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2000 Commencement Speakers

School for the Arts: Olympia Dukakis, actress

College of Communication: Matt Lebovic (undergraduate, COM'00), Rashida Braggs (graduate, COM'00), and COM Dean Brent Baker

School of Education: SED Acting Dean Joan Dee

College of Engineering: David K. Campbell, dean designate, and Edgardo "Skeeter" Salcedo (ENG'00)

Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine: Dr. Jane M. LaMarche, University chaplain, SDM Professor and Dean Spencer N. Frankl, and Dr. Raul Garcia, professor and chair

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: GRS Associate Dean J. Scott Whitaker

School of Hospitality Administration: Scott Miller, president of Hyatt Hotels

School of Law: Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson

School of Management: SMG Professor Melissa Schilling, Sheila McCraith, president of SMG Executive Board, and Ryan Steele, president of the SMG Class of 2000

Graduate School of Management: Edward Zander, president of Sun Microsystems

School of Medicine: Benjamin S. Carson, director of pediatric neurosurgery, the John Hopkins Hospital

Metropolitan College: Acting Dean Jay Halfond

School of Public Health: Jeannine Rivet, chief executive officer for United Healthcare

Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Thomas Oliphant, correspondent for the Boston Globe since 1968, and Washington, D.C., columnist since 1989

School of Social Work: Nancy Amidei, advocate, columnist, and senior lecturer at the University of Washington School of Social Work

School of Theology: Professor of Church History Dr. David Neil Hempton, Diane Heather Worringham (valedictorian, Masters of Divinity STH'00), and Matthew Joseph McLaughlin (salutatorian, Masters of Theological Studies STH'00)

The University Professors: Rosanna Warren, University Professor, the Emma Ann MacLachlan Metcalf Professor in the Humanities, and professor of English and modern foreign languages and literatures

College of Arts and Sciences:

Anthropology - Professor and Chairman of Anthropology Thomas J. Barfield

Archaeology - Professor and Chairman of Archaeology Julie Hansen

Art History - Professor and Chairman of Art History Jonathan Ribner

Astronomy - Professor of Astronomy Harlan Spence

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - Edward Loechler, professor of biology and director of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Center, and Shicha Kumar (CAS'00)

Biology - Elen Oneal (CAS'00)

Chemistry - Professor and Chairman of Chemistry Thomas Tullius and Padmasini Kandadai (CAS'00)

Classical Studies - Professor and Chairman of Classical Studies Jeffrey Henderson

Computer Science - Richard M. Smith, independent Internet consultant and former president of Phar Lap Software

Earth Sciences - Professor and Chairman of Earth Sciences Carol Simpson

Economics - Professor and Chairman of Economics Jonathon Eaton

English - Rosanna Warren, University Professor, the Emma Ann MacLachlan Metcalf Professor in the Humanities, and professor of English and modern foreign languages and literatures; Brent Mix (CAS'00)

Energy and Environmental Studies - Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies and Associate Professor of Geography Robert Kaufmann

Geography - Professor and Chairman of Geography Alan Strahler

History, Urban Studies, and American Studies - Danielle Lightburn (CAS'00) and Mary Spiotto (CAS'00)

International Relations - Professor and Chairman of International Relations Dr. Erik Goldstein

Mathematics and Statistics - Chairman and Professor of Mathematics Steve Rosenberg, Professor of Mathematics David Rohrlich, and Jeremy Richard Colson (CAS'00)

Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures - Professor of French and Chairman of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures Dorothy Kelly

Philosophy - Associate Professor of Philosophy Lawrence Cahoone and David Mogolov (CAS'00)

Physics -Professor and Chairman of Physics Larry Sulak

Political Science - Chairman and Professor of Political Science Scott Palmer

Psychology - Professor of Psychology Philip Kubzansky

Sociology - Associate Chairman and Professor of Sociology Peter Yeager and Maryam Khosharay (CAS'00).

16 June 2000
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