One Hundred Thirtieth Commencement June 9, 1985 Savannah State College

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The Chief Marshal

The Class Marshals

Candidates for The Masters Degree

Candidates for The Baccalaureate Degree

Instructors of The College

Assistant Professors of The College

Associate Professors of The College

Professors of The College

Professors Emeriti

The Graduate Faculty

The Presidential Party

The Significance of The Academic Mace

Observing the centuries-old convocation procedures, each Marshal in the Savannah State Col-
lege Academic Procession carries an official mace which is indicative of the power, dignity, and
magisterium vested in the College. The mace is a club-shaped staff which originated in the Mid-
dle Ages as a weapon. Eventually, it gained a ceremonial character and is presently employed
most often by legislative forums and academic enterprises.

The official mace of Savannah State College was designed and made from mahogany wood
by Dr. Ernest S. Brown, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. Dr. Lester B.
Johnson, Head of the Department of Engineering Technology, designed and built the Mace Stand.

The College motto is "Lux Et Veritas" ("Light and Truth")

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PRELUDE: "Tuccato in d Minor" Gordon Nevin

James Thompson, Organist

ACADEMIC PROCESSION: "War March of the Priests" Felix Mendelssohn

James Thompson, Jr.

INVOCATION The Reverend Charles W. Pitts

Pastor, St. Philip Monumental A.M.E. Church

Savannah, Georgia

SELECTION: "You Better Mind" Jester Hairston

The Savannah State College Concert Choir

Willie E. Jackson, Director

Randy Duncan, Accompanist

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO GRADUATES Wendell G. Rayburn

President, Savannah State College

SELECTION: "Come Unto Jesus" Robert J. Fryson

The Savannah State College Wesleyan Choir

Gerron D. Miller, Director

Jerome S. Glover, Pianist

Spencer E. White, III, Organist

INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER Wendell G. Rayburn

COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Clarence Thomas

Chairman, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Washington, DC.

SELECTION: "The Hallelujah Chorus" (from The Messiah) George Frederick Handel

The Savannah State College Concert Choir
The Savannah State College Wesleyan Choir

PRESENTATION OF PRESIDENT'S AWARDS Wendell G. Rayburn

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATE DEGREES Edward J. Hayes

Vice President for Academic Affairs

CONFERRING OF GRADUATE DEGREES Wendell G. Rayburn

Assisted by Alvin Collins, Registrar

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREES:

School of Business Dean Leo G. Parrish

School of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Ja A. Jahannes

School of Sciences and Technology Dean Margaret C. Robinson

CONFERRING OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Wendell G. Rayburn

Assisted by the Academic Deans and the Registrar

ALUMNI INDUCTION Jimmie Lee Ja~ckson

President, Savannah State College National Alumni Association

PRESENTATION OF N.R.OT.C. CANDIDATE FOR COMMISSION Commander Edward Clark, Jr.

Commanding Officer, Savannah State College N.R.OT.C.

PRESENTATION OF A.R.OT.C. CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSION Captain Arnet J. Whorley

Officer in Charge, Savannah State/Armstrong State A.R.OT.C.

ADMINISTERING THE OATH OF OFFICE:

N.R.OT.C Commander Edward Clark, Jr.

A.R.OT.C Captain Arnet J. Whorley

PRAYER FOR THE NEW OFFICERS

"Veni Sancte Spiritus" The Reverend Samuel A. Williams

Savannah State College Minister

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE HYMN

BENEDICTION The Reverend Samuel A. Williams

THREE-FOLD AMEN

RECESSIONAL: "Pomp and Circumstance" Sir Edward Elgar

James Thompson, Jr.

