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The seal of the University of Dallas is emblematic of the ideals to which the University is dedicated. It is likewise reminiscent of the deposit of faith of the Roman Catholic Church and of the traditions of two teaching communities within the Church.

The decorative outer circle bears the foundation date of the University and the motto, "Veritatem, Justitiam Diligite." The quotation, taken from Zacharias VIII, 19, "Love Truth and Justice" , or more freely translated, "Through Truth, Seek Ye Justice", emphasizes the University's function of advancing the search for truth and encouraging the pursuit of good.

Enclosed within the blue band which bears the motto in an octagonal field of green are several emblems associated with the traditions of the University. The central figure of the triquetra interwoven with the triangle is a double symbol of the Holy Trinity to Whom the University is dedicated . The circle is a symbol of eternity and of the unity of the Godhead.

The fleur-de-lis , at once an ancient symbol of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of France, recalls the direct and indirect French origins of the two teaching orders which cooperated initially with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas-Fort Worth in establishing the University of Dallas. The Cistercian Order originated in France in the Eleventh Century; the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Mary of Namur was founded in Belgium by a Cistercian in the Nineteenth Century.

A crusader's shield, emblematic of faith, stands within the green field on either side of the central device. The shield on the left contains a star, a traditional emblem of Mary, as well as the chosen emblem of Texas, the Lone Star State. The shield on the right presents the torch of liberty and learning.

The branches of live oak and olive trees, taken from the Seal of Texas, make further reference to the State.

The Trinity River, on which the University is located, is represented by the heraldic device of the wavy lines centered beneath the emblem of the Blessed Trinity .

The colors of the University - navy blue and white - are given special prominence in the seal. The green of the octagonal field represents the liturgical season of the Holy Trinity. The red of the central device typifies holy zeal. The white of surrounding areas and of the small shield is symbolic of purity and innocence just as the blue of the inclosing circle symbolizes Mary.

Academic costume of today has a history of nearly eight centuries. In medieval Europe men and women wore robes or gowns. The materials and colors varied greatly, according to the wealth and rank of the individual. Gradually there developed distinctive gowns for the various professions, trades and guilds. They survive today in the gowns of religious orders and the judiciary, and in academic costume. More colorful survivals are found in Great Britain, especially in great ceremonies of state.

Students and teachers in medieval universities such as Paris, Bologna, Oxford, and Cambridge organized themselves into guilds.

Gradually the costume became distinctive for Bachelors (apprentices) of Arts, Masters (teachers) and Doctors (teachers who had completed postgraduate studies).

The distinction appeared mostly in the hood.

The hood, originally a practical element of dress, evolved into a separate and purely ornamental article, draped over the shoulders and down the back. The color of the outside trim of the hood is indicative of the degree earned as is the tassel.

Arts and letters can be recognized by the white, taken from the traditional white fur trimming of the Oxford and Cambridge Bachelor of Arts hood.

Scarlet red, long traditional of the church, indicates theology. The royal purple of the King's court signifies law. Philosophy is signified by the traditional color for wisdom and truth, blue. Science is identified by golden yellow, fine arts by brown. Drab is used for business administration . The colors of the hood lining are those of the university conferring the degree. The University of Dallas hood is lined in navy and white, for instance.

The academic cap was a later development. It was first conferred as a symbol of the M.A. degree. Some caps were stiff, some soft, some square, some round with a tuft in the center. The tassel of today is an elaboration of the tuft.

Round caps are still used at some institutions. The" mortar board" style comes to us from Oxford .

In Europe there is still great variation in the color and shape of the three articles of academic costume, but in the United States usage was standardized by the Intercollegiate Code in 1895. Taking the Oxford costume as a starting point, the American system is as follows: The Bachelor's gown has long, pointed sleeves; the Master's gown has closed sleeves with a slit for the arms; the Doctor's gown has round full sleeves with three bars of velvet on each, and velvet facing.

Like the velvet, the gold tassel on the cap is reserved to Doctors, Presidents, and those of similar estate such as university trustees.

The variety of the regalia seen in faculty procession arises from the fact that each University retains its own distinguishing customs as especially revealed by its doctoral robe. The University of Dallas Ph.D. robe and hood were designed by Waltraud Bartscht, a former member of the University faculty. Robe and hood are blue with the robe trimmed in navy velvet. The special blue of the doctor of philosophy degree occurs in the hood.

