NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY One Hundred and Sixteenth Annual COMMENCEMENT SATURDAY, JUNE 1974 15, McGaw Memorial Hall, Evanston, Illinois THE UNIVERSITY HYMN Hail to Alma Mater! We will sing thy praise forever; All thy sons and daughters Pledge thee victory and honor. Alma Mater, praise be thine, May thy name forever shine! Hail to Purple! Hail to White! Hail to thee, Northwestern! Smoking is permitted only in the outer main floor lobby. THE PROGRAM PROCESSIONAL (Audiencewillpleaseremain seatedfor the Student andFaculty Processional.) THE NATIONAL ANTHEM (The first stanza) (Audiencewillpleaseremain standing until theInvocation has been offered.) INVOCATION EDMUND F. PERRY Professor,History andLiterature ofReligions CONFERRING OF HONORARY DEGREES Citationsread by ROBERTH. STROTZ President of the University AWARDING OF DIPLOMAS AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES james roscoe miller Chancellor of the University DELIVERY OF DIPLOMAS TO DOCTORAL RECIPIENTS Deans of the Graduate,Medical, Law,Dental, and Music Schools THE UNIVERSITY HYMN (Words to the UniversityHymn areprinted inside thefront cover.) BENEDICTION jamese. avery Acting University Chaplain RECESSIONAL FACULTvr RECESSIONAL(Graduatesandguestswillpleaseremain seated.) STUDENTRECESSIONAL (Guestswillpleaseremain seated.) Parents and guests are respectfully requested to remain in their seats during the entire ceremony. The aisles of the Hall must be kept clear at all times, and those who leave their seats before the close of the ceremony must leave the building immediately through the front lobby. THE HONORARY DEGREES — ROGER NASH BALDWIN DOCTOR OF LAWS Social servant. A.B., Harvard University, 1904; M.A., 1906. Instructor in Sociology, Washington University, 1906-09. Social work in St. Louis, 1909-17. Founder and executive director of the National Civil Liberties Bureau, 1917-20. National executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, 1920-50. Chairman of ACLU National Committee, 1950-55. ACLU International Work Advisor, 1955—. Part-time member of the law faculty of the University of Puerto Rico, 1966—. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Author of numerous books and articles. Presented by Franklyn S. Haiman, Processor of Communication Studies and Chairman of the Department, School of Speech REED OLIVER HUNT — DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS Manufacturing executive. Studied at Smith School of Navigation, Seattle, 1923-24; Harvard Advanced Management Program, 1951. Deckhand, purser, mate, and master, various Puget Sound and deep sea vessels, 1916-27. Began as clerk. Crown Zellerbach Corporation, Pulp and Paper Mills, 1927; served in a series of executive capacities, becoming president and chief executive officer, 1959-63; chairman of the board, 1963-69. Member of boards of several busi- nesses, and chairman of President's Commission on Financial Structure and Regulation. Vice- president and director, Crown Zellerbach Foundation. Presented by Tilden Cummings, Trustee ofNorthwestern University — DANIEL LIONEL BAZELON DOCTOR OF LAWS Judge. Student, University of Illinois, 1928-29; B.S. in Law, Northwestern University, 1931. Admitted to practice of law in Illinois, 1932; private practice until 1935; assistant U.S. attorney Northern Illinois District, 1935-40; senior member, firm of Gottlieb and Schwartz, 1940-46; assistant attorney general 194649; judge U. S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit, 1949-; chief judge, 1962-. Has lectured on law and psychiatry in law and medical schools in U.S.; chairman, task force on law of President's Panel on Mental Retardation, 1961-62. Served on many advisory councils and committees related to mental health and law. Recipient of Isaac Ray Award of American Psychiatric Association, 1960. Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; honorary fellow, American Psychiatric Association. Member, American, Federal, and DistrictofColumbia BarAssociations. Presented by Howard J. Trienens, Trustee ofNorthwestern University ! ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH COMMENCEMENT — MARGARET WALKER ALEXANDER DOCTOR OF LITERATURE Educator and author. B.A., Northwestern University, 1935. M.A., University of Iowa, 1940; Ph.D., 1965. Professor of English, West Virginia State Collegiate Institute, 194243; Livingstone College, 1945-46; Jackson (Mississippi) State College, 1949-. National Concert and Artists Lecture Bureau, 1943-48. Director, Institute for the Study of the History, Life and Culture of Black Peoples, Jackson State College, 1968-. Yale Award for Younger Poets, 1942. Rosenwald Fellow, 1944; Ford Fellow, Yale, 1954; Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellow, 1966. Author of For My People, 1942; Jubilee, 1966. Presented byP. SterlingStuckey,AssociateProfessorofHistory, CollegeofArtsand Sciences — HAROLD HILLENBRAND DOCTOR OF SCIENCE Dentist. D.D.S., B.S.D., Loyola Univeristy, 1930. Private practice of dentistry, Chicago, 1930-45. Associate professor of ethics and social