Frontiers Summer 1999

Commencement 1999

Commencement was held Saturday, June 12, in Northrop Auditorium. it featured EEB Regents Professor Emeritus Eville Gorham receiving an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University; BMBB professor David Bernlohr receiving the Stanley Dagley Distinguished Teacher Award; a commencement address by GCB professor Michael Simmons; commencement presentations by EEB major Amy Mertl, neuroscience major Katherine Himes, and GCB major Jennifer Johnson; the awarding of the Dean E.M. Freeman Certificate to Mertl; and more than 170 graduating seniors processing across the stage to the applause of an enthusiastic audience.

PICTURED:

Kathie Peterson, CBS Student Services director, with Amy Mertl (ecology, evolution, and behavior), who gave a graduation address on the ethics of animal research. kathie and amy

Daniel Eder (neuroscience), Phuong Nguyen (neuroscience, magna cum laude), and Terry Kummer (biochemistry and neuroscience, summa cum laude). 3 guys

Katie Vogt (neuroscience, magna cum laude) sang "Hail! Minnesota." Like all neuroscience majors, she sports a small plastic brain on her mortarboard.

katie

Regents Professor Emeritus Eville Gorham.

Eville Gorham

Michael Schwalbach (biology), a Biology Colloquium student coordinator, with Kathryn Hanna, CBS assistant dean and Biology Colloquium adviser.

Mike and Kathryn

Jennifer Johnson (genetics and cell biology, summa cum laude) and Katherine Himes (neuroscience, magna cum laude) gave a presentation--complete with pie charts and diagrams--about the CBS experience.

Jennifer and Kat

Genetics and cell development associate professors Jeff Simon and Jocelyn Shaw with Cindy Reiner (biochemistry, cum laude).

jeff, jocelyn, and cindy

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