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Past Honorary Degree Recipients
| Recipient |
Date Conferred
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| Frederick M. Irish |
May 28, 1940
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| Arthur John Matthews |
May 28, 1940
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| Charles A. Stauffer |
May 22, 1951
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| Samuel Henry Morris |
May 26, 1953
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| Ira Dawson Payne |
May 26, 1953
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| Abraham Lincoln Krohn |
May 24, 1955
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| Arthur Ervin Smith |
May 24, 1955
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| Alfred Knight |
May 29, 1956
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| Harvey Leslie Taylor |
May 29, 1956
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| Daniel Earl Noble |
May 28, 1957
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| Howard Pyle |
May 28, 1957
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| Walter Reed Bimson |
May 27, 1958
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| John Cromwell Lincoln |
May 27, 1958
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| Carl Sauer |
May 27, 1958
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| Carlos P. Garcia |
June 25, 1958
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| Eugene Collins Pulliam |
May 26, 1959
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| Carl Hayden |
Nov. 14, 1959
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| John Robert Murdock |
May 31, 1960
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| Barry Morris Goldwater |
May 30, 1961
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| George W. Romney |
June 5, 1962
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| Linton Elias Grinter |
June 5, 1962
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| Walter Early Craig |
June 4, 1963
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| Lynn Meade Laney |
June 4, 1963
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| Harvey Harlow Nininger |
June 4, 1963
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| Lillian Moller Gilbreth |
May 26, 1964
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| Julius Charles Wetzler |
May 26, 1964
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| Stewart Lee Udall |
June 1, 1965
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| George Fuller Miller |
June 1, 1965
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| John Alfred Hannah |
May 27, 1966
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| James Bryon McCormick |
May 27, 1966
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| Harold David Richardson |
May 26, 1967
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| Robert Jeffrey Hannelly |
May 26, 1967
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| Karl Clayton Leebrick |
May 26, 1967
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| Lewis Judah Ruskin |
June 4, 1968
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| Harlan Cleveland |
June 4, 1968
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| John Hope Franklin |
June 3, 1969
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| Frank Borman |
June 3, 1969
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| Charles Stewart Mott |
Jan 13, 1970
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| Ernest J. Hopkins |
June 2, 1970
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| George Homer Durham |
June 1, 1971
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| Richard A. Harvill |
June 1, 1971
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| Arthur B. Schellenberg |
June 1, 1971
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| Pablo Casals |
Mar 30, 1972
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| Raul H. Castro |
June 2, 1972
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| O.D. Miller |
June 2, 1972
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| Paolo Soleri |
May 18, 1973
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| Ernest W. McFarland |
May 18, 1973
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| Paul Rappaport |
May 17, 1974
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| Hugh Downs |
May 17, 1974
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| Herbert G. Fales |
May 16, 1975
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| Robert W. Galvin |
May 16, 1975
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| Mae S. Talley |
May 14, 1976
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| John J. Rhodes |
May 14, 1976
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| Louise Lincoln Kerr |
May 13, 1977
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| Bart Jan Bok |
May 19, 1978
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| Henry Eyring |
May 19, 1978
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| David C. Lincoln |
May 18, 1979
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| Erma Bombeck |
May 16, 1980
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| Vincent Persichetti |
May 16, 1980
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| Paul L. Singer |
May 16, 1980
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| Robert Penn Warren |
April 21, 1980
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| Philip C. Curtis |
May 15, 1981
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| Herb and Dorothy McLaughlin |
May 15, 1981
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| Steve Allen |
May 14, 1982
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| Fredi Chiappelli |
May 14, 1982
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| James Dickey |
May 14, 1982
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| Alan duBois |
May 14, 1982
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| Mstislav Rostropovich |
Aug. 6, 1982
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| Martha Graham |
Oct. 17, 1982
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| Tom Chauncey |
May 15, 1983
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| G.M. Sollenberger |
May 15, 1983
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| Sandra Day O'Connor |
May 11, 1984
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| James William Creasman |
May 11, 1984
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| Leontyne Price |
March 8, 1985
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| Edward F. Albee |
May 17, 1985
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| William A. Fowler |
May 17, 1985
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| Northurp H. Fry |
May 17, 1985
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| Kathryn K. Gammage |
May 17, 1985
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| William G. Payne |
May 17, 1985
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| Edward J. Dwight, Jr. |
May 16, 1986
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| Sylvia Porter |
May 16, 1986
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| John I. Yellott |
Aug. 8, 1986
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| William Reilley |
Nov. 7, 1986