The audience is requested to remain seated
The audience is requested to stand
The audience is requested to remain seated until the procession has exited

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MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

lArbelaez, Bernardo Estrada Pontificia Bolivariana University

Bass, Richard Allen, Lieutenant USN Perdue University

Benson, Nora Lynn University of Georgia

Heslin, J. Alexander George Washington University

Howard, Lonnie Taylor Clemson University

Kwak, Anthony S Kon Kuk University

Menon, Sashi K Southern Technical Institute

Saumweber, Marliss Ann Medical College of Georgia

Tilson, Gertrude Robinson Savannah State College

Woolen, James Roy Georgia State University

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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Accounting

Abdul-Salaam, Hasan Savannah, Georgia

**!Bryant, Joanne P. Savannah, Georgia

**English, Darlene Marie Savannah, Georgia

Farley, Cathy Denene Savannah, Georgia

*Gallagher, Kathleen Marie Savannah, Georgia

*Holland, Dorothy A Savannah, Georgia

Johnson, Bonita Elizabeth Atlanta, Georgia

Johnson, Mary Norwood Savannah, Georgia

**Kiene, Lester T. Savannah, Georgia

Muller, Anita Patton Savannah, Georgia

**Newell, Ernest Andrew : Savannah, Georgia

**Osborne, Vonciel Toconia Augusta, Georgia

*Porzio, Nicholas Louis Savannah, Georgia

*Shambayati, Debra Harbeson Statesboro, Georgia

Simmons, Joe N Savannah, Georgia

*Sanders, James Earl Savannah, Georgia

!In Absentia **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

General Business Administration

!Bouie, Linda Carol Fitzgerald, Georgia

Ford, Annette Renee' Charleston, South Carolina

*Lane, Elgin J Brunswick, Georgia

McClain, Rhodesia Denise Savannah, Georgia

Mason, Patricia Ann Savannah, Georgia

Newton, Josie P. Savannah, Georgia

Osgood, Yolanda Midville, Georgia

Paulk, Dorothy Michelle Baxley, Georgia

Roberts, Rose Marie Savannah, Georgia

Schaaf, Karen Savannah, Georgia

!Thomas, Ira Kurt Cordell, Georgia

Williams, Elvis Tampa, Florida

Management

IBaugh, Glenda Nanette Savannah, Georgia

Johnson, Mary Ann Plainfield, New Jersey

Kent, George G., Jr. Savannah, Georgia

!Mann, James Craig Vidalia, Georgia

Moore, Joseph P. Savannah, Georgia

*Porzio, Nicholas Louis Savannah, Georgia

JSmith, Jerry Arthur Savannah, Georgia

Stephens, Kimberly Carol Gainesville, Georgia

Toney, Yolanda Edricka Columbus, Georgia

!In Absentia **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

Marketing

Brown, Rosalind Savannah, Georgia

Buff, Donna Harvey Savannah, Georgia

Dixon, Janet Diane Savannah, Georgia

McLendon, Charlene Dublin, Georgia

Finance & Banking

Garvin, Angela Marie Decatur, Georgia

Jenkins, Freeman, Jr. Savannah, Georgia

Sheppard, Josey M., Jr. Savannah, Georgia

*Smirnoff, John Michael Savannah, Georgia

*Walker, Roger Craig Orlando, Florida

Williams, Phyllis Denise Savannah, Georgia

Williams, Zanita Cyette Savannah, Georgia

Information Systems

Hutto, John Emerson, Jr. Savannah, Georgia

**Idleman, Scott G Savannah, Georgia

King, Winifred M Macon, Georgia

*Middleton, Pamela Johnson Savannah, Georgia

Muller, Anita Patton Savannah, Georgia

Osgood, Yolanda Midville, Georgia

Reid, Kim Gloria Brooklyn, New York

ISimpson, Gwenyn Reynell Savannah, Georgia

**Thompson, Marion Rachel Brown Durham, North Carolina

Office Administration

Edwards, Doris Morven, Georgia

Gary, Melesa Lee Elberton, Georgia

