LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER SUMMER COMMENCEMENT NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT ARENA UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS 6801 Franklin Avenue Saturday, August 13, 1988 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 protographer will record each graduate as the diploma is presented and color portraits will be aviable 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 Perry G. Rigby, M.D. Chancellor Louisiana State University Medical Center ADDRESS Hon. Salvatore A. Caruso, Sr. Mayor of the City of Slidell, La. "More than Healers" CONFERRING OF DEGREES Allen A. Copping, D.D.S. President The Louisiana State University System BENEDICTION Dr. Allen RECESSIONAL *Audience Participation Requested CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1988 School of Dentistry Presented by Jack H. Rayson, D.D.S., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE Beverly Marie Pacella* School of Medicine in New Orleans Presented by Robert S. Daniels, M.D., Dean DOCTOR OF MEDICINE Hilliard Michael Haik, Jr. Virginia Savastano School of Graduate Studies Presented by Robert F. Dyer, Ph.D., Dean MASTER OF SCIENCE Jeffery Andre Hobden Program: Microbiology Major Professor: Richard J. O'Callaghan, Ph.D. Susan E. Pacheco-Morell* Program: Microbiology Major Professor: Ronald B. Luftig, Ph.D. Stephen Thomas Sier* Program: Microbiology Major Professor: Wayne L. Backes, Ph.D. *In Absentia 2 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1988 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Bert Brandon Boyer Program: Physiology Major Professor: Richard Odessey, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Regulation of Branched Chain Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Activity Susan Michelle Dluz* Program: Physiology Major Professor: Roger Davis, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Apolipoprotein E Secretion by Cultured Rat Hepatocytes Valerie Ann Slagel Program: Biochemistry Major Professor: Prescott Deininger, Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Evolutionary Relationships and Transcription of Short Repeated DNA Sequences *In Absentia CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1988 School of Nursing Presented by Helen A. Dunn, Dr.P.H., Dean ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Irela Auxiliadora Amador Sherry Treadaway Hebert Kathleen Benoit Baker Kathy Clark Higginbottom Bridget Catherine Boogaerts Sheila Story Hollander Martha Eugenia Bravo Carolyn Patricia Holleman Julie Waller Britton Clay Joseph Hubble III Alan Martin Brown Susan Lerwill Jaeger Patricia Autin Bruce Gennesaret Jackson Jeffersor Wendy Lumpkin Buras Joyce Wightkin Jessup Cynthia Caffarel-Troxclair R. Allan Kramer Lynn Marie Carazo Catherine Wortmann Lapeze Claudia Cunningham Chaudhry* Jennifer Bunce Maurice Ronald Gerard Chesnut Gaynelle Morgan McNeil Kimberly Brennan Crosby Dianna MacPherson Muth Wilna Fernandez Cutitto Elisabeth Ariadne Pettit Deborah Falanga Dick Kathleen Dvorak Randall Maria Cristina Ferrera Elizabeth Thomas Red Colleen Lee Fleury Patti Gilthorpe Rieth Joan Pacaccio Gagliano Tammy DiBenedetto Smith Christabel Guthrie Gillen Mary Elizabeth St. Romain Fran Barbay Gilliland Penny Schexnaydre Trosclair Karen Anita Green Judith Geraci Walker Mary Kay Harvey Cecilia Dominica Zibilich BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Aldrema Elizabeth Forstall Barbara Ann Rush Wilkerson Paul Phillips JoAnn Virginia Spokes *In Absentia 4 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1988 School of Allied Health Professions Presented by Stanley H. Abadie, Ph.D., Dean BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CARDIOPULMONARY SCIENCE Lisette Marie Agurcia Kimberly Claire Middleton* Edward Timothy Bischoff David Russell Miller* Byron Dale Black* Valorie Michelle Miller Dawne Alyce Black* Ramon Maglalang Navarro Angela Marie D'Agostino Charlene Carmen Perez Oliver Louis de Gravelle III Farley Andrew Perlander Jack Everett Edwards Jr.