Spring 2010 (PDF) - Virginia Tech

UNIVERSITy DIGNITARIES AND INVITED SPEAKERS
Charles W. Steger, President, Virginia Tech
Robert F. McDonnell, 71st Governor of Virginia, Keynote
Speaker, University Commencement
Stephan Bieri, Former CEO and Vice President of the Board,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Keynote Speaker,
Graduate School Commencement
Steve Gladis, President and CEO, Gladis Communications,
Keynote Speaker, National Capital Region Commencement
Garnett E. Smith, Retired President and CEO, Advance Auto
Parts, William H. Ruffner Medal Award Recipient
Lance L. Smith, General, U.S. Air Force, Retired, Class of
1969, University Distinguished Achievement Award
Recipient
Richard T. Crowder, Former Ambassador, Chief Agriculture
Negotiator, Office of U.S. Trade Representative, Classes
of 1960 and 1962, Graduate Alumni Achievement Award
Recipient
James M. Shuler, D.V.M., Member of the Virginia General
Assembly, 12th District, Class of 1966, Alumni
Distinguished Service Award Recipient
E. Ann Spencer, Classes of 1976 and 1984, Associate Vice
President Emerita, Virginia Tech, Alumni Distinguished
Service Award Recipient
Kevin W. Leclaire, President of the Alumni Association Board
of Directors, Class of 1995, Greetings from the Alumni
Association, University Commencement
Mark G. McNamee, Senior Vice President and Provost
Sherwood G. Wilson, Vice President for Administrative
Services
Thomas C. Tillar, Jr., Vice President for Alumni Relations
Elizabeth A. Flanagan, Vice President for Development and
University Relations
Karen E. Sanders, Interim Vice President for Diversity and
Inclusion
M. Dwight Shelton, Vice President for Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
Earving L. Blythe, Vice President for Information Technology
and Chief Information Officer
James R. Bohland, Vice President and Executive Director,
National Capital Region Operations
John E. Dooley, Vice President for Outreach and International
Affairs
Robert W. Walters, Vice President for Research
Edward F. D. Spencer, Vice President for Student Affairs
Karen P. DePauw, Vice President and Dean for Graduate
Education
Daniel A. Wubah, Vice President and Dean for Undergraduate
Education
Alan L. Grant, Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
A. Jack Davis, Dean, College of Architecture and Urban
Studies
Richard E. Sorensen, Dean, Pamplin College of Business
Richard C. Benson, Dean, College of Engineering
Sue Ott Rowlands, Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Human
Sciences
Paul M. Winistorfer, Dean, College of Natural Resources
Lay Nam Chang, Dean, College of Science
Gerhardt G. Schurig, Dean, Virginia-Maryland Regional
College of Veterinary Medicine
J. Thomas Brown, Jr., Dean of Students
Eileen E. Hitchingham, Dean of University Libraries
Rosemary Blieszner, Associate Dean of the Graduate School
Manuel A. Pérez-Quiñones, Associate Dean in Residence
and Director of the Office for Graduate Student Diversity
Initiatives
Janet W. Rankin, Associate Dean of the Graduate School
David L. Trauger, Associate Dean of the Graduate School in
the National Capital Region and Director of the Northern
Virginia Center
Joseph S. Merola, Professor and Department Chair, Chemistry,
Reader of Names, Graduate School Commencement
Hardus Odendaal, Associate Professor, Electrical and
Computer Engineering, Commencement Marshal,
University and Graduate School Commencements
Gary L. Long, Faculty Senate President, Message on
Behalf of the Faculty, University and Graduate School
Commencements
Shawn Eric Rosenquist, Ph.D., Biological Systems
Engineering, Graduate Student Marshal, Graduate School
Commencement
Lachelle Monique Waller, Ph.D., Genetics, Bioinformatics
and Computational Biology, Graduate Student Speaker,
Graduate School Commencement
Chelsea Crane, M.A., Curriculum and Instruction, Vocalist,
Graduate School Commencement
Jay Crone, Associate Professor and Department Head, Music,
Coordinator of Virginia Tech Brass Ensemble, Graduate
School Commencement
Brian R. Golden, President, Class of 2010, Remarks by the
Class President, University Commencement
Angela L. Bowers, Female Member-at-Large, Class of 2010,
Opening Reflections, University Commencement
Laura J. Freeman, doctoral student in Statistics, President,
Graduate Student Assembly, Remarks on Behalf of the
Graduate Students, University Commencement
Nathan W. Taylor, Male Member-at-Large, Class of 2010,
Closing Reflections, University Commencement
Nicole M. Bonfiglio, B.A., Music Education and Performance,
Class of 2010, Vocalist, University Commencement
Travis J. Cross, Assistant Professor of Music, Conductor,
Symphonic Wind Ensemble, University Commencement
A. Melissa Smarr, Classes of 2000 and 2010, Virginia
Tech Alumni Association Board of Directors, Greetings
from the Alumni Association, National Capital Region
Commencement
Glenn E. Moglen, Professor, Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Commencement Marshal, Message on Behalf
of the Faculty, National Capital Region Commencement
Kelsey J. Meyers, Vocalist, National Capital Region
Commencement
Michael E. Webster, Vocalist, National Capital Region
Commencement
Judith May Octavia Brown, Ph.D., Human Development,
Graduate Student Remarks, National Capital Region
Commencement
Adil N. Godrej, Associate Director, Occoquan Watershed
Monitoring Lab, Reader of Names, National Capital Region
Commencement
Charles T. Peterson, Director, Quintessential Brass Repertoire,
National Capital Region Commencement