For the Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Literature

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Politics

Richard Allen Bridwell

Robert William Kelly

J ames Quinn McDermott

Laurence Dudley Nee

Sean David Sutton

For the Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy

Laura Lynn Hampton

For the Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Politics

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Theology

Britt Wesley McCormick

Virginia Lee Wellborn

Michael Edward Pennell

For the Degree

Master of English

For the Degree

Master of Fine Arts

Jean Esman Hale

Thomas H. Leland

Kristen Sifert

Nancy Ann Rebal

Donna L. Stallard

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Art

Christine E. Bisetto

Richard James Parsons

For the Degree

Master of Arts in English

Ellen Elaine Cardona

Michael Patrick Cassady

Bruce Linden Dunphy

John Joseph Gallagher III

Susan Jane Lovett

James W. Mikkelson

Andrew More O'Connor

Michael Edward Paransky

Lylas Dayton Rommel

Barbara Jean Stirl ing

H. Gregory Wilson

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Humanities

Boyd Harry Evert

Albert Edward Gunn III

Stephen Andrew Lowke

Thomas Wayne Stanford III

Francesca J. Wilhelmsen

For the Degree

Master of Arts in Philosophy

Matthew Claude Garnett

Todd Alan Thomas Inman

Marc Thaddeus Redoutey

For the Degree

Master of Humanities

Blake Goode Hobby

Robert Gene Lynch

Jo Anne Caldwell McCullough

Irby C. Nichols III

For the Degree

Master of Politics

Michael Eugene Ault

Reginald Lamar Johnson

Rafael M. Major

John Vaughan Presnall

Amy Paige Rader

J ames Tucker Stovall

For the Degree

Master of Theological Studies

Monica Ann Ashour

Mark Anthony Brumley

Joseph Chwen-Min Chen

Marjorie Morgan Davis

Raymond John Depta

JoAnne Poth Dreyer

SaIl y Ann Hatch

Carolyn D. Kribs

Robert James Toller

Constantin Coffege

In order to graduate, all Constantin College students must pass a com/?rehensive. The particular fonn of the examina~on varies by department. In many majors the senior proje.ct (exhibit, .one~act play, theSls, researc~), us.ual!y followed ~y a~ oral defense, lS part of that concluding experience. The list of such projects folloWlng mcludes only those submztted m tzme for publlcatzon.

Adelina Anthony (Drama) Roosters by Milcha Sanchez-Scott

Nicholas S. Nides (English) Man, God and Providence: William Faulkner's Go Down. Moses

Nancy L. Guarraia Avedikian (Spanish) La Literatura de Espafia-Seis Epocas

Christian Oliver (English) Odysseus' "Met Him Pike Hoses": Joyce's Modern Revision of Heroism

Kerry Barnard (Art History) Sargent 's Symbolic Portraits

Denise M. Ortega (Chemistry) The Pathway of Motphine in the Rat Brain

Jim Capehart (Theology) The Celibate Priesthood: An Innovation or Natural Progression

Phillip A. Ortiz (psychology) The Experienced Efficacy ofCompetence in the Context ofSecond Language Learning

Patricia Carpenter (English) That Hideous Strength C.S. Lewis and Modernity Shelley Dellert (Spanish & English) The Age of Innocence as Edith Wharton 's Vision of Happiness

Salvador Guzman Pastran (Philosophy) The Role of Free Will in Relation to Evil According to St. Augustine & Pope John Paul II

Raymond D. DiLorenzo (Philosophy) Plato and Scheler: Two Philosophers of Love

Mary C. Phelan (English) Walker Percy: Advancing the Literary Archetype for the Modern Age in Love in the Ruins

Rose P. DiMaggio (psychology) A Female's Perception of Being Successful in Light of Her Relationship With Her Father

Kimberly A . Pilkinton (Biochemistry) Antibacterial Activity of Aloe Fractions

John P. Dimitry (Philosophy) A Theory of Time in Hegel

Greg Ramzinski (Philosophy) The Trinity as a Reflection ofthe Divine Trinity According to St. Augustine

Adora Ann Fou (Biochemistry) Antibacterial Activity of Aloe Fractions

Kim Rosenthal (Biology) Aquatic Toxicology-Science Research Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings: Nietzsche, Beowulf, Myth and Modernity

Ronny L. Fritz (Philosophy)

Humanae Vitae #17 on the Social Consequences of Contraception:

Unfounded Accusation or Logical Conclusion?

