Seattle University - Aegis Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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428 Seniors Receive Bachelors' Degrees At 1960 Commencement Four hundred and twenty-eight Seattle University students received bachelors degrees and thirty-two received masters' degrees at the I960 commencement exercises. June 3. in the Civic Auditorium. Sister Mary Emil, Ph.D., executive secre- tary of the Sister Formation Conference, and Richard E. Berlin, president of the Hearse Corporation, received honorary doctor of laws degrees. Berlin, principal speaker at the exercises, addressed the graduates on the place of worldly and material things in life. Donald Doub gave the valedictory address, Christian Virtue. Highlights of the commencement were the presentation of second lieutenant commissions to graduating ROTC cadets and the awarding of the President's Cup, the Shaughnessy Medal, and the Loyalty Cups. The Rev. A. A. Lemicux assists Archbishop Thomas A. Connolly as he presents honorary doctor of lows degrees to Richard E. Berlin and Sr. Mary Emil, I.H.M. 15

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Eddie Nystrom, president John Diehl, vice president Julio Codd, secretory-treasurer Senior Year Ends With June 9 Graduation Under the direction of Ed Nystrom, president; John Diehl, vice-president; and Julie Codd. secretary. the Senior Class engaged in numerous campus activities. During fall quarter, the movie Woman's World was sponsored. Mike Buckley and Dick Andrews were co-chairmen. Graduation activities began with a Senior Breakfast on June 4 at the Seattle Tennis Club. On June 7 the Baccalaureate Mass was celebrated at St. James Cathedral. The final event for the Seniors was graduation on June 9 followed by a party at the Arctic Club. 14

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John Hopcroft discusses with Dean Kimbark his plans for attendance at Stanford University next fall. John received an engineering fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Hopcroft, Schroedl Receive Fellowships Two Seattle University seniors received fellowships for future study in their individual fields. Gerald Schroedl was granted a National Defense Education Act Fellowship. A civil engineering student, Schroedl will work toward a doctorate in applied mechanics at the University of Washington graduate school. The fellowship provides $2,000 the first year and is renewable for two successive years. John Hopcroft, an electrical engineering student, was awarded a fellowship by the National Science Foundation. Hopcroft will specialize in micro-waves study at Stanford University. 16