program: Speech-Language Pathology Lisa Terry Friday* Program: Speech-Language Pathology Mark Drake Hotard Program: Speech-Language Pathology *In Absentia 8 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 twlight'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 the home of the brave Francis Scott Key PERRY GARDNER RIGBY B.S., Mount Union College, 1953 M.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1957 Professor of Medicine School of Medicine in New Orleans School of Medicine in Shreveport and Chancellor LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 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 gray for the associate degree, and black for all other degrees, with pointed sleeves for the Associate's and 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 Associate's, 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 a 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