Johns Hopkins Gazette: May 20, 1996

Commencement
Events Spread
Across University

The following is a list of the commencement ceremonies, locations and guest speakers taking place this week across the university:

University Commencement Ceremony

May 22, 9:30 a.m., Upper Quadrangle
Speaker: Sadako Ogata, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees.

This is the university-wide ceremony at which all Johns Hopkins University degrees are officially conferred.

School Diploma Ceremonies

Arts and Sciences and Engineering Undergraduates

May 22, 2:30 p.m., Upper Quadrangle
Speaker: Former president George Bush

Arts and Sciences Master's

May 22, 6:30 p.m., Shriver Hall, Homewood campus, Baltimore
Speaker: Former Rep. Helen D. Bentley, R-Md.

Continuing Studies

May 22, 7:30 p.m., Gilman Quadrangle, Homewood campus, Baltimore
Speaker: William Julius Wilson, sociologist

Engineering

(For students receiving master's and doctoral degrees)
May 21, 7 p.m., Gilman Quadrangle, Homewood campus
Speaker: John Evans, president, COMSAT Laboratories

Medicine

May 22, 3 p.m., Kraushaar Auditorium, Goucher College, Towson
Speaker: William Styron, author

Nursing

May 22, 4 p.m., Turner Auditorium, JHMI, Baltimore
Speaker: State Sen. Paula C. Hollinger

Peabody Conservatory

May 22, 8 p.m., Friedberg Concert Hall, the Peabody Institute, 1 E. Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore
Speaker: Wynton Marsalis, jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger. Marsalis will also receive the George Peabody Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Music in America.

Public Health

May 21, 2 p.m., Shriver Auditorium, Homewood campus
Speaker: David Kessler, commissioner, U.S. FDA

ROTC Commissioning Ceremony

May 21, 10 a.m., Shriver Hall, Homewood campus
Speaker: Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Rigby, director, Pentagon

SAIS

May 22, 3 p.m., Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Speaker: Madeleine Albright, U.S. ambassador to the UN

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