|
Commencement '99
This year’s graduating class was unique in at
least two ways. It included the first group of women students to complete four years of
study at Rose-Hulman, and it was the largest graduating class in school history. Nearly 60
women earned bachelor’s degrees among the 377 graduates who received a
bachelor’s. or master’s degree from Rose-Hulman President Samuel Hulbert during
ceremonies May 29 in the Sports and Recreation Center. The class of 1999 had a graduation
rate of 78% of the students who entered four years ago as freshmen. The percentage was the
second best at Rose-Hulman in the past 21 years.
Honorary degrees were presented to;
* William Bannon, long-time Terre Haute physician and a member of the
Rose-Hulman Health Center staff;
* Ronald Dollens, president and chief executive officer, Guidant Corp.
in Indianapolis;
* Marylin Leinenbach, a nationally recognized mathematics teacher at
Chauncey Rose Middle School in Terre Haute;
* Glen Raque ('69, ME), president and chief executive officer of Raque
Food Systems, Louisville, Ky.;
* Thomas Tarzian ('68, EE), chairman and president of Sarkes Tarzian in
Bloomington, Ind.; and
* James Vance, chief executive officer, JFV Associates, Spencer, Ind.
Dollens also delivered the commencement speech. |
|