Holmes, Cathy B Griffin, Georgia

Kitchen, Beverly Ann Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

Robinson, Dorothy Ann Brunswick, Georgia

!In Absentia **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

DOUBLE MAJORS

Accounting and Information Systems

Muller, Anita Patton Savannah, Georgia

Accounting and Management

*Porzio, Nicholas Louis Savannah, Georgia

General Business Administration and Information Systems

Osgood, Yolanda Midville, Georgia

SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Criminal Justice

Brookins, Gwynette LaEtta Hazlehurst, Georgia

Brown, Anderson Savannah, Georgia

Brown, Sheila Rebecca Savannah, Georgia

Coleman, Thia Anne Beaufort, South Carolina

Dawson, Frederick VaRon Kingsland, Georgia

*Grant, Lillian Diane Savannah, Georgia

Holt, Alphonso Atlanta, Georgia

**Jackson, Susan Elaine Savannah, Georgia

Lawson, Sharon Yvonne Macon, Georgia

Luckey, Valerie Celeste Hinesville, Georgia

Oliver, Cynthia L Savannah, Georgia

Ross, Beverly L Pineville, South Carolina

Simmons, Brenda Lee Ridgeland, South Carolina

Williams, Louise Elizabeth Savannah, Georgia

History

**Washington, Debra Jean Dublin, Georgia

!In Absentia **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

Mass Communication

Bryant, Petruska Savannah, Georgia

Ferguson, Stanley Lewis Atlanta, Georgia

Ferrebee, Terry L Savannah, Georgia

Mumford, Jacqueline Marie Savannah, Georgia

Woodard, Briggett K Savannah, Georgia

Music

Albright, Lula Mabette Allen Savannah, Georgia

Political Science

Miller, Edward Gunnar, Jr Savannah, Georgia

*Murphy, Yorquetta Johnnene Hollis, New York

! Parks, Clarence A Augusta, Georgia

Sociology

Bostic, Ernestine Clarissa Lakeland, Florida

Henderson, Linda Savannah, Georgia

Myers, Yolette Jennifer Dublin, Georgia

Ward, Ra'ni Messina Dawson, Georgia

Social Work

Brantley, Debra Ann Ailey, Georgia

Green, DeWeece LouWanna St. Simons Island, Georgia

Hall, Sonja Renee Hazlehurst, Georgia

Hill, Barbara Louise Savannah, Georgia

Johnson, Denise Julia New York, New York

Lee, Jahndra Latrelle Forrest Cordele, Georgia

Robinson, Kay Dublin, Georgia

Smith, Byron Leonardo Savannah, Georgia

*Thompson, Carolyn W Savannah, Georgia

*Tindor, Mary Deborah Savannah, Georgia

!In Absentia **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

SCHOOL OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY

Biology

Antwi-Adjei, Kofi Kumasi, Ghana

Carter, Nikita V. Hazlehurst, Georgia

Dunbar, Janet Sardis, Georgia

Erwin, Monica Faye Savannah, Georgia

Gilliard, Michael Anthoney Savannah, Georgia

*Jackson, Julia Lucia Savannah, Georgia

King, Sharon Grace Savannah, Georgia

Richards, David Forest, III Burlington, North Carolina

Williams, Sonia Renee' Savannah, Georgia

Williams, Alimami Kary Savannah, Georgia

Marine Biology

**Gowens, Wallace Guy Savannah, Georgia

Richardson, Jacob R., II Beaufort, South Carolina

Chemistry

*Agyekum, Anthony Ochirikrom, Ghana

Brown, Linda Middleton Savannah, Georgia

Kendrick, Joyce Allen Augusta, Georgia

Mikell, Valerie Rose Savannah, Georgia

Mathematics

Alghamedi, Saaied Marshall Saudi Arabia

Anderson, Ernest McKinley, Jr. Pelham, Georgia

Crawford, Michael B Atlanta, Georgia

Humphries, Terri Elaine Albany, Georgia

! Jackson, Bernard L., Lieutenant, USN Macon, Georgia

*Jefferson, Eric Bernard Atlanta, Georgia

* Jones, Chauncey Quentell Savannah, Georgia

Kendricks, Bridgette M Savannah, Georgia

Moton, David Edward . Augusta, Georgia

