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Louisiana State University

Medical Center

Shreveport

School of Medicine in Shreveport

School of Allied Health Professions

School of Graduate Studies

Commencement

Strand Theatre
10:00 A.M., Saturday, June 7, 1997

Program

The audience is requested to remain seated during the processional

PROCESSIONAL

PRESIDING

RALPH J. HENDERSON, Jr., Ph.D.

Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, School of Medicine in Shreveport

NATIONAL ANTHEM

JAMES THIBODAUX, Class of 1997

INVOCATION

REV. MSGR. EARL PROVENZA

Pastor of Christ the King Catholic Church, Bossier City

WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
MERVIN L. TRAIL, M.D.
Chancellor, Louisiana State University Medical Center

RALPH J. HENDERSON, Jr., Ph.D.

ANDRA BLOMKALNS

President, Medical School Senior Class of 1997

ADDRESS

ARLAN COHN, M.D. [a.k.a. Oscar London, M.D.]
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Univ. Cal.-San Francisco
Author of the books, Kill As Few Patients As Possible and
Dr. Generic Will See You Now

PRESENTATION OF THE

ALLEN A. COPPING EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING AWARDS

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES

GORDON H. SCHUCKERS, Ph.D.

Executive Associate Dean for Shreveport Programs,

School of Allied Health Professions

MARILYN L. ZIMNY, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Graduate Studies,
Louisiana State University Medical Center

IKE MUSLOW, M.D.

Vice Chancellor and Interim Dean, School of Medicine in Shreveport

CONFERRING OF DEGREES
DR. ALLEN A. COPPING
President, Louisiana State University System

OATH OF HIPPOCRATES

BENEDICTION

REV. MSGR. EARL PROVENZA

RECESSIONAL

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

LSU MEDICAL CENTER

1997

MASTER OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

Kristen Kitchens Black*
Christine Renee' Breaux*
Stephanie Alyce Crouch*

Amy Ignozzitto Grogan*

Stephanie Rae Hutson*
Kirsten Ann McGee Russell*

MASTER OF SCIENCE

David Young Kang* - Physiology and Biophysics
Major Professor - Matthew Grisham, Ph.D.

Melissa Anne Smith - Biochemisty and Molecular Biology
Major Professor - Alan Abbott, Ph.D.

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Todd Burk Casanova* - Microbiology and Immunology
Major Professor - Kenneth M. Peterson, Ph.D.

Tamara Dawn Grant* - Cellular Biology and Anatomy
Major Professor - Robert D. Specian, Ph.D.

Jane M. van Wert - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Major Professor - Sidney R. Grimes, Jr., Ph.D.

Jianping Wang* - Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Major Professor - Adrian J. Dunn, Ph.D.

*In absentia

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

LSU MEDICAL CENTER

1997

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

Jason Darrell Adams
Sharye Vaughan Atchison
William Heritage Baird
Arnold Eric Barz
Gerald A. Bello II
J. Scott Bicknell
Anna-Maria Blake
Andra Leah Blomkalns
Carl David Boethel
Jeffrey Huntington Bordelon
Corine Hardmon Bowman
Kevin Neal Boykin
Kristy Laborde Braud
Arthur Mack Brister, Jr.
Russell Derek Burlison
Anna Christella Burson
Patrick Sherwood Bynum
Murat Mehmet Celebi
Nancey Elizabeth Chambers
Kasey Renee Chenevert
James Warren Christopher
Paul Danner Cooper
James Edward Craven IV
Joia Crear-Below
Carson Colvin Cunningham

Randall I. Davis

Katherine Leslie R Dean

Wesley Joseph Desselle

Tymwa Duval Dixon

Deanna S. Donley

Freddie J. Fandal, Jr.

Sandra Ashley Franz

Pascal Edward Gaudreault

Jessie Ann Pylant George

Matthew Kenyon George

Charles Christopher Germany

Robyn Brehm Germany

Michael Ford Gibson

Avit John "Frere" Gremillion HI

Behzad Haghi

Donald Scott Haynes

Sabrina Michelle Benefield Holloman

David Glenn Holmes

Jeffrey W. Holt

Stephanie L. Humble

Darrell J. Hutson

Joseph Manuel Imseis

Sophy Ann Jancich

Judy Chul-Hui Kang

Catherine Cooper Katzenmeyer

CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

LSU MEDICAL CENTER

1997

DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

William Kevin Katzenmeyer
Abdul Rasheed Khan
David Wilbur Krueger
Monica LaRose
Randy Lane Lavespere
Aaron L. Lirette
Eric Shane Madore
Chad Blake Manuel
John W. Mercer, Jr.
TammyTOtchell
Wendy Simmons Moreland
Kelly Jean Morgan
Jacqueline Jenkins Morris
Nathaniel Lee Morris
Robert Thomas Muldoon, Ph.D.
Nhan Phuc Nguyen
Chika Emmanuel Okereke
Jennifer Lynn Olson
Antonio Ricardo Pizarro
Radhika Gunturu Prasad
John Franklin Priddy
Andrew Balford Riche
Laura Catherine Richey
David Millard Rimmer, III
Rona Beth Robbins
Jeffrey Brent Robertson

