LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER SPRING COMMENCEMENT NEW ORLEANS KIEFER UNO LAKEFRONT ARENA UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS 6801 Franklin Avenue MAY 16, 1992 10:00 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 New Orleans SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Shreveport SCHOOL OF NURSING New Orleans Professional photographers will record each graduate as the diploma is presented and color portraits will be available for purchase, if desired. Program PROCESSIONAL PRESIDING Marilyn L. Zimny, Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies Louisiana State University Medical Center OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM* Craig Leopold Escude School of Medicine in New Orleans 1992 Graduating Class INVOCATION Roxane A. Townsend School of Medicine in New Orleans 1992 Graduating Class WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Perry G. Rigby, M.D. Chancellor Louisiana State University Medical Center ADDRESS Sr. Mary Rose McPhee, D.C. President and Chief Executive Officer Hotel Dieu Hospital CONFERRING OF DEGREES Allen A. Copping, D.D.S. President Louisiana State University System BENEDICTION The Rev. Hill Carter Riddle, D.D. Rector, Trinity Episcopal Church, New Orleans RECESSIONAL "The audience is requested to remain seated until the graduates have left The Arena" * Audience Participation Invited, see page 12 for lyrics. 1 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1992 School of Allied Health Professions Presented by Stanley H. Abadie, Ph.D., Dean MASTER OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Jill H. Bordelon Program: Audiology Laura A. Borne Program: Audiology Carey Barclay Crane Program: Audiology Catherine Anne Drez Program: Audiology Angele Therese Duet Program: Speech Pathology Catherine Ann Pierce Program: Audiology Suzanne Germain Sprague Program: Speech Pathology Patti Ann St. John Program: Audiology 2 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1992 School of Nursing Presented by Helen A. Dunn, Dr. P.H., Dean ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Carol A. Bailey Margarita Lopez Kruebbe Judith Burch Bailey Kenneth M. Lang Mary Koven Battaglia Lisa R. Laurendine Patricia Bergeron Robin Wilson Layrisson Denise M. Bonura-Henry Lauren Pepperman Lopez Kathy F. Brisco Darleane Warren Madison Mary Ann Buisson Marjorie Marchal Manard Angela Bradley Byers Elizabeth Peabody Miles Milda N. Capponi Carol Black Muller Lisa C. Carbo Ann Anthony M. Nguyen Emily F. Chauvin Beth B. Norris Joan Lissy Dagradi Lucia Strain Nuss Anne E. DiMaggio Joyce G. Perkins Donna Rizzuto Duvernay Rosanna Marie Pollack Dornetta Lynn Edmond Linda Jean Richard Cindy Laux Ehrlicher Elizabeth Ann Roussel Scott Anthony Escarra Honey Lynn Russell Valerie A. Ferguson Julie Elliott Saucier Julie D. Flynn Sandra Emily Scully Michael A. Ford Cynthia R. Sercovich Ruth Anne Frederick Karen Blanks Sweeney Helen Marie Gregg Eva Mae Thomas David Thomas Harrison Kathleen Liuzza Thomas Courtney Hebert Frances A. Tiefry Cynthia France Hill Joana Cecilia Conner Varnado Chiu Hsueh Hsia Sharon Anne Wilkins Kevin Michael Hubble Beverly G. Williams Neil James Impastato Shirley J. Williams Luke Franklin Jeffres Catherine Heintz Wolfe Cheryl Ann Johnson Cynthia Dearie Young Rosa H. Judd ( I (A 3 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1992 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Amber Patricia Bacino Heather Lynn Hepting Sharron S. Bannon Kelley Jean Hoffmann Catherine Jean Barkate Sonja Kay Hollenbach Jennifer S. Becnel Clarice Leigh Holliday Karen B. Billiot Carolyn Mary Hymel Kristen Ann Borel Charmaine Aletha Jackson Scott James Brock Jean Allyson Jacobs Shane Raymond Brossette Karen Renee Kittrell Lisa C. Broussard Kerri Lynn Kuhn Laurie Messina Casadaban Lucille Mary Landreneau Elizabeth Claire Cefalu Suzanne Irene Landry Lisa Brupbacher Christenberry Mary Lynn Laurent Angela Denise Coleman Stefanie Jo Lee Angelique Guiteau Cozic Margaret Lee Legendre Kelli Ann Cuccia Dorothea E. Levenhagen Jeannelle Marie Dupre Stephanie Jane Llull Frank Dupuis David Earl Massengale Jacquelyn Ann Ellis Ronald William Maulick, Jr. Jennifer Lynn Fletcher Sister Pamela McVey Anne