relations. School of Dentistry, Loyola University, 1938-51. | Editor of the Journal of the American Dental Association, 1942-45. Chief executive officer of the American Dental Association, 1946-70. He has been honored not only in the United States butalso in manynations throughout the world. Author ofnumerous articles. Presented by Clifford H.Miller,AssociateDean and Professor of OperativeDentistry,DentalSchool — JOHN HAROLD JOHNSON DOCTOR OF HUMANE LETTERS Publisher and editor. Attended the University of Chicago and Northwestern University. Went to work for the Supreme Life Insurance Company of America in 1936; he is now its chairman and chief executive officer. He is the publisher of the magazines Black World, Ebony, Ebony\i Jr.!, Black Stars, and Jet. In 1966 he received the Horatio Alger Award, the National Publishers Association's John Russwurm Award, and the NAACP's Spingarn Medal. He is a director of businesses and of the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, the National Conference ] of Christians and Jews, and the United Negro College Fund. Presented byRaymond W. Mack, Vice-President andDean ofFaculties 4 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY — WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI DOCTOR OF FINE ARTS Composer. Graduated with diplomas in composition and piano, Warsaw Conservatory, 1936-37. Member, then deputy chairman, International Society of Contemporary Music, 1959-65. Has lectured internationally on contemporary music at conservatories and universities. Member, Swedish Royal Academy of Music. Recipient of numerous artistic awards, including three times the First Prize of the International Rostrum of Composers, UNESCO, Paris, 1959, 1964, 1968; The Koussevitzky International Award, 1964; M. Ravel Prize, 1971. Principal works include First Symphony (1947), Concerto for Orchestra (1954), Three Postludes for Orchestra (1958-60), String Quartet (1964), and Symphony No. 2 (1966-67). Presented byP.ArrandParsons,Professor of Theoryand Composition,School ofMusic — MICHAEL TENENBAUM DOCTOR OF SCIENCE President, Inland Steel Company. B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1936; M.S., Metallurgy, 1937; Ph.D., Metallurgy and Physical Chemistry, 1940. Joined Inland Steel in 1940, engaged in research and quality control until 1966; vice-president—research, 1966- 68; vice-president—steel manufacturing, 1968-71; president and director, 1971-. Director, Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago, 1964-67; Lake County (Indiana) Community Development Committee, 1968-70; Director, Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, 1971— Member and officer of numerous professional societies. Author of over fifty technical papers. Member of Northwestern Associates. Presented by William S. Kerr, Vice-President and Business Manager — GORDON NORTON RAY DOCTOR OF LITERATURE Foundation president and educator. A.B., A.M., Indiana University, 1936; A.M., Harvard Uni- versity, 1938; Ph.D., 1940. Instructor in English, Harvard, 1940-42; professor of English, Univer- sity of Illinois, 1946-60; vice-president and provost, 1957-60; professor of English, New York Uni- versity, 1962-. Joined John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1960; president and trustee, 1963-. Advisory council, Smithsonian Institution, 1967-; chairman, I970-; trustee, Pier- pont Morgan Library. United States Navy, 1942-46. Editor of Thackeray's letters (four volumes); author of a three-volume biography ofThackeray and numerousarticles. Presented by RobertD. Mayo, Professor ofEnglish, College ofArts and Sciences 5 ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEENTH COMMENCEMENT — HOWARD KAPNEK SCHACHMAN DOCTOR OF SCIENCE Molecular biologist and biochemist. B.S., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1939. Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Princeton University, 1948. Department of Bio- chemistry, University of California (Berkeley), 1948-69. Chairman, Department of Molecular Biology and Director of Virus Laboratory, 1969-. United States Navy, 1944-47. Member of important scientific panels and committees; editor of scientific journals; member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. Presented by IrvingM. Klotz, Morrison Professor of Chemistry and Biological Sciences, College ofArtsand Sciences — BERENICE JOHANNESEN MILLER DOCTOR OF LAWS First Lady of Northwestern for twenty-five years. A.B., University of Utah, 1927; major in French. Honorary alumna and member of Northwestern University Alumni Association, 1969. Alumni Service Award, 1971. Married J. Roscoe Miller in 1928. Their two daughters and their son are Northwestern graduates. As wife of the chief executive officer of Northwestern, Mrs. Miller has devoted herself generously to many campus and community projects and interests, has been an active member of the University Circle, University Guild, and other organizations, and with Chancellor Miller has played a major role in shaping the development of the University. Presented byPayson S. Wild, Provost Emeritus 6