Eric M. Rowley

Scott William Rypkema

Jared Allan Schaan

Jennifer Alain Sewell

Timothy Scott Simmons

F. Thomas Siskron, IV

John H. Smith, III

David Scott Snow

Christopher Sean Sockrider

Steve Franklin Springer

Chad Aloysius Strittmatter

M. Sean Strother*

Rachael Frances Tadlock

Timothy W. Talbert

Beau Charles Tedesco

James Raul Thibodaux Jr.

Thomas Steen Trawick, Jr.

Brian M. Unterman

Delilah Koizumi Warrick*

Jon Eric Welch

Charles Victor Wendling, Jr.*

James Russell Whiddon

Stephen Paul Wilber

Larrie Williamson

Nano Karen Zeringue

*In absentia

MARSHALS

David L. DeSha, Ph.D., Chief Marshal

Kenneth D. Abreo, M.D.

J. Thomas Cross, Jr., M.D.

Sue J. Jue, M.D.

Catrell J. McCulloch, M.D.

John C. McDonald, M.D.

John J. Stewart, Ph.D.

CLASS OF 1997

ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA
HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY

Elected Junior Year

Arthur Mack Brister, Jr.

William Kevin Katzenmeyer

John Franklin Priddy

M. Sean Strother

Delilah Koizumi Warrick

Elected Senior Year

Anna-Maria Blake

Andra Leah Blomkalns

Kevin Neal Boykin

James Edward Craven IV

Katherine Leslie R Dean

Wesley Joseph Desselle

Robyn Brehm Germany

Wendy Simmons Moreland

Radhika Gunturu Prasad

Rona Beth Robbins

Stephen Paul Wilber

Nano Karen Zeringue

ACADEMIC HERALDRY: THE SYMBOLS OF LEARNING

The university commencement procession is a pageant, alive and bright
with the dress and ceremony inherited from the medieval universities of the
eleventh and twelfth centuries.

To preserve their dignity and meaning it became necessary for these
universities to set rules for academic dress. American universities agreed on
a definite system in 1895 and set up a code of academic dress. In 1932 the
American Council on Education presented a revised code which governs the
style today.

The Gown. The flowing gown comes from the twelfth century. It has
become symbolic of the democracy of scholarship, for it completely covers
any dress of rank or social standing beneath it. It is black for all degrees with
pointed sleeves for the Bachelor's degree; long closed sleeves for the Master's
degree, with a slit for the arm; and round open sleeves for the Doctor's degree.
The gown worn for Bachelor's or Master's degrees has no trimmings. The
gown for the Doctorate degrees is faced down the front with velvet and has
three bars of velvet across the sleeves, in the color distinctive of the discipline
to which the degree pertains. For certain institutions the official colors of the
college or university may appear on the gown or its decorations.

The Cap. The freed slave in Ancient Rome won the privilege of
wearing a cap, and so the academic cap is a sign of the freedom of scholarship
and the responsibility and dignity with which scholarship endows the wearer.
Old poetry records the cap of scholarship as square to symbolize the book,
although some authorities claim that the mortar board is the symbol of the
masons, a privileged guild. The color of the tassel on the cap denotes the
discipline, although a gold tassel may be worn with a doctoral gown.

The Hood. Heraldically, the hood is an inverted shield with one or
more chevrons of a secondary color on the ground of the primary color of
the college. The color of the facing of the hood denotes the discipline
represented by the degree; the color of the lining of the hood designates the
university or college from which the degree was granted.

The Mace. The mace, carried by the Chief Marshal, was in medieval
times a weapon of war. Today it is a ceremonial symbol of authority. It is
universally carried in academic and ecclesiastical processions.

The mace carried in today's procession was conceived, designed and
made by Jesse O. Morgan, a friend of LSU Medical Center in Shreveport.

Oath of Hippocrates

I do solemnly swear by that which I hold most sacred that I will be loyal
to the Profession of Medicine and just and generous to its Members.

That I will lead my life and practice my Art in uprighteousness and honor.

That into whatever house I will enter, it shall be for the good of the sick to
the utmost of my power.

That, holding myself aloof from wrong, from corruption, from the tempting
of others to vice, I will exercise my Art solely for the cure of my patient
and will give no drug, perform no operation for a criminal purpose, even
if solicited, far less suggest it.

That whatsoever I shall see or hear of the lives of men which is not fitting
to be spoken, I will keep inviolably secret.

These things do I promise. And in proportion as I am faithful to this, my
oath, may happiness and good repute be ever mine. In the opposite if I
shall be foresworn.

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