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HONORS / 765-.

Each srring awards and honors are given to outstandingstudents in the college. Many of these were awarded atthe time of senior investiture. Several, however, areto be given this afternoon. One was deleayed because itis conferred on one of our returning alumni. Three otherswere not selected until the end of the school year.

51434-GAR1+THE ALUMNI DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD is given to agraduate of Whitworth College who has made an outstandingcontribution to the life of the institution. The recirientis nominated and elected by the alumni. This year theDI INGUptiED SER7SE AWARD is to be conferred on

eiret7 -1.4/14,17.164L,T CARREL MUS C AWARD was established by Mrs. Anna JaneCarrel, now Professor of Music Emeritus, for the rurnoseof acknowledging the work of that student who, in thejudgment of the Awards Committee, has shown outstandingmusical ability, has been an insniration to the musicderartment, and has contributed through gracious spiritto the general musical life of the College. This yearthe Awards Committee honors Mrs. Linda Jayne Hartwell.

One of the most prized awards at the Commencement seasonis the ALUMNI IDEALS AWARD. A committee of juniors, fac-ulty, and alumni select a student Who has distinguishedhimself in scholarship, religious activities, generalservice to the college, athletics, and leadership inextra-curricular activities. THE ALUMNI IDEALSAWARD is conferred this year on Robert Sharp.

THE PRESIDENT'S CUP is presented to the student Who hasattended Whitworth College for his entire college trainingand ranks highest scholastically among those who haveattended for the four-year period. The recipient thisyear, with a cumulative grade point average of ,,.95? is .2a.Az

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Commencement

DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY COMMENCEMENTJune 6, 1965 2:30 p.m. Cowles Memorial Auditorium

Organ Prelude"Deck Thyself My Soul With Gladness". . . J. S. BachCome, Holy Spirit, God and Lord . . . D. BuxtehudePrelude and Fugue in E Major. . . V. Luebeck

David P. Dahl, Instructor in Music, M.A., A.A.G.O.

ProcessionalTrumpet Tune and Voluntary. . . J. Clarke

"America" . . . CareyLed by Professor Milton E. Johnson, M.A.

InvocationThe Rev. Walter C. Bridge, Th.D.Pastor, Loma Vista Baptist Church, Spokane, Washington

Scripture: Psalm 46Dr. R. Fenton Duvall, Professor of History, Whitworth College

PrayerThe Rev. Lee E. Knoll, D.D.Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Astoria, Oregon

ADDRESS : "I Am Interested in the Future"Robert S. Stevenson, LL.D.Chairman, Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing CompanyMilwaukee, Wisconsin

Solo"Die Allmacht" (Omnipotence) . . . SchubertDonna Lisle, Soprano, Class of 1965

Conferring of DegreesPresident Mark L. Koehler, D.D., LL.D.

Announcement of HonorsDean Clarence J. Simpson, Ph.D.

Announcements

BenedictionTheron B. Maxson, LL.D., President, Hastings College,Hastings, Nebraska

Alma Mater

RecessionalNow Thank We All Our God . . . Traditional Chorale

Postlude"Acclamations" . . . J. Lan glais

Senior ReceptionFollowing Commencement, at the Campanile

Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

Terri Lei Alltizer, Glendale, California *Ronald R. Greene, WenatcheeAlfred Thomas Anderson, Spokane tiaY Spencer Grendahl, cum laude,Ruth LaVonne Anderson Englewood, Colo. Honors in English, Moscow, IdahoStanley Maynard Anderson, Jr., Santa Suzanne Marie Grochow, Everett

Rosa, California David Ardell Gunderson, AberdeenMark Wesley Andrews, Spokane Frank Crelier Hamilton III, Spokane

Candidates for the Bachelor of Arts Degree

Pieter Muije, Spokane tpan Champ Sanford, magna cum laude,Marilyn Starr Munger, Seattle Honors in social science, YakimaCarolyn Hannah Nelson, Anchorage, Alaska Susan May Schultz BremertonEdward Louis Neltner, Spokane Miriam June Schutt, SnohomishEloise Clara Neshiem, Tacoma Adam Wesley Seideman, SpokaneJohn Dustin Nichols III, Yakima Thomas Alan Sennett, Sr., Spokane

Lee David Andry, Palo Alto, CaliforniaCarol Lynne Annis, cum laude, Lafayette,

CaliforniaJon Clinton Arnold, Spokane

Robert James Hammond, cum laude,Spokane

Dorothy Jean Hansen, KirklandJoanne Marie Hardin, Spokane

Michael Robert Nixon, Yakima Fred N. Shaffer, SpokaneNancy M. Kaufman Nixon, Monrovia, tRobert Gene Sharp, cum laude, Spokane