Marie Fradella Tania Marie Mix Joanna Lynn Fugate Thien-An Nguyen Cheryl Ann Gallo Elisa Marie Nuccio Yvette Marie Garrett Stephanie Ann Pavone Mary Edwina Gay Kelly Anne Regan Rebecca Ann Gonsoulin Jenelle Renee Ripple Shannon Stacy Green Kimberly Ann Roche Lamonica Ann Guillory Rochelle Marie Sirgo Nita Marie Guillot Ann Shannon Lane Smith Cherie Lyn Hauck Michelle Kathleen Williams Mary Lee Hendrix Stacey Lynn Wolfe MASTER OF NURSING Lua Maria Hebert Program: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 4 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1992 DOCTOR OF NURSING SCIENCE Snehlata Ranchhodji Desai Major Professor: Dr. Mervell L. Bracewell Dissertation Title: A Focus Group Study of Awareness, Attitudes, and Behaviors of Black Female Adolescents About AIDS. School of Graduate Studies Presented by Marilyn L. Zimny, Ph.D., Dean MASTER OF SCIENCE Fung-Mei Cheng Program: Microbiology Major Professor: Dr. Michael Murray Mark Patrick Kelly Program: Physiology Major Professor: Dr. Raymond E. Shepherd DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY John Philip Doucet Program: Biochemistry Major Professor: Dr. Nicholas Bazan Dissertation Title: The Primary Genomic Response Altaf Hossain Program: Pathology: Clinical Chemistry Major Professor: Dr. Conrad A. Hornick Dissertation Title: Androgenic Modulation of Lipoprotein Metabolism in Cholestatic Rats David J. Sequeira Program: Pharmacology Major Professor: Dr. Wayne L. Backes Dissertation Title: Alkylbenzene-Medicated Induction of Cytochrome P 450 Isozymes Min-Jui Shen Program: Biochemistry Major Professor: Dr. Prescott Deininger Dissertation Title: The Impact of Alu Sequences on the Human Genome. 5 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1992 School of Dentistry Presented by Jack H. Rayson, D.D.S., Dean ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE Jennifer Michele Aucoin Shawndel Michele Louque Julie Federer Balderas Maria C. Martinez Stacey Diane Blotner Melissa Ann Mortillaro Raquel Denise Bourgeois Tanya Jean Newman Kimberli Ann Bruno Beth Anne Picciola Amy Ann Carrier Donna Gardner Sarabia Mercedes P. Cook Karmen Lane Satcher Leslie Faye Dupuy Kim Conaway Shaw Michelle Lynn Gardner Patricia Ann Theriot Donna Hentze Hendley Graciela Delgado Urdiales Susan Elizabeth Hillman Shanan Patricia Wamble Monique Marie Jumonville Priscilla T. Wilkerson Doreen Becnel Landry Christina Marie Wise Lauren Ann LeBlanc Lydia Claire Wyatt Jeannine Marie LeCompte ASSOCIATE OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY Katherine Bach Charles Raphael Hantz, Jr. Andrew Lee Buller Jude Trafficano Timothy Joseph Cognevich Lynn Kim Tran Byron Charles Ganucheau Gail Merrick Vanderwall BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL HYGIENE Jane Liebert Howard* BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN DENTAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY Anna May Bach Tai Duc Nguyen Michael John Gust Sharon Renee Wagner * In Absentia 6 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1992 DOCTOR OF DENTAL SURGERY Richard Wayne Ballard Deborah Elaine Lesem Darren Patrick Barrilleaux A. C. Liles III Michael Lawrence Bates Thomas David McMichael, Jr. Gail Vollenweider Benton Craig James Naquin Michele Lavergne Branham Trinh Ke Nguyen Jon Damon Celino Jean Garland Nolan Christy Gail Drum Allison Pitchford Ourso Gregory Brant Ellis Christopher Wayne Owens Christopher Paul Frigo David Lynne Ruegsegger John Raymond Gallo Shannon Kathleen Simons Ronald Paul Gioe, Jr. Foch Mahlon Smart Amanda Jillain Kennedy Angela Sylvester Soileau Harold David Kennedy Lalit G. Sthanki Joey Lane Lamb Mital Harendra Thakore Linda Susan Leger Warren Jeffery Thomas Randall Albert Le Jeune Julie Ann Vignes School of Medicine Presented by Robert S. Daniels, M.D., Dean DOCTOR OF MEDICINE Paul Cary Aguillard, Jr. Michael Anthony Bergeron Patrice Michelle Ambroses Rhett Leon Bergeron David Pratt Angelette Christopher Jude Bodin Jada L. Armstrong Larry Avis Bourg, Jr. Roy D. Ary, Jr. Thomas Edward Bowden, Jr. Richard Andre Aycock II Richard Scott Bragg Kevin Joseph Babin Jody Steven Brahney Cheryl Lynn Ballard Monica Kaur Brar Kerri Monique Bardell-Santiago Robert Brinkman II William Thomas Basco, Jr. Brian