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Page 4 SUMMER NEBRASKAN Wednesday, June 9, 1954 Honorary Degrees Received By Five; Warner Honored Wifh Builder Award Four former v Nebraskans and t I r ft v r -I 11 t i x i A - li 1 I' . i . iL 1 I 5 if I J i 5 f r 1. 5! I ! 4 4 Pel lard Meets Hardin Courtesy Lincoln Star Guest speaker for the Univer sity's 83rd annual commence ment, The Rev. William G. Pollard, meets Chancellor Elect Clifford M. Hardin. The Rev. Mr. Pollard is executive director of the Oak Ridge In stitute of . Nuclear Studies. Drt Hardin, who will assume his new duties July 1, flew to Lincoln from Michigan to at tend the exercises. Fourteen Graduates Receive University's Highest Honor A it V -St F Kr 1 Adams " Holden 1 T asm- : f ft 1 v i I vHkr"--" - , a : it u t ' ' I '11 Fourteen graduating seniors re ceived degrees "with high distinc tion," the highest honor that the University can bestow for out standing scholastic achievements The graduates were: Barbara Adams, Teachers College; Rolland W. Ahrens, Arts and Sciences; Ed- son L. Bridges, Business Adminis tration; Jean C. Davis, Arts and Sciences. Donald J. Geesaman, Arts and Sciences; Joan Holden, Business Administration; Wayne D. John son, Arts and Sciences; David K. Kopf, Arts and Sciences; Kenneth Rystrom, Arts and Sciences. Janet L. Steffen, Teachers Col lege, Robert Tockey, Engineering and Architecture; Loyd D. Van Vleck, Agriculture; William E. Wageman, Arts and Sciences; and Harriet Wenke Campbell, Busi ness Administration. Rystrom Steffen I - if Johnson c Ktuf 4 r Al! Photo Courtesy Uncoln Jxirnal Tockey Campbell one Iowan received honorary de grees from the University and Nebraska's lieutenant governor was recipient of ' the Nebraska Builder Award Monday at the 83rd annual Commencement ex ercises. Honorary degree recipients were Kenneth F. Warner of Hy attsville, Md.; Ivan D. Wood of Denver Colo.; Jay W. Forrester of Boston, Mass.; Dr. Frederick A. Figi of Rochester, Minn., and Louis C. Zopf of Iowa City, la. Warner, a native of Roca and trainings officer of the Office of Foreign Agricultural Service of the Agricultural Research Ad ministration, received a Doctor1 of Agriculture. He is a nation ally recognized authority, on agrir cultural extension education and inventor of a widely used preci sion instrument to measure the tenderness of meat. WOOD, also recipient of a Doc tor of Agriculture, is an irriga tion engineer for the Soil Con servation service. He pioneered work on irrigation and is a pro ponent of advanced practices in soil and water conservation. A native of LaPlatte, his en gineering contributions included improved plans for a variety of farm buildings. He personally designed in detail farm homes throughout the state of Nebraska Forrester, associate director in the electrical engineering depart ment of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, received a Doctor of Engineering. He is an invsn- tor in the field of electronics as applied to national defense. A native of Anselmo, Forrester has developed the hydraulic servo-mechanisms for control of 40-mm. and 75-mm. guns and has contributed to the development of electronic digital computers. RECIPIENT of a Doctor of Science was Dr. Figi, professor of laryngology at the Mayo Foundation and University of Minnesota. Born at Stockham. he an extensive contributor to if i - ,v : ir I .m''Mi,hrM.v.M nuimMtmMismM i ' ' ' :: : mmyMMmmmmmmmuM-miimmm ta Courtesy Sunday Jonrnal indtar KENNETH F. WARNER Courtesy Sunday Journal nd Stat DR. FREDERICK A. FIGI is knowledge in the medical field or. surgery of cancer of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Zopf, - dean " of the College of Pharmacy at State University of Iowa, received - a Doctor of Sci ence. He has done extensive re search' on the 'ocm position and physiological effects of ointments and lotions. As an officer of th American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, he has been in fluential in shaping the course of education in pharmacy. Davis , ,f If f 1 Van Vleck Blilllnn i 'iiliriMlBhMli ml hiil 1 'iiilrn iliin Iff A.'.'&i.wjauudiwuJ Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star Courtesy Sunday Journal and Star IVAN D. WOOD i JAY W. FORRESTER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Charles " J. Warner, farmer and cttle breeder, received the high est non-academic honor bestowed by the University, the Nebraska Builder Award. Jo LeRoy Welsh of Omaha, vice president of the Board of Regents, presented the award . Warner served as a member of -the Nebraska House of Repre sentatives, 1901-1905; of the Sen ate, 1919-1935, and of the Uni cameral Legislature in 1937. Elected the first speaker of the Unicameral in 1937, he has the longest service record of , any man in the Nebraska Legisla ture. He has served as lieuten ant governor since 1948. He is a breeder of registered Hereford cattle, and is an active member of the Nebraska and National Hereford Association and. the Waverly Grange. War ner is president of the Lancaster County Agricultural Association, m e m b e r ' of the supervisor's board of the Lancaster County Soil Conservation District, and a member of the State Fair Board since 1946. ' I f ' S -" t I 1 CVurtey Sunday Journal and Star LOUIS C. ZOPF A University graduate, Warner has been a member of the Wav erly school board, head of the Farmer's Elevator Corporatioa and president of a local bank. iililliiliilliil 18 M ' 1 li i I 4 WDlnJ IlEHni!ni!!imili!lini!I!l!IlUEilliH!!!lllill!J C 3 if 13TU & 0 STS: HOOLH, HEDD. s3 OpenJJTour "Coriihusker Special Clickiiig Account where you see the big calendar clock. at O . 13th & "0" - 1 ' ,.. ..13 Yssr isame is printed si each clacck free. I I Member F.D.I.C. ( ! f ! f ! . 1 i ,j .iwiUii..Uumrti(ii!l.i.iiiiUiUliUiiiji!ihtiiUiiuiliillii