California Virginia Fern Mallett Snodgrass, CollegeRichard Field Noble, Deer Park Place

tClifford Alden Baker, magna cum laude,Seattle

Linda Jayne Hartwell, OlympiaMargaret Susan Hathway, Seattle Kaye Irene Norris, Los Angeles, California Mary Barbara Stark, Spokane

Ronald Charles Ogle, Spokane Susan Jill Stein, Los Angeles, CaliforniaArlene Margaret Payne Baldwin, SpokaneJoan Elaine Barden, Spokane

Randy C. Hearne, Glendale, CaliforniaKarin Lee Helmich, cum laude, Wapato Shirley Aiko Okinaka, Honolulu, Hawaii Betty Jean Garrett Steinbach, Spokane

John Denton Orr, Spokane Charles Lavaughn Stephens, SpokaneWilliam Grant Barnet III, SeattleValeria Delvine Baylor, Inchelium

Susan Margaret Hornstein, Huron, S. Dak.Bessie Mable Howard, Spokane tJudith Ann Osterberg, cum laude, *Graham Stewart, Spokane

Bellevue Bula Adeline Stratton, SpokaneJames Allison Benson, Colorado Springs,

ColoradotPaul Franklin Benton, summa cum laude,

SumnerLee Arnold Bjerke, Spokane

Albert Paul Huffine, Spirit Lake, Idaho*Stephen Lowell Jacobs, Spokane

Gary Marshall Jantz, RitzvilleDan Ray Jeremiah, Spokane

tCarol Anne Johnson, cum laude, Seattle

*Robert Alan Osterhouse, Spokane *Steven M. Sullivan, SpokaneLarry Myrrl Pember, Spokane Georgiana Bowen-Colthurst Sutherlin,Ann Rowetta Perry, Ridgefield Penticton, B.C., CanadaLynne Shirley Peter, Eureka, California Carol Arlene Thompson, cum laude,Mary Jane Peters, The Dalles, Oregon Yakima

Vance Donald Boeve, Boulder, Colorado Glenda Carol Johnson, Spokane David Eugene Peterson, Eureka, Montana Daniel Elden Thomson, Portage, WisconsinCharles LeRoy Boppell, Santa Cruz, Calif.Mary I. Brady, Spokane

Linda Schmidt Johnson, cum laude,Spokane

*Michael Lee Peterson, San Rafael, Calif. Gay Elizabeth Townsend, cum laude,Kathleen Roberta Phelan, Pasco Dillon, Montana

Jeffry Ross Brandon, cum laude,Reedsport, Oregon

Winifred Edith Brandt, Spokane

Mildred Dabbs Johnson, SpokaneWilliam LeRoy Johnson, cum laude,

Spokane

Hosea Adams Phillips Sr., Larson A.F.B. Judith Rae Urdrian, SpokaneLeonard John Pierce, Medford, Oregon William Dean VonHeeder, Thousand Oaks,Thomas Glen Piper, Sumner California

Sandra Marie Brayson, Columbia Falls,Montana

Glenn William Jolley, Woodland Hills,California

Lorna Jeannette Plotts, Tacoma Susan Anne Ward, cum laude, OmakVirginia Lee Porterfield, Glendale, Calif. Janice Marie Washburn, Longview

David J. Bridge, Spokane Carol Rae Kelbell, Spokane Paul Odekirk Potter, Spangle Judith Ellen Watkins, SpokaneCharles Carter Brock, Arcadia, California Jerry Lee Kelly, Colorado Springs, Colo. Jean Harriet Protto, Spokane Kenneth James Watt, Berkeley, CaliforniaConnie Burnside Brock, cum laude, Yakima John Terry Kelly, San Leandro, California Ralph Cleland Pugh, Chehalis Ebbert True Webber, Spokane

""' Gary Lee Burdge, SpokaneSharon E. Cuckow Kelly, Colorado Springs,

ColoradoCarol Annette Eyestone Records, Yuma, Marilyn Rae Weber, Spokane

Colorado Sylvia Jean Weber, QuincySarah Jean Cary, Saratoga, California Paul C. Kinney, Concord, California v Beverly Helen Power Reding, Lyons, Ore. Edwin Ejnar Westlund, The DaIles, OregonJames Rollin Charbonneau, Spokane Ronald Harry Klaus, Spokane Jonathan Charles Reed, Rosalia W. Paul Whittaker, Jr., Spokane

*Donald Neil Clark, Minneapolis, Minn.Nancy Caroline Clark, Portland, OregonAdeline Florence Weberg Colbert, Liberty

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Paul Joseph Kohler, Arcadia, CaliforniaNicole Kreitzer, BremertonMichael Robert Larson, Pico-Rivera, Calif.Sally Jean Lash, Arcadia, California

