Summary The 456th convocation was held on Friday, June 11, Saturday, June 12, and Sunday, June 13, 1999, in Harper Quadrangle. Hugo F. Sonnenschein, President of the University, presided. A total of 2,508 degrees were awarded: 745 Bachelor of Arts in the College, 53 Bachelor of Science in the College and the Division of the Physical Sciences, 9 Master of Science in the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine, 85 Master of Arts in the Division of the Humanities, 4 Master of Fine Arts in the Division of the Humanities, 77 Master of Science in the Division of the Physical Sciences, 111 Master of Arts in the Division of the Social Sciences, 5 Master of Arts in Teaching in the Division of the Social Sciences, 12 Master of Liberal Arts in the William B. and Catherine V. Graham School of General Studies, 40 Master of Laws in the Law School, 643 Master of Business Administration in the Graduate School of Business, 36 International Master of Business Administration in the Graduate School of Business, 32 Master of Arts in the Divinity School, 6 Master of Arts in the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, 61 Master of Public Policy in the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, 112 Doctor of Medicine in the Pritzker School of Medicine, 153 Master of Arts in the School of Social Service Administration, 14 Master of Divinity in the Divinity School, 191 Doctor of Law in the Law School, 11 Doctor of Philosophy in the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine, 33 Doctor of Philosophy in the Division of the Humanities, 20 Doctor of Philosophy in the Division of the Physical Sciences, 44 Doctor of Philosophy in the Division of the Social Sciences, 3 Doctor of Philosophy in the Divinity School, 4 Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Business, and 4 Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Social Service Administration. Three honorary degrees were conferred during the 456th convocation. The recipients of the Doctor of Humane Letters were Pierre Briant, Professor d’Histoire de l’Antiquité, Université de Toulouse; and Bernard Williams, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and Monroe Deutsch Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley. The recipient of the Doctor of Science was Daniel C. Tsui, Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University. Five Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching were given, to Bertram Cohler, William Rainey Harper Professor in the College, the Departments of Psychology, Education, and Psychiatry, the Divinity School, and the Committees on General Studies in the Humanities and on Human Development; Milton Ehre, Professor in the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures and the College; Susan M. Kidwell, Professor in the Department of Geophysical Sciences, the Committee on Evolutionary Biology, and the College; Michael C. LaBarbera, Professor in the Departments of Organismal Biology & Anatomy and Geophysical Sciences, the Committee on Evolutionary Biology, and the College; and Moishe Postone, Associate Professor in the Department of History, the Committee on Jewish Studies, and the College. Three Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching were given, to Jonathan Abbatt, Associate Professor in the Department of Geophysical Sciences; Paul Friedrich, Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics and the Committee on Social Thought; and Lloyd I. Rudolph, Professor in the Department of Political Science, the Committee on South Asian Studies, and the College. Elaine Fuchs, the Amgen Professor in the Departments of Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, the Committees on Genetics, Developmental Biology, and Cancer Biology, the Cancer Research Center, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, delivered the principal convocation address at the first, second, and third sessions, “Shapes of an Education at the University of Chicago.” James E. Schrager, Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management in the Graduate School of Business, delivered the principal convocation address at the fourth session, “Why Is the University of Chicago Great?” Peter G. Peterson, M.B.A.’51, Chairman, The Blackstone Group, delivered remarks at the fourth session. Distinguished guest William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States of America, delivered remarks at the third session. Bachelor’s degree candidates’ remarks were given by Ana Cristina Faria, Thymaya Payne, and Michael Rossman at the third session.
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