Neil Brogle Drake Eric Bellanger Gerard Joseph Broussard Scott Anthony Benton James Milton Brown III 7 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1992 Lance Everett Bullock Patricia Severson Greene Suzanne Robin Calamari Sherif Y. Hanna Michael Jules Castine III Karen Lynn Harper EvaBlanche Buras Centanni Robert Theodore Hart Geoffrey James Collins Thomas Arthur Hauth David Wayne Cosgrove Mark Francis Hebert Andrew Jackson Cottingham III Stephen Edward Heinzman John Patrick Crapanzano Barrow Lynn Hogeman Peter Brian Crapanzano Keith R. Holden Kamlesh Mohan Desai Jeffrey Charles Houin, Jr. Michael Gerard DeSalvo Sharon Lea Huffman Trent David Desselle Michael Edward Isabelle Terri Lynn Ditta Richard Hillsman Johnson, Jr. Jamie Jonathan Doucet Jeffrey Martin Kahn Gary Luke Duhon Meyer Kaplan Srilatha Edupuganti Peter Warren Karam Timothy Barton Ehrlich Peter C. Kelley Henry D. Eikel Teresa Elena Klainer Craig Leopold Escude Rod G. Krentel Carolyn Davis Eskridge Patricia Kay LaFleur Jeffrey Dohre Filiberto Margaret Ryan Lambert Burl E. Forgey IV Humberto Lamoutte Vincent R. Forte Timothy Corrigan Lang Cynthia Cornell Fox Jeffrey Steven Larisey Craig J. Frederick Merrill James Ignatius Laurent Leroy Elloyssus Fredericks, Jr. Stephen Charles Lazaro Diane Elizabeth Fridley Cheri Hutchinson LeBlanc William Allen Fridley Preston K. Lee Timothy Michael Gallagher Abbey Anne Lewis-Gallien Darren Paul Gannuch Betty Peyti Lo James Stetson Garcelon Daniel Christopher Lucio Craig Michael Gauthier Brenda Marie Mahon-Deri Michael Gerard Gibson Benjamin A. Martinez Steve Gerald Gibson Lori Ann McBride Joseph Theodore Gillespie II Linda Mauterer McCauley Timothy A. Girard Donald Ray McLaurin Steven John Granier Elizabeth Maurice Melancon Stephen Claude Greco John W. Miller 8 CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES LSU MEDICAL CENTER 1992 Robert Wayne Miller Gary Jason Sharp John P. Neary John Scott Sibille Malcolm Reese Nelson Stephanie Elizabeth Skelly Cham Phuong Nguyen Steven Lloyd Soignet Thai Quang Nguyen Laura Guinee Sporl Kirsty Jane O'Donovan John Lodney Stafford Linda Keller Oge Carl Edward Stevens John Joseph Otten M. Samir Sukkar Santo Joseph Paniello Kelly Dierdre Sweeney Scott George Petrie Robert Joseph Thibodaux, Jr. Jana Penelope Petrovich Blaine A. Thomas Luan Minh Pham Leslie Cecile Thomas Richard James Piccione Roxane A. Townsend Michael Scott Pirkle Andrea Corinne Trader Jeffrey David Pisto Jon Garwood Traxler Sheila Guillot Pitre Maria L. Treme Christopher G. Rao Richard Andrew Vanbergen Paul Martin Rees Sonseeahray Jenee Varnado Pamela Elizabeth Richard Jay Jared Vega Michael Anthony Rihner Veena Venkatesh Ronda Ann Robards Krystal C. Washington Kathleen Ann Robertson Sofia Maristany Weigel Randolph Louis Roig Stephen Malcolm Weimer James Michael Rooney, Jr. Ross Charles Wheeler Klar Antonia Rovira IV David Curtis White Michael Campbell Rowland Jeffrey Charles Wilkins Kevin Paul Rozas John Philip Wust III Darren Patrick Ruiz Rajesh Ramashankar Yadav Patrick Stephen Savoy Royce Dean Yount, Jr. Charles Goodwin Schibler II Kelly O'Brien Zieske Jay Stuart Schroeder Jozef Zoldos 9 SISTER MARY ROSE McPHEE A pioneer in health care administration, Sister Mary Rose McPhee, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hotel Dieu Hospital, has frequently found herself exploring paths where angels feared to tread. That didn't even slow Sister down! When she was in nursing school, although she knew she would join an order, Sister Mary Rose never imagined that someday she'd fill an executive suite. Not one, but several. The 40-year span of Sister Mary Rose's career as the top executive in health care administration is only exceeded by her career as a Daughter of Charity which last year reached the half century mark. Sister Mary Rose became an R.N. at St. Joseph Hospital in Chicago and went on to earn her Bachelor of Science from DePaul University in Chicago. Sister Mary Rose's abilities were recognized early on. Only three years after earning her Master's in Nursing Education in 1950 from Catholic University in Washington, D.C., the Daughters sent her to run Mary' s Help Hospital in San Francisco. From there, she was named CEO of DePaul Hospital in St. Louis. Then she was