Jennifer C. Rudak (psychology) The Movement Towards Reconciliation of the Ideal and the Real in Loving Relationships

Jessie Goicoechea (psychology) An Existential-Phenomenological Analysis of Deja Vu

Robert Sarlay, Jr. (Biochemistry & Chemistry) Novel Reactions ofDitriptyl Peroxide Characterization ofthe Rad l/Rad 10 Nuclease Activity

Therese Graham (Philosophy) Is it Morally Justifiable to Kill an Abortionist?

Alejandro Gurdian (Art History) I. M. Pei 's Pyramid at the Louvre Robert A. Haaser (physics) Analysis of Potential Hazard Near Power Lines

Rebecca Seiter (psychology) Externalized Aggression in Modern Dance- The Slam Pit-A Study ofRadical Youth in Late 20th Century America Patrick Serna (Philosophy) John Duns Scotus' Metaphysical Examination ofthe Will 's Inner Structure

Dayna Harvey (Art History) Brassai 's Passionate Journey

Stephanie Schmidt (Psychology) Existential Hope: A Phenomenological Study ofthe Transfonnative Moment in College Students

Matthew L. Haynes (psychology) Heterosexual Male Relationship to the Female and the Feminine

Amy Sobba (Art History) Clyde Lynds: Illuminating the Past and Evoking the Sacred

Jennifer Humphries (English) Misplaced Concreteness: The Ambiguity ofAct in Walker Percy 's The Last Gentleman

Kimberly Sproat (English) E.M. Forster's Maurice: Society vs the Individual

Richard Johnson (psychology) Turning Failure Into Success: A Phenomenological Investigation

Linda Stevens (English) A Modernist Tragedy: F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

Lisa Stevenson (English) Elaine M. Kaler (Spanish) William Faulkner 's The Mansion La Historia de la Literatura Espanola desde la Ed£zd Media hasta la Post­ Guerra del Siglo XX Angela Terracina (History) The Underground Railroad Maria R . Kerschner (English) Sight as a Divine Experience as Opposed to a Cotporeal Sense: The Vision Estelle Voisin-Baudoin (Art History) of Flannery 0 'Connor Rossetti's Image of the Divine as Woman Scott Laurange (English) The Whimper of Whipped Good - Moby Dick Goes Belly-Up in Harlan Ellison's Deathbird Stories

Heatherlynn Waldo (English) The Myth ofthe Women on the Porch: A Modem "Wasteland" or a Beatific Vision?

Elizabeth Leal (English) Passing the Time While Waiting , the Avoidance of Inaction in Waiting for Godot

William C. Wangler (History) Comparative Study of the Texas Ranger and Comanche Indian

Deborah Lyons (Drama) The Ugly Duckling

Mary Waugh (psychology) Humans and Dogs: A Phenomenological Investigation ofthe Ability ofDogs to Become Supplements/Complements to Human Relations

Kimberly M. McDermott (Biology) Isolation and Characterization of Paracytic Interleukins

Becky Weber (English) Sexual (In)Fertility in Light in August

Matt Morris (History) The Origins of the Crimean War

Carol White (English & History) English- Willy Loman as a Possible Tragic Hero Hi story- Women of the Eighteenth-Century French Salons

Susanna R. Morrow (Drama & English) Birds-Senior Studio lfbS(iiom. Absalom!-Senior Thesis

Kerry A. White (History) "Anno milleno bis centeno duodeno cum pueris puri currunt loca sancta tueri," The Children's Crusade

Academic Honors: The baccalaureate degree with distinction is awarded to students who have maintained a high degree of scholastic excellence. It is of three grades: cum laude, which requires a cumulative grade point average of 3.40 on a 4.0 point scale; magna cum laude, a grade point average of 3.70; and summa cum laude, a grade point average of 3.90.

A transfer student, to be eligible for honors at graduation, must have earned 60 credits at the University of Dallas.

His average, however, is computed on the basis of his four-year program.

Faculty Medals, First Honors and Second Honors, are presented to the two graduating seniors who have earned the highest cumulative grade point averages in the graduating class.

The Cardinal Spellman Award is named in honor of the late Francis Cardinal Spellman who presided at the University's first commencement in 1960. It recognizes a senior who is a model of the highest ideals of the University by awarding a stipend to assist the student in further studies.

Oh beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain.

America! America!

God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea.

The Helen Corbitt Awards for Excellence recognize a senior woman and a senior man who have produced an outstanding body of work during their time at the University. Students nominated for the award demonstrate excellence in academic pursuits in student activities, and in general service to the University. Helen Corbitt was a gifted chef and nutritionist, the recipient of several national awards, and the head of the Neiman-Marcus restaurants.