*Pope, Michael Greensboro, Georgia

Powell, Johnny C, Jr. . Savannah, Georgia

Settlemyer, Sidney Russell Greenville, South Carolina

Stephens, Cynthia Marie Savannah, Georgia

**Willingham, Jeffrey Darryn Atlanta, Georgia

!In Absentia **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

Electronics Engineering Technology

!Asad, Behrouz Lorestan, Iran

Ayoubi, Masoud Tabriz, Iran

*Ball, Herbert Victor Fitzgerald, Georgia

Brown, Rodney Savannah, Georgia

**Conner, Harold Ezell, Jr Savannah, Georgia

Ferrebee, Thomas, III Savannah, Georgia

Henley, Rubin Henry Savannah, Georgia

**!Jen, Kwang-Suz Shanghai, China

**Owusu Bempah Mensah Poku Kumasi, Ghana

Ricks, Ranson Joseph Claxton, Georgia

Tran, Hieu Van Savannah, Georgia

Walker, Eugene Savannah, Georgia

Civil Engineering Technology

Akpu, Godwin Ewah Afikpo-Imo, Nigeria

Emerson, Bryon T Savannah, Georgia

*Turner, Michael Statesboro, Georgia

Shalabi, Haithem Nimer Diab Tulkarm, Jordan

Tyson, Jessie Savannah, Georgia

*Young, Toby Atlanta, Georgia

Child Development and Family Services

Owens, Vickie Michelle McBride Waynesboro, Georgia

Environmental Studies

*Arkwood, Gary Dean Savannah, Georgia

Dietetics and Institutional Management

*Agyekum, Anthony Ochirikrom, Ghana

Akonful, Cecilia Elspeth Mensah Tokoradi, Ghana

!In Absentia **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

Associate/Computer Technology

**Conner, Harold Ezell, Jr. Savannah, Georgia

Dang, Hung, Tien Savannah, Georgia

!Ray, William Howarth Savannah, Georgia

DOUBLE MAJORS

Chemistry and Dietetics and Institutional Management

*Agyekum, Anthony Ochirikrom, Ghana

Electronics Engineering Technology and Computer Technology

**Conner, Harold Ezell, Jr. Savannah, Georgia

!In Absentia **Magna Cum Laude *Cum Laude

SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE HYMN

Let us give thanks and praise to Thee,

To our Alma Mater, S.S.C.

Thine honor, pride, and eminence,

We raise in prayerful reverence.

Guide us still from day to day,

Be Thou mindful lest we lose our way;

Help us know that life, short or long,

Means unceasing work for weak and strong.

Refrain

Where Savannah meets the sea,
Where grassy plains and palms abound,
Where the flow'rs are gems of loveliness,

There S.S.C. is found.

We adore each beauteous scene and hall,

Our all we pledge to Thee!

In our hearts we'll build a shrine for Three.

We hail Thee, S.S.C.

J. Randolph Fisher
Hillary Hatchett

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1985 Summer School June 17-August 22

1985 Fall Quarter Freshmen, September 16

Upperclassmen, September 20

Manor (Srafcuatea

June 9, 1985

Magna Cum Laude

(3.40 - 3.74)

Mensah Poku Owusu-Bempah
Joanne P. Bryant
Harold E. Conner, Jr.
Darlene M. English
Wallace G. Gowens
Scott G. Idleman
Susan E. Jackson

Kwang Suz Jen
Lester T. Kiene
Ernest A. Newell
Vonciel T. Osborne
Marion B. Thompson
Hieu V. Tran
Debra J. Washington
Jeffrey D. Williams

Cum Laude

(3.00 - 3.39)

Anthony A. Agyekum
Gary D. Arkwood
Herbert V. Ball
Kathleen M. Gallagher
Lillian D. Grant
Dorothy A. Holland
Julia L. Jackson
Eric B. Jefferson
Pamela Middleton-Johnson
Chauncey Q. Jones
Elgin J. Lane

Yorquetta J. Murphy
Michael Pope
Nicholas L. Porzio
James E. Sanders
Debra H. Shambayati
John M. Smirnoff
Carolyn W. Thompson
Mary Deborah Tindor
Michael Turner
Roger C. Walker
Toby Young

Mensah P. O. Bern pah
Harold E. Conner, Jr.
Wallace G. Gowens
Julia L. Jackson
Ernest A. Newell

