Tuck and Thayer Schools Give Degrees to 107 Men

THE degree of Master of Business Administration was granted to 77 students of the Tuck School on Sunday, June 2. In separate ceremonies on the same day, the Master of Science degree in engi- neering was awarded to thirty graduates of the Thayer School of Engineering. President Dickey conferred the degrees upon both groups, with Tuck School men presented by Dean Arthur R. Upgren and the engineers presented by Prof. Edward S. Brown Jr. '34.

At the business school ceremonies, the commencement address was delivered by Donald W. Woodward of New York City, director and chairman of the financial committee of the Vick Chemical Company. His subject was "Fair Adventure of Tomorrow." Graduating with highest distinction were James L. Flynn '56, Shaker Heights, Ohio; Richard R. Kinnier '52, Scarsdale, N. Y.; and Peter Trinkle of Dorset, England. Flynn received the Walter A. Jacobs Memorial Prize, awarded to the student who has demonstrated outstanding qualities to the faculty and student body. Kinnier was the winner of the Gulf Fellowship in Business Administration, given by the Gulf Oil Corporation to encourage advanced study in the field.

Other prizes went to Walter D. Pugh 56, Bala-Cynwyd, Pa., who won the James A. and Sabra M. Hamilton Prize in Administration as outstanding student in courses in industrial management and administration; John van C. Parker, who won the Charles I. Lebovitz Memorial Award, given to the student who has made the greatest contribution to the daily life of the school; and David B. Watts, Sharon, Mass., who won the Herman Feldman Memorial Prize, given for ability in the field of labor relations and personnel administration.

The commencement address at the Thayer School exercises was delivered by Spencer R. Keare of Highland Park, Ill., president of the Federal Life Insurance Company, whose son, Douglas Keare '56, received the Master's degree in the combined engineering and business administration course.

Charles F. Goodrich '05, a distinguished graduate of Thayer School, presented the Charles F. and Ruth D. Goodrich Prize to William B. Macurdy '55 of Watertown, Mass., for all-around promise, scholarship and qualities of leadership.

The Westinghouse Fellowship for a year s study at Thayer School was presented to Martin C. Anderson '57, of Northboro, Mass., first-year student. The award was made by Henry N. Muller Jr. '35, chief engineer for Canadian Westinghouse, Ltd., and a member of the Thayer School Board of Overseers.