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247th Commencement

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University of Pennsylvania
Commencement Events 2003

Baccalaureate Ceremony
Sunday, May 18
Irvine Auditorium
1:30-2:30 p.m.--Ceremony for students whose last names begin with A-K
3-4 p.m.--Ceremony for students whose last names begin with L-Z Speaker: Rear Admiral Barry C. Black, Chaplain Corps, United States Navy, Chief of Navy Chaplains

Commencement
Monday, May 19
Franklin Field, 9 a.m.
Speaker: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize

 

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Honorary Degree Recipients

  • Stephen Breyer, Doctor of Laws; Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
  • Herbert J. Gans, Ph.D., Doctor of Science; Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University; First doctoral graduate in planning and sociology, through GSFA
  • Sadako Ogata, Ph.D., Doctor of Laws; Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Co-Chair, Commission on Human Security
  • Mamphela Aletta Ramphele, Ph.D., Doctor of Science; Managing Director, The World Bank Group
  • Philip Roth, Doctor of Humane Letters; Novelist; 2001 PEN/Faulkner Award; 1998 Pulitzer Prize
  • Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Doctor of Humane Letters; Chancellor, University of the Western Cape; 1984 Nobel Peace Prize

For additional information on May 18-19 events:
Commencement Web site: www.upenn.edu/commencement
Commencement Hotline: (215) 573-GRAD

School Ceremonies and Speakers          

Annenberg School for Communication
*CHANGE IN TIME* Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1-3 p.m., Annenberg School for Communication, Room 111
Speaker: Wolf Blitzer, anchor of CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports and Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer Reception: Annenberg School for Communication Lobby, immediately following the ceremony

Biomedical Graduate Studies
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, noon, BRB II/III Auditorium and Lobby

College of Arts and Sciences
Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Lorene Cary, C'78, G'78, author, Price of a Child

Graduate Division, School of Arts and Sciences
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1 p.m., Hill Field, 33rd & Walnut Streets
Speaker: Sally Zigmond, Ph.D., Penn professor of biology
Reception: Hill College House immediately following the ceremony

College of General Studies
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, noon, Chinese Rotunda, University Museum
Reception: Upper Egyptian Gallery, University Museum, immediately following the ceremony

School of Dental Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1 p.m., Irvine Auditorium
Speaker: Dr. Arthur Dugoni, Dean, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry
Reception: Robert Schattner Center, 240 S. 40th Street, immediately following the ceremony

 

Graduate School of Education
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2 p.m., First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street
Speaker: Donna E. Shalala, Ph.D., President, University of Miami, former Secretary of Health and Human Services
Preceded by Reception: Lunch in Houston Hall, noon-2 p.m.

 

School of Engineering and Applied Science
Doctoral Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Dr. Stuart W. Churchill, Carl V.S. Patterson Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Reception: Annenberg Plaza, immediately following the ceremony

 

Master's Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 4:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Dr. Thomas A.V. Cassel, Professor of Practice and Director of the Entrepreneurship Program
Reception: Annenberg Plaza, immediately following the ceremony

 

Undergraduate Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 3 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Megan Smirti, SSE'03, Past President, Engineering Deans' Advisory Board
Reception: Monday, May 19, noon, Towne Lawn

 

Fels Center of Government
Speaker: Governor Edward Rendell, C '65, H '00
Ceremony and Reception: Saturday, May 17, 5 p.m. Fels Center of Government, 3814 Walnut Street

Graduate School of Fine Arts
Luncheon: Monday, May 19, noon, Meyerson Hall Plaza
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1 p.m., Meyerson Hall Plaza
Speaker: Herbert Gans, GR '57, American sociologist and educator

Law School
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2 p.m.,
Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets
Speaker: Justice Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Reception: The Law School, 4:30 pm.

 

School of Medicine
Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 10 a.m., Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Speaker: Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, M.D., President and CEO, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Reception: Park Hyatt at the Bellevue Hotel, immediately following the ceremony

School of Nursing
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 3 p.m., Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Speaker: Hon. Marjorie O. Rendell, CW '69,
Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

School of Social Work
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2 p.m., Harrison Auditorium, University Museum
Speaker: Jonathan Kozol, author, Ordinary Resurrections
Reception: Chinese Rotunda, University Museum, immediately following ceremony

 

School of Veterinary Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speakers: Corinne R. Sweeney, DVM, professor of medicine, vice-chair, clinical studies, New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine
Raymond W. Sweeney, VMD, associate professor of medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine
Reception: Annenberg Plaza, immediately following the ceremony

 

Wharton Undergraduate Division and Wharton Evening Division
Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 9 a.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Adam Zimbler, C '03, W'03, Huntsman Program
Reception: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, immediately following the ceremony

 

Wharton Graduate Division
Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Connie Duckworth, WG'79, chair, Committee of 200 and founding partner of 8 Wings Enterprises
Reception: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, immediately following the ceremony

 

Wharton Doctoral Division
Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 5 p.m. The Colloquium, eighth floor, Jon M. Huntsman Hall


 

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