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August 31, 1984/The Maroon Tiger/Page 7
Commencement 84 . .
The Faculty
degree, but to teach and make
the illiterate literate ... but to
redirect the course of our nation.
It is time for a change.”
Of the 230 graduates, 165
received the Bachelor of Arts
degree, 63 received the Bachelor
of Science degree and 2 received
the Interdisciplinary Bachelor of
Science degree, according to
statistical information stated at
the beginning of the program by
Dr. Willis J. Hubert, Vice Presi
dent for Academic Affairs. A
total of 57 graduated with
honors.
The Valedictorian of the Class
of 1984 was Juan A. Cobb, a
March
Political Science major from
Atlanta, Georgia, who had a
grade-point average of 3.95 (out
of a possible 4.00). The
Salutatorian was Michael L.
Carter, a Biology major from
Brunswick, Georgia, who had a
grade-point average of 3.73. In
descending order, the other
members of the top ten
graduating seniors were: David
W. Perkins, Mass Com
munications major, Mercer
Island, Washington; Herman F.
Leonard, Computer Science ma
jor, Columbus, Georgia; Alan S.
Robinson, Biology major, Pom
pano Beach, Florida; Ronald V.
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Johnson, Accounting major,
Atlanta, Georgia; Christopher J.
Richardson, Biology major,
Huntsville, Alabama; Jeffrey E.
Tompkins, Political Science ma
jor, Atlanta, Georgia; Darryl
Fortson, Biology major, Chicago,
Illinois; and Mark L. Chapman,
History major, East Elmhurst,
New York.
Two members of the Class of
1984, Juan A. Cobb and Mark
Chapman, were elected to
membership in the Phi Beta
Kappa Honors Society during
their junior year. To be elected
into Phi Beta Kappa during the
junior year, a student must have
a grade-point average of 3.75 or
better. Eight members of the
Class of 1984, Eric D. Ashton,
Michael L. Carter, Darryl Fort-
son, Michael L. Jones, Jeffrey
Tompkins, Alan S, Robinson,
Ronald V. Johnson, and Kevin
Robinson, were elected to
membership during their senior
year.
The occasion was also a time to
present four honorary degrees.
The Doctor of Divinity degree
was presented to Dr. Charles
Adams, Pastor of Hartford
Memorial Baptist Church,
Detroit, Michigan; the Doctor
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of Laws degrees were presented
to James LaGarde Hudson, a
lawyer and civic leader in
Washington, D.C., and James
Edward Schell II, Director of the
Center for Tactical Computer
Systems in the Communications
- Electronics Command of the
U.S. Army; the Doctor of Science
degree was presented to Walter
Eugene Massey, Director of the
Argonne National Laboratory.
In hfs farewell address to the
seniors, President Gloster en
couraged them to ‘‘honor your
fathers and mothers and show
them your appreciation for their
support and sacrifice.” He
emphasized the need for them
to help lift and encourage the
masses of people who live in
poverty and are underhoused,
underfed, undereducated, and
underemployed.”
Earlier President Gloster had
presented appreciation plaques
for 14 years of service at
Morehouse to retiring Vice
President for Academic Affairs,
Dr. Willis J. Hubert, and Ms.
Agnes R. Watson, Administrative
Assistant to the Vice President
for Business Affairs, 30 years.
Speak, Jesse, Speak
Christian Leadership Con
ference, the Atlanta Baptist
Ministers Union, the family of
Martin Luther King, Jr., pastors
and officers of the Ebenezer
Baptist Church in Atlanta, the
wives of deceased Morehouse
faculty members, guests to the
King Chapel, and the officers of
the Atlanta United Nations
Association.
Others are:
•The New York Times of
Sunday, May 13, 1984.
•Morehouse Torch (Year
book), 1984
•Two cassette tapes of Lamar
Alford’s theatrical musical,
“Martin”
•Benjamin E. Mays’ funeral
program, March 31, 1984
•Benjamin E. Mays' memorial
service program, March 29,1984.
•Photograph of Mrs. Rosalyn
Carter’s appearance at
Morehouse College as Com
mencement Speaker, May 1980.
•Picture of Dr. Hugh M.
Gloster and Dr. Benjamin E.
Mays.
•The Inauguration Program of
Louis W. Sullivan as the first
president of the Morehouse
School of Medicine, April 10,
1983.
•Dr. Hugh M. Gloster’s Spring
1984 Presidential Report to the
Morehouse College Board of
Trustees.
The rest are:
•Cassette of the CBS Evening
News with Dan Rather, May 14,
1984, 7 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
•Cassette of the CBS Morning
News with Bill Curtis and Diane
Sawyer, May 14, 1984, (including
his interview with Minister Louis
Farrakhan) Side A; and Paul
Shields’ Atlanta Local News.
•THE AMERICAN DREAM.
Speech made by Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., in Lynchburg,
Virginia, March 12, 1961. (Dean
Lawrence E. Carter was a
freshman at Virginia Seminary
and College in Lynchburg,
Virginia, and was present in the
audience at the E.C. Glass High
School where this speech was
given by Dr. King.)
•Outline for the King Course
entitled, The Life and Thought of
Martin Luther King, Jr., taught at
Morehouse College by
Lawrence E. Carter.
Members of the King family
were present to grace the occa
sion.
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