Summer 1999 Emory Magazine


Commencement 1999

"May we here today be exhilarated"

Five Receive Honorary Degrees
154th Commencement Facts

Student Awards
Brittain Award: Cameron N. Welborn '99L
 McMullan Award: Brant D. Brown '99C

Ones to Watch
Brian M. Oubre'99C
Katrina R. Samuels '99C
Stephanie M. Denton '99C
Kenya K. Hansford '99B
Jason R. Howard '99B

Oxford College Commencement
Millennial musings
"You have given us yourself"


154th Commencement Facts
Degrees conferred:

3,192
Total graduates : 3,156
Dual-degree candidates: 36
Men: 44.5%
Women: 55.5%

Service veterans:

17
Age of oldest graduate:

69 (two)
Age of youngest graduate: 19
Graduates older than fifty: 46
Age of oldest bachelorŐs degree candidate: 49
States represented: 45
Other nations represented: 79
Faculty Awards
University Scholar/Teacher Award: Don E. Saliers, Franklin N. Parker Professor of Theology and Worship
Thomas Jefferson Award: Harvey E. Klehr, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Politics and History


 


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