appointed Visitatrix (Chief Executive Officer) Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent dePaul, a post which she held from the early 60s until 1974. She then took an educational sabbatical during which she was sent to Taiwan to assess the organizational and governance structure of the Daughters' community there. Sister Mary Rose served as Chief Executive Officer of Seton Medical Center in Austin from 1976-1982. She was then appointed President of the West Central region of Daughters of Charity Health System. This region took in every part of the United States but the northeast and included Canada, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Taiwan, and Japan. The facilities for which she was responsible included everything from clinics, acute care and long-term care facilities to teaching and social services. Having earned a reputation as a turnaround artist, Sister Mary Rose was sent to Hotel Dieu Hospital in 1989. She came as interim CEO, only intending to stay about three months--just long enough to recruit a new CEO. She wound up detouring a bit, having just named her successor who will take over the helm on June 1, 1992. Under Sister Mary Rose's leadership, Hotel Dieu was resurrected, well on the way to achieving her goal of becoming a tertiary care facility with university affiliation. Sister Mary Rose has won numerous awards and been honored by many organizations. She was given a Citation for Service to the Community and Concern for Health and Welfare by the National Conference of Christians and Jews which recognized her "commitment to the ideals of brotherhood, borne out by her devotion to the organizations that promote and practice the positive principles of human relations." She was presented the Phoebe Medal for Outstanding Service in Health and Welfare in San Francisco, was named one of the Ten Most Influential Women Leaders in Austin by the Austin American Statesman. The New Orleans City council proclaimed Sister Mary Rose's "outstanding administration and management abilities." Sister Mary Rose received the 1991Achievers Award from the American Council of Career Women. Sister Mary Rose has served on the Board of Directors of the Sisters of Charity of Incarnate Word Health System since 1984. She is on the Board of Trustees of Hotel Dieu Hospital, the Metropolitan Area Council Board, the Board of Regents of Our Lady of Holy Cross College, and is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Paul Medical Center in Dallas. Sister Mary Rose was on the Board of Directors of Mutual of America, the National Catholic Health Association. She was the first woman on the Board of Directors of the California Hospital Association and was the only woman asked to serve on the Governing Board of Directors for the Formation of Priests. As such, she helped develop the programs that educated and prepared men for the priesthood. Female input was unusual at that time, but when it was sought, it was Sister Mary Rose who was selected. Sister Mary Rose is the second of Nine children. Four of the five girls chose the religious life. The family bonds have remained strong even though assignments have taken her to the far corners of the globe. Besides her family, what has meant the most to Sister Mary Rose is having the opportunity to help people to reach their potential. She has accomplished this through her faith and her belief in people. Whatever her next challenge, and she hasn't decided yet, it will involve close contact with people. Sister Mary Rose has the ability to inspire people to achieve their personal best. It is truly difficult to determine who benefits the most from the experience. 10 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 the home of the brave Francis Scott Key 12 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 Educational 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 and Bachelor's degree; long, closed sleeves forthe Master's degree, with a slit for the arm; and round, open sleeves for the Doctor's degree. The gown worn for Associate, Bachelor's or Master's degree 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 a 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 face 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 13