£>tfam tjcuyu&i
VOLUME 8, No. 3
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
JUNE, 1965
a Convocation March, members of the
graduating class, the faculty, overseers,
trustees and honored guests making up
the academic procession.
Distinguished Alumnus Is Commencement Speaker
nition for its successful effort to keep
the City of Brotherly Love in its rightful
place among the great cities of America.
His military career, though brief,
closely parallels his record of accomplishment in civilian life. He entered the
U. S. Navy in 1942 as a lieutenant.
Shortly thereafter, as a commander, he
became head of the Materials and Resources Group of the Bureau of Aeronautics and received a commendation
ribbon from Secretary of the Navy For-
restal for the efficient manner in which
he dealt with the problems of manpower,
labor, priorities and critical shortages in
connection with the production of naval
aircraft.
Even in the field of sports, Mr. Duane
has characteristically been an administrator as well as a participant. Formerly a
captain of the Harvard University tennis
team, he later became Chairman of the
Inter-Collegiate Committee of the
United States Lawn Tennis Association.
Graduation Dinner
A dinner honoring the graduating
seniors will be held Thursday evening,
June 10. Dean Sebring, as master of
ceremonies, will announce the names of
students who have distinguished themselves by scholarship, by participation
in campus activities, and by the winning
of competitive prizes and awards. This
graduation dinner is annually conducted
"'et's-get-acquainted" manner that
Florida Bar President Will Be Honored; 7975
Graduates To Get "Half Century" Diplomas
Morris Duane, '27, of Philadelphia, head of the 35-man law firm of Duane,
Morris and Heckscher, and a director of three of the largest financial institutions
in Pennsylvania, will deliver the annual Commencement address at the College of
Law, Friday, June I I.
The ceremonies, to which the public is cordially invited, will be held in the
Great Hall, beginning at 9:30 a.m. with represented by at least four members:
Justice Elwyn Thomas of the Supreme
Court of Florida; Judge Abram O. Kan-
ner, recently retired from the Second
District Court of Appeal; Judge H. B.
Peacock, Tampa; and William J. (Funie)
Steed, Orlando attorney.
Man of Many Talents
Of the distinguished commencement
speaker, it can truly be said that he is
a man of many talents, and that in the
varied activities into which his diversified interests have led him, he has
always been a leader.
In his own right and as a member
of the legal firm which bears his name,
he is counsel for several of the largest
corporations in the United States.
In the financial world he is known as
a director of the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, the Girard Trust Bank
and the Philadelphia Saving Fund
Society.
His interest in education has led him
to the presidency of the Trustees of
Episcopal Academy and to membership
on the board of trustees of several foundations. He is a director of the Harvard
Fund and of the Educational Facilities
Laboratory, a subsidiary of the Ford
Foundation.
Civic-Military Leader
His civic activities, which evidence an
interest in the elimination of disease and
human suffering, have brought him to
the chairman's seat of the Philadelphia
Air Pollution Control Board, the Philadelphia Community Policy Committee
on Health and Hospital Services, and a
Hospital Planning Agency for eight
Pennsylvania counties. He is co-chairman
of the Greater Philadelphia Movement,
a project that has received wide recog-
MORRIS DUANE, '27
The Honorable Chesterfield H. Smith
of Bartow will receive an appropriate
honor from the University in recognition
of his services during the past year as
president of the Florida Bar. Mr. Smith
can point with pride to the fact that
during his tenure of office construction
began on the $600,000 Florida Bar Center in Tallahassee and that substantial
strides were made in improving the administration of justice by the creation of
additional courts, increased compensation for the judiciary and better methods
for selecting, disciplining and removing
judges.
Twenty-five Graduates
President Edmunds will confer degrees
upon 25 graduating seniors and award
"half-century" diplomas to the graduates of the Class of 1915, which will be
in a
serves to accentuate the Stetson family
tradition. Guests of the graduates and
special guests of the University and the
College of Law will be individually introduced.
Note: Names of graduating seniors on
Page 6.
CHESTERFIELD SMITH