* Shelby Buckmaster Phelan* Gilmer Whitney Engelhardt III Amy Holt Robertson* Heather Maile Hill* Anna Marie Robichaux Steven Bennett Kitchings* Doi Van Tran Kenneth M. Lang Herbert J. Vidrine Leon Thomas Lorino Nelson David Voelker III BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Stacey Elizabeth Abadie Jeanne Marie Paliaro April Marie Berner Mia Monique Robinson* Matthew Kevin Buckmaster* Ronald James Schindler Robert Luis de Jongh Faisa Osman Suleiman Robin Lynn Hiller* Hugh Alan Tucker Denise Ann Lafourcade Thomas Joseph Walker* Robin Lynn Liles Yolanda Gail Washington* Jerome Clement Ogle *In Absentia 5 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1988 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY Anita Marie Ainsworth* Mary Cerise LaForge Susan Haefner Andries Cheryl Annette Lee Glenda Barnes-Oglesby* Steven Errol Luce Kim Teresa Barras Michelle Ann Marcello Melinda Sue Bolshazy Elizabeth Mills McGehee* Sherri Lynne Bozant-Bunch Celeste Favret Mead Carmel D. Brown Felicia Ann Meaux Debra Jo Brown JoAnn Taylor Newcomb Melinda Bauer Champagne Ruth Davis Owenby Sloan Marie Charpentier Rachael Marie Plaisance Betsy Ann Chin Elizabeth Anne Ross David Francis Clawson* Miriam D. Shively* Yvette Elaine Cooper Carolyn Klees Simpson Cherie Michele Cutitto Steven Paul Sobojinski* Joan Mary Dardis Michele Dianne Speed Mary Jean Davies Stacey Christine Stepp* Elizabeth Ashley Duggan* Cheryl Ann Stipe Terri Rene French Jane Elizabeth Stricker* Annette Hardmon* Mary Melisa Tatum* Jody Lynn Kennedy* Errol Joseph Tucker Jr. 6 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1988 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICAL THERAPY Corey Paul Arcement* Janet S. Hoppe* Margaret Hickman Beaird Jennifer Agnes Kennard* Cynthia A. Bluck* Katherine Chris Kontos Lauren Michele Bohnet* Karla LaMarca-Buras Emily Adele Bourgeois Holly Elizabeth Landry* Mary Vanessa Boyer* Linda Claire Landry* Gerard Michael Britsch Anthony Joseph Macaluso Aimee Sue Broussard Kristine Louise Mahler Kim Marie Broussard Jane Allison Mallett* George Ellis Bunch Catherine Ann Martin* Mary Lynn Cammack Darryl Lane May Laura Dean Davis Stuart James Meaux* Paula Alise deBen Marvin Bruce Neal, Jr. Nellie Aracea Quiroz Diaz Beverly Joye Owens* Bridget Leah Doyle* Susan Joan Palassie Lynn Paulette Dumond* Veronica Vidos Richard Ronald Scott Duplechin* Debbie Ann Robichaux Rene Elaine Fleming Karen Ann Schwaner Roni Reed Fruge Cynthia Ferrington Sibley Susan Jane Gibson* Beth Marie Sita Roger William Goble* Kellie A'daire Stevens Mary Christine Guillory* Amy Lynette Sudduth* Claire Maria Hargis* Gayla Faidley Tupper Mona McKnight Hatfield* James Hubert Welsh, Jr. Katherine Ann Hickman Arthur James Wilson IV* BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN REHABILITATION COUNSELING Dominica Bienville Michelle Ann McCoy Terri Lynn Campesta Carthy Ann McMahon Beth Marie Daanen Debbie Cranche Middleton Lisa Marie Fazio Melanie Elizabeth Miller Abbie Gail Foster Monica Ann Miller Rhonda Huerstel-Bosarge Maria Therease Pollage Sharon Lantz Kerr Madelene Carmella Stepter Bridget Marie Lobell Laure Maria Toups Dana Loretta Matthews Karen Yvette Long Welch *In Absentia 8 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1988 MASTER OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Lisa Ruth Adcock* Laura Greene Reed* Andree Walker Caplis* Catherine Sue Walker* Teresa Foret Daigle MASTER OF HEALTH SCIENCES Arlene Ivette Carballo Department: Medical Technology Major Professor: Ogden H. Hall, Ph.D. Karren Elizabeth Laird Department: Medical Technology Major Professor: Nancy K. Harkess, Ph.D. Martha Frost Lindley Department: Medical Technology Major Professor: Nancy K. Harkess, Ph.D. Geryl St. John Stroud Department: Medical Technology Major Professor: Nancy K. Harkess, Ph.D. *In Absentia 8 SALVATORE A. CARUSO, SR. M.S.W., Tulane University, 1971 Clinical Assistant Professor: Allied Health Auxiliaries, and Communication Disorders School of Allied Health Professions LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER 9 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 degree, 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 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 associate degrees, and black for all other 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 11