Carol Lee Reeves, Aberdeen tponna Louise Wilde, cum laude, Nampa,Everett Robert Rehm, Spokane IdahoCarrie Clayton Reynolds, Spokane Ida Richel Williams, cum laude,Pauline Juanita Riley, Spokane Walla Walla

Constance Willetta Conant, Tumwater Daniel George Lazear, Cheyenne, Wyoming James Edward Roghair, cum laude, Martha Lee Williams, SeattlePatricia Ann Cook, cum laude, Spokane Sheryl Kay Leedy, Wenatchee McMinnville, Oregon Dorothy Louise Wilson, cum laude, SpokaneNancy Elizabeth Corbin, San Diego,

CaliforniatCarol Marcille Lewis, summa cum laude,

MeadMiriam Elaine Rosenkranz, Yakima tGary Lee Wolfer, cum laude, SumnerRichard Steven Rouse, Spokane Mary Louise Wolff, Santa Ana, California

Frederick Allen Cordsen, BellevueJames Lyle Corkrum, Rockford

Robert E. Lightfoot, SpokaneDonna Lee Lisle, Kirkland

Ida Aurelia Rowe, Spokane Darlene Jane Schelske Wolleat, Miles City,William Helseth Rubright, Spokane Montana

Patricia Hyatt Cowee, Anaheim, California Norman Eugene Loll, Spokane Lynette Lorene Sage, Woodland Sharon Arlene Woods, Monrovia, CaliforniaSandra Lee Cox, SpokaneDavid Martin Crimmins, Buckley

Cathryn Allison Lowrey, San Diego, Calif.Lynn Ray Lupfer, Spokane

Marylee Severson Sams, Spokane Laurel Lee Stoddard Wrye, Walnut Creek,Don Allyn Samuels, cum laude, Monrovia, California

Nancy Jo Cromer, SpokaneJames E. Deniston, Onalaska

iDiane Gay MacDonald, magna cumlaude, Fremont, California

California Elwood Peter Wuertz, Boise, Idaho

F. Mark Dowdy, Spokane *Miriam Lee Mader, SpokaneJohn Wesley Drummond, Tacoma

*Jean Mary Risedorph Dunlap, SpokanetWilliam Evan Duvall, magna cum laude,

SpokaneElizabeth Elaine Eastman, Laramie, Wyo.Philip W. Eaton, Phoenix, Arizona

*Margaret Bellarts Markillie, cum laude,Richland

Edker B. Matthews, Santa Barbara, Calif.Diane Ruth McCrorey, SpokaneRobert Allen McMullen, SeattleJoanne Carolyn McNeal, Spokane

Candidates for the Bachelor of Science Degree

Wilbur Charles Abler, Prosser Margaret Ann Hood, Englewood, Colorado*Mary Anne Maxson Brown, Lincoln, Nebr. Janine C. Hopkins, Helena, Montana

Margaret Louise Bundy, Lewiston, Idaho Paul Emerson Juillerat, SpokaneJohanna Deborah Christensen, Spokane John King, Singapore, Malaysia

Jimm E. Edgar, SpokaneMary Elizabeth Ehrendreich, Northport

Martin James McWhinney, Long Beach,California

Charlene Miller Clark, Spokane Ruth Christina Knoll, Astoria, OregonCatherine Arvilla Conacher, Monrovia, Donna Lee Knott, Lacrosse

Gerald George Falk, Spokane Vicki Rae Mitchell, Coulee City California John A. Kolberg, Winton, CaliforniaLoxi Leigh Fiedler, Walla WallaLinda Ellen Frederickson, Arcadia, Calif.Jane Katharine Fry, Chowchilla, California

Mike11 Jo Montague, cum laude, SeattleJudith Ann Poffenroth Moore, Spokane

Quo Vadis East, Spokane John David LaCoste, cum laude, ColbertJames Barlow Edgar, Spokane Sally Jean LaRose, SpokaneHelen Adele Gallaher, Seattle *Darlene Kaye Luster, Spokane

Pamela Ann Gauntlett, Aberdeen Emmett Gale Morrison, Jr., Spokane Grace Margaret Lemley Hege, Spokane Connie Lee Myers, Madras, OregonLois Ellen Goodman, Riverside, CaliforniaNaomi May Gould, Sunnyside

tSusan Joan Muhler, cum laude,Oakland, California

Dorothy Anne Russell Henson, Charleston, Joyce Audrey Oldham, RidgefieldWest Virginia Carol Schneidmiller Osborn, Tacoma

