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Tlobb to address
commencement
Gov. Charles S. Robb of
i^irglnia will deliver the com-
nencement address at Elon Col-
ege on May 19 when approx-
mately 427 seniors are schedul-
!d to receive their diplomas.
Commencement exercises will
)cgin at 10:30 a.m. in Alumni
ilemorial Gymnasium and are
)pen to the public.
Gov. Robb also will receive the
lonorary doctor of laws degree.
Robb, a lawyer, was elected
ieutenant governor in 1977 and
1981 was elected governor,
receiving more votes than any
:andidate for state office in
Virginia’s history.
Robb was born in Phoenix,
Ariz. He graduated from Mount
Vernon High School in Fairfax,
Va., in 1957. He attended Cor
nell University on a regional
Ischolarship and the University of
Wisconsin on a NROTC scholar
ship. He received his bachelor of
business administration degree at
Wisconsin in 1961 and his law
degree from the University of
Virginia in 1973. He holds
honorary degrees from a number
rf colleges.
The governor has been af
filiated with the military since
957. He was student commander
if all ROTC units on campus as
in undergraduate and began ac-
ive duty with the U.S. Marine
Corps in 1961. He served as cam-
mander of an infantry company in
combat in Vietnam, where he
received 10 decorations.
The governor currently is
president of the Council of State
Governments, chairman of the
Education Commission of the
States, and the Education Sub
committee of the National Gover
nors Association’s Standing
Committee on Human Resources.
Robb is married to Lynda
Johnson Robb, daughter of
former President Lyndon B.
Johnson. They have three
daughters.
Commencement weekend ac
tivities begin Saturday with the
college worship service at 4 p.m.
in the Elon College Community
Church. Dr. H. Winfred Bray,
pastor of the First Christian
Church of the United Church of
Christ in Burlington, will deliver
the sermon. His daughter, Darla,
is one of the graduating seniors,
A reception for the candidates
for graduation, their families and
friends is scheduled for 5 p.m. on
the second floor of McEwen Din
ing Hall. The Elon College
Alumni Association and the col
lege faculty will serve as hosts.
Following graduation exercises,
graduates, their families, and
guests are invited to greet the
governor on Scott Plaza.
Bland is
honors director
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Thursday May 9, 1985
Volume XI, Number 27
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Largest graduate class!
Seniors with their black robes and square hats will officially be Elon graduates May 19. This year’s
class is the largest in the history of Elon with approximately 427 students in the group.
Waller is top prof
Dr. Bruce Waller
Dr. Bruce Waller, assistant
professor and chairman of the
department of philosophy, was
named Wednesday as recipient of
the Daniels-Danieley Award for
Excellence in Teaching.
The award, given annually to
the professor who has done the
most outstanding job for the year,
was presented at the annual facul
ty awards luncheon in McEwen
Dining Hall.
Waller, who has taught at Elon
since 1978, received tenure this
spring. He earned his bachelor’s
degree at Louisiana Tech and his
master’s degree and doctorate at
the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill. He is an authori
ty in the philosophy of
psychology and philosophy of
sociology.
The Daniels-Danieley Award
was established to honor the
parents of Dr. and Mrs. J. Earl
Danieley. Dr. Danieley, former
president of Elon College, is
Thomas E. Powell Jr. professor
of chemistry.
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