Her commitment to excellence is continued through an endowment that makes possible these awards and also provides special support for the Rome program.

The Ann Heller Maberry Award is presented annually to an oustanding senior woman. The award is named in memory of the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Heller, longtime friends and patrons of the University.

Valedictory: The "farewell address" is given at Senior Convocation by a senior elected by his or her peers to speak for the class . This student is chosen from a list of graduating seniors who have earned cumulative grade point averages of 3.5 and above. The senior is also invited to speak at Commencement.

Oh beautiful for pilgrim feet

Whose stern impassioned stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness.

America! America!

God mend thine ev'ry flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self-control,

Thy liberty in law.

Marshalls: Donald Miller, Chris Ruhe

Music by Reunion Brass

Baccalaureate setting design by Lyle Novinski , Professor of Art

Commencement Awards Committee: Chair, Dr. Grace West; Professors Dougherty , Cazorla, Maddux, Olenick, Thurow

Mother's Day flowers are a gift of the Student Foundation

For the Degree Bachelor of Arts Chad Wesley Airhart Catherine Alice Amorella Adelina Anthony Monica Catherine Anz Peter Christopher Augusta Nancy L. Guarraia Avedikian Katherine Helen Michiko Badgett Kerry Lynn Fritz Barnard Jude Thaddeus Barreneche Michael John Barvick Alberto Patrick Bayarena John David Bell Tara Margaret Benchina Maureen Ann Binder Jesson Alexander Bradshaw Shawne Nicole Briggs Keith B. Bunten Jenny Kay Burnett J ames Daniel Capehart Marianne Sarah Carello Patricia Marie Carpenter Stephen Patrick Cavanaugh Rachel Chanes Anthony Charles Chernoff Jennifer Marie Christoferson Jennifer Kathlene Clare Ellen Marie Clark Peter Wesley Coppin Thomas C. Cramer Yvonne Marie Crawford Eric D. Creeger Carolyn Dawn Cruse Edith Cuevas Canela Travis Curtright Franck Paul Cushner Kathleen Ann Dailey Rose D. Damian J ames Patrick Davin David Clark Day Brian K. Dedeaux Shelley Marie Dellert Arturo Diaz Raymond Dominic DiLorenzo Rose Provedenzia DiMaggio John Paul Dimitry Ann Mary Donaldson Lea-Marise Drechsel Sarah Catherine Duckett Robert Arthur Escobar Terri Ann Turigliatto-Fahrney Jani Catheryne Faulds William M. Faulkner Louis J. Faulstich Veronique Marie-Claude Fenlon

Clare Marie Flood Angela Marie Franz Anita Shawnta Freeman Ronny Lee Fritz Jr. Karen Rhea Abanes Gaabucuyan Artee Gandhi Laura Irene Garcia J essie Ann Goicoechea Jaime Salvador Gomez Boulogne Pablo Ignacio G6mez Therese Mary Graham John Richard Grieco Alejandro Gurdian Salvador Guzman Pastran Peter Austen Hargrave Jennifer Lynn Harris Dayna P. Harvey Jacqueline Rae Hause Matthew Lauren Haynes Brian E. Heiar Brian Jacob Hicks Brandon S. Hobon Harold Nicholas Hofmann Munenori Fernando Horie Michael David Housewright Jennifer Maria Humphries Beth Ellen Jacobs Richard Reed Johnson Christopher Samuel Johnston Suzan DeVaan Jonz Andrea Marion Kaczmarek Elaine Marie Kaler Nam W. Kang Bryan E. Keever Maria Ryan Kerschner Michael S. Kientz Michael J. W. Kim Kathryn Dionne Kimbrell John Christopher Kindt Patricia T. Kirby Brigette Beland George Francis Kopf Mary Libby Korah Rebecca Manya Kornblum Maevine Louise Korzeniewski Stephen John Krieger Scott James Laurange Cassandra Laurie Laurel