Candidates for the Bachelor of Science Degree

Soja Park, cum laude, Seoul, Korea Leona May Rosser, Vashon*Sue Carol Phares, Arcadia, California Patricia Ann Schierman, Lacrosse*Margaret Miller Pickens, Minot, N. D. Lowell Carlyle Smith, Spokane

Patricia Gaye Pritchett, Lewistown, Mont. Tressa Annabelle Thorny, Lewistown, Mont.John Charles Regis, Spokane John William Utgaard, TacomaRuth Ann Reid, Spokane *Srichak Vatcharakiet, Bangkok, Thailand •Elaine Charlotte Rodning, Coeur d'Alene, D. Diane Wills, Bellevue

Idaho Paul Douglas Wyatt, Arcadia, California

Candidates for the Bachelor of Education Degree

Percy Dennis Pringle, B.A., Spokane James David Stewart, B.A., Oakland, Calif.

Candidates for the Master of Education Degree

Robert E. Adams, B.A., Spokane Marjorie Ruth Hudson, B.A., Spokane*William Todd Baker, B.A., Lompoc, Calif. Lawrence Gerald Larrabee, B.A., Spokane

Margaret May Bartline, B.A., Spokane G. Jacqueline Lee, B.S., SpokaneBlaine Lewis Bennett, B.A., Spokane Harry Thomas Leigh, B.S., B.Ed., SpokaneLawrence E. Boisen, B.A., Spokane James Robert McDaniels, B.A., SpokaneRobert Stephen Clark, B.S., Spokane George Wallace Mills, B.A., SpokaneAllen Donald Dormaier, B.A., Spokane *Verna I. Rasmussen, B.A., Coeur d'Alene,Ray Kenneth Fitzhugh, B.A., Coeur Idaho

d'Alene, Idaho Robert Ray Richards, B.A., SpokaneDonald Dean Fries, B.A., Spokane Virginia Lee Sage, B.A., LeavenworthDorothy H. Goss, B.A., Spokane Dolores Mae Richards Smith, B.A., SpokaneDonald William Gustafson, B.A., Richard William Strong, B.S., Greenacres

Richmond, California Clay B. Swisher, B.A., SpokaneBetty Simpson Hammond, B.A., Spokane *Harold L. Thuma, B.A., Meade, KansasSandra Jean Hollar, B.A., Spokane George Edward Tucker, B.A., Spokane

Candidates for the Master of Arts in Education Degree

Douglas Alan Chapple, B.A., KirklandGeraldine Grace Couture, B.A., SpokaneHoward Wesley Froman, B.A., SpokaneRosella Louise Hansen, B.A., Cheney

*Judith Ann Hirou, B.S., SpokaneJesse William Jessen, B.S., YakimaHelen Marie Keller, B.A., SpokaneKeith Louise Mathis, B.A., SpokaneVirginia Marshall McCarthy, B.A., B.Ed.,

Spokane

Walter Meske, B.A., SpokaneWilliam Louis Meuler, B.S., SpokaneBernie William Mueller, B.A., Port

TownsendElaine Katherine Olson, B.A., SpokaneDiane Virginia Sharp, B.A., SpokaneBetty Emmaline Tiffany, B.A., SpokaneJames Dale Woodworth, B.A., SpokaneDavid Alan Yost, B.A., Spokane

Candidates for the Master of Arts in Religion Degree

Grant Hackett Cole, B.Th., Spokane John Robert Dibble, B.A., Th.M.,Greenacres

Candidate for the Master of Arts in Teaching Degree

Larry Myrrl Pember, B.A., Spokane

Candidate for the Degree Doctor of Laws

Harry Ackley Lainson, Jr., A.B., Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Hastings College,Hastings, Nebraska

Candidate for the Degree Doctor of Science

Clairmont L. Egtvedt, B.S., Chairman, The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington

Doctor of Divinity

David Esler, B.A., B.D., Professor of Homiletics, San Francisco Theological Seminary, SanAnseImo, California (Conferred May 24, 1965)

Harold Penhalurick, B.A., B.D., Field Administrator of National Missions, Synod ofWashington-Alaska, Seattle, Washington (Conferred September 18, 1964)

Doctor of Laws

Albert Kenward Arend, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Whitworth College. Boardmember for forty years. (Conferred February 19, 1965)

Honors based on record to end of first semester 1964-65.

*Degrees conferred in absentia.

tMembership in Phi Alpha, honorary scholastic organization of the college.Seniors carrying a full academic load, who have attended Whitworth College for one year,are elected to active membership and awarded a certificate if they have maintaineda cumulative scholarship average of 3.5 over four years of college study.

Flowers in the auditorium are given in memory of the late Mr. Grant Dixon,former member of the Board of Trustees, by his wife, Mrs. Grant Dixon.