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| Henry Cisneros |
Dec. 19, 1986
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| Frank Snell |
May 15, 1987
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| Gerald Wasserburg |
May 15, 1987
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| Virginia Galvin Piper |
May 15, 1987
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| Mo Udall |
Aug. 7, 1987
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| Kax Herberger |
Aug. 7, 1987
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| Edson W. Spencer |
Dec. 18, 1987
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| Robert S. Dietz |
May 13, 1988
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| Robert J. Eggert |
Aug. 5, 1988
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| Jovita R. Salonga |
Dec. 16, 1988
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| Art Buchwald |
Dec. 16, 1988
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| Walter Cronkite |
May 12, 1989
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| Lorraine Frank |
May 12, 1989
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| William Kajikawa |
Aug. 5, 1989
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| Pearl Bailey |
Dec. 22, 1989
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| Rabbi Albert Plotkin |
Dec. 22, 1989
|
| Yuan T. Lee |
May 11, 1990
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| G. Robert Herberger |
May 10, 1991
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| Frank X. Gordon |
Dec. 8, 1991
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| Cesar Chavez |
May 11, 1992
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| Tony Hillerman |
May 11, 1992
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| Alan Pritsker |
May 11, 1992
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| Willard Pedrick |
May 11, 1992
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| Marvin Morrison |
Aug. 11, 1992
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| Karsten Solheim |
Dec. 18, 1992
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| Louise Solheim |
Dec. 18, 1992
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| Daniel Nagrin |
Dec. 18, 1992
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| Dwight Patterson |
May 11, 1993
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| Jesse Jones |
May 11, 1993
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| Polly Rosenbaum |
May 11, 1993
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| Edward Carson |
Aug. 10, 1993
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| Paul Elsner |
Dec. 14, 1993
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| Rose Mofford |
May 11, 1994
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| Herman Chanen |
May 11, 1994
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| Keith Turley |
Aug. 5, 1994
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| Virginia Ullman |
Aug. 5, 1994
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| Maxine Marshall |
Dec. 14, 1994
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| Jonathan Marshall |
Dec. 14, 1994
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| Margaret Gisolo |
Dec. 14, 1994
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| Edward Bud Jacobson |
May 14, 1995
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| Rita Dove |
May 14, 1995
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| Ernest Boyer |
May 14, 1995
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| Florence Nelson |
Aug. 10, 1995
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| William S. Shover |
May 10, 1996
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| Gary L. Tooker |
May 10, 1996
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| Frank J. Sackton |
Aug. 9, 1996
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| Chang-Lin Tien |
Dec. 20, 1996
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| John F. Long |
Dec. 20, 1996
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| Paul J. Fannin |
May 16, 1997
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| Jack W. Whiteman |
May 16, 1997
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| Newton Rosenzweig |
Aug. 8, 1997
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| John P. Frank |
Dec. 19, 1997
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| Craig R. Barrett |
May 15, 1998
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| Wm. Polk Carey |
Aug. 7, 1998
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| Norman William Fain |
Dec. 18, 1998
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| Leon Howard Sullivan |
Dec. 18, 1998
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| Eddie Basha |
May 14, 1999
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| Raul Yzaguirre |
May 14, 1999
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| Alfredo Gutierrez |
Dec. 17, 1999
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| Craig E. Weatherup |
Dec. 17, 1999
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| Barbara McConnell Barrett |
May 11, 2000
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| Rudy E. Campbell |
May 11, 2000
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| Nadine Severns Carson |
Aug. 4, 2000
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| Lamonte H. Lawrence |
Aug. 4, 2000
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| L. Roy Papp |
Dec. 14, 2000
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| Marilyn A. Papp |
Dec. 14, 2000
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| L. William Seidman |
Dec. 14, 2000
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| Alice Wiley Snell |
May 10, 2001
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| Richard Berlin Snell |
May 10, 2001
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| Robert H. Johnson |
Aug. 31, 2001
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| Delbert Ray Lewis |
Dec. 31, 2001
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| Jewell McFarland Lewis |
Dec. 31, 2001
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| Jerry Colangelo |
May 9, 2002
|
| Rex G. Maughan |
May 9, 2002
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| John R. Christian |
Aug. 2, 2002
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| Bob Stump |
Dec. 19, 2002
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| Rita R. Colwell |
May 13, 2004
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| Rafael Rangel Sostmann |
May 13, 2004
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| Lawrence Douglas Wilder |
May 13, 2004
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| Peterson Zah |
May 12, 2005
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| Blake Edwards |
Sep. 23, 2005
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| Lord John Browne of Madingley |
Dec. 15, 2005
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| The Right Honourable Kim Campbell |
Dec. 15, 2005
|
| Wu Qidi |
May 11, 2006
|
| Frank H.T. Rhodes |
May 11, 2006
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| J. Craig Venter |
May 10, 2007
|
| Leland Hartwell |
Dec. 13, 2007
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| James J. Duderstadt |
May 14, 2008
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