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EI izabeth Leal

L ynnette Lombardo

Milagros Magaly Lozano

Deborah Marie Lyons

Sean Patrick Malone

Stephen Mandala-Plessala

Todd Matthew Marble

Lisa Ann Martin Constance Renee Martinelli Laura Martinez Brian Andrew Matlock Stephen James McAndrew Patrice Alma McArdle Kimberly Marie McDermott Jennifer Kay McIntyre John Scott Meese Cynthia A. Merkley Kerry Leigh Meyer Laura Eleanor Mitchell Ann Marie Mochen Matthew Ross Morris Susanna Ruth Morrow Kevin John Newman Nicholas S. Nides Mary Catherine Noonan Timothy James Norman Jessica Ann O'Brien Joseph L. O'Brien Celine Marie O'Leary Christian Anthony Oliver Denise Marie Ortega Phillip Anthony Ortiz III Jennifer Rebecca Pelletier Mary Catherine Phelan Jeanette Frances Poffenbarger Jeffery D. Poffenbarger Gregory E. Rarnzinski, Jr. Susan Elizabeth Pruett Randolph Brannon Lewis Raney Paul Scott Redpath Peter K. Redpath 01 iver Jack Reiter Sandra Diane Rodriguez Sonia Diane Rodriguez Kim Rosenthal Jennifer Caroline Rudak Rita Alaniz-Ruiz Veronica G. Ruiz Terence Andrew Russo Amber Kathleen Sanchez Jennifer Michelle Sanchez Stephanie Eugenia Luna Schmidt Rebecca D. Seiter John Patrick Serna Christopher Michael Sheehan Peter Ellis Shipman Catherine Alexandra Simmons John Robert Skeldon Christopher A. Smigielski Todd Benedict Smith Julie Marie Smyczek Amy Marie Sobba William Frank Southard Jr. James F. Speelman Jr.

Kimberly Ann Sproat

John David Spurgin

Linda Elizabeth Stevens

Lisa Christine Stevenson

Scott Edward Stewart

Angela Suzanne Terracina

Mark Douglas Town

Sarah Elizabeth Trimble

Caroline Wagenhauser Vanderslice

Diann H. Videan

Christopher Maugro Villagran

Estelle Claude R. Voisin-Baudoin

Amy Carol Waggoner

Heatherlynn Waldo

William Wangler

Mary Juliet Waugh

Lucille Marie Rebecca Weber

Carol Lynn White

Kerry Anne White

Julie Langen Whitworth

M. Shell Wilburn

Carrie Teel Williams

Margaret E. Winn

Yea Ran Yoon

Stephen Alan Zaffirini

Juan Norberto Zermeno

For the Degree

Bachelor of Sciece

Marvin Douglas Atkins Jr.

Sylvia M. Botros

Joseph J. Costantino III

William M. Faulkner

Adora-Ann Che-Shan Fou

Robert Anthony Haaser

John Michael Higginbotham

Matthew Thomas Kremer

Zarmin Wazirali Lalani

Theodore Victor Lapus

Phuong Thi Nguyen

Catherine A. Ohnmacht

Charlene L. Patenaude

Kimberly Ann Pilkinton

Lazarus Yates Pomara

Linda Michele Prejean

Alexis Jeffrey N. Reyes

Robert Sarlay Jr.

Rushe Albert Statser

Khanh Diem Vu

Mary Kathleen Wigginton

Aaron Mun-Chung Yeung

Order of Ceremonies Procession

Macebearer, Chairman of the Faculty Senate, Dennis L. Sepper

Graduates, Faculty, Administrators, Trustees

The Reverend John Gregory Kelly, Director of Religious Life

Associate Provost for Constantin College, Sybil M. Novinski

Dean, Braniff Graduate School, William A. Frank

University Provost and Dean of Constantin College, Glen E. Thurow

Steven Wayne Kotara, President, Alumni Association

James J. D'Avignon

Erica Williams Swegler

United States Senator, Richard G. Lugar

President, Robert F. Sasseen

James M. Moroney, Jr., Chairman, Board of Trustees

Grand Chancellor, The Most Reverend Charles Grahmann, Bishop, Diocese of Dallas

Invocation

The Director of Religious Life

Greetings

The President of the University

Recognition of Outstanding Alumni

The President of the Alumni Association

Citation for the Honorary Degree

The President of the University

Conferral of the Honorary Degree

The Grand Chancellor of the University

Commencement Address

Richard G. Lugar

Presentation of Candidates for Braniff Graduate School Degrees

The Dean of the Braniff Graduate School

Conferral of Graduate Degrees

The President of the University

The Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Awarding of Academic Honors by the Constantin College of Liberal Arts

The Associate Provost for Constantin College

University Provost and Dean of Constantin College

For the Class of 1995

Clare Marie Flood

Presentation of Candidates for Constantin CoJlege Degrees

University Provost and Dean of Constantin College

Conferral of Constantin College Degrees

The President of the University

The Grand Chancellor of the University

Closing Remarks

The Grand Chancellor of the University

America the Beautiful

The Assembly

Recession