*ALPHA KAPPA MU HONOR SOCIETY

Vonciel T. Osborne
Michael Pope
Marion B. Thompson
Hieu V. Tran
Debra J. Washington
Jeffrey Willingham

"Graduates wearing gold honor stoles

Richard A. Bass
Harold E. Conner, Jr.
Wallace Guy Gowens
Sonja Renee Hall
Julia Lucia Jackson
Chauncey Q. Jones
Elgin J. Lane
Vonciel Toconia Osborne

SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE
WHO'S WHO

Among Students in
American Universities and Colleges

Michael Pope
James Earl Sanders
Debra Harbeson Shambayati
Marion Thompson
Michael Turner
Roger Craig Walker
Jeffrey D. Willingham
Stanley Ferguson

Akpu Godwin
Julia L. Jackson

BETA KAPA CHI SCIENTIFIC HONOR SOCIETY

Kwang S. Jen
Jeffrey D. Willingham

DELTA SIGMA PI INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY

Michele C. Atkinson Jacqueline Jones

Cathy Farley Dorothy Paulk

Freeman Jenkins Yolanda Osgood

USHERS

NLR.O.T.C. Midshipmen

ACADEMIC COSTUMES

Modern academic dress has evolved from a type of apparel prescribed by English Medieval Universities to distinguish
their schools from the lay person in dress at a time when everybody wore robes or gowns. When American colleges and
universities desired to adopt some suitable system of academic apparel a half century ago, it seemed best to agree on some
definite system which all might follow. Accordingly, this attire has consisted of the cap, the gown, and the hood, the latter
two now differing according to the degree the wearer has received.

The modern cap, in academic dress has the same design for all degrees; black and square-shapred with a tassel hanging
from the center. However, the color of the tassel usually differentiates the field of study for which the degree was granted,
the gold tassel being worn by doctors or by presidents of colleges and universities; but it may be added that the black tassel
is correct for all degrees.

The gown, unlike the cap, differs appreciably in design according to the degree conferred on the wearer. The gown for
the bachelor's degree has pointed sleeves. It is designed to be worn closed. The gown for the master's degrees, worn open
or closed has an oblong sleeve, open at the wrist, like the others. The sleeve base hangs down in the traditional manner.
The rear part of its oblong shape is square cut and the front part has an arc cut away. The doctor's gown, worn open or
closed, has long sleeves faced with velvet; three bars of velvet are midway the sleeves. The trimmings of the dogror's gown
may be black or the color associated with the field of study.

The hood, while not an article of dress, is, however, the most distinctive feature of the academic attire. It is a black, crow-
shaped badge or adornment with an oval opening and worn down the back. It enables one to quickly determine not only
the degree held by the wearer but also the college or university from which he is graduated. The colors lining the hood and
the size and the shape of the hood make this distinction. The bachelor's and master's hoods are three feet and three and
half feet in length, respectively; the doctor's hood is four feet in length and is made with a wide panel. Hoods may be worn
for only those degrees actually held by the wearers.

Members of the governing body of a college or university, and they only, whatever their degrees may be, are entitled to
wear doctor's gowns (with black velvet), but their hoods may be only those of degrees actually held by the wearers or those
especially prescribed for them by the institution.

In some collegesr and universities, it is customary for the president, chancellor, or chief officer to wear a costume similar
to that worn by the head of a foreign university.

The chief marshal may wear a specially designed costume approved by the institution.

For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctor's gowns, edging of hoods, and tassels of caps, the color associated
with different subjects as prescribed by the revised American Intercollegiate Code is as follows:

Agriculture Maise

Arts, Letters, Humanities White

Business Drab

Economics Copper

Education Light Blue

Law Purple

Library Science Lemon

Music Pink

Oratory - (Speech) Silver Gray

Philosophy Dark Blue

Physical Education Sage Green

Science Golden Yellow

Theology Scarlet

At Savannah State College, the lining of the hood has an orange chevron on a blue background to represent school colors.
A faculty members wears the color of his alma mater.