The
2003
Founder’s
Day and Commencement
Photo
Gallery
Lincoln University’s
Class of 2003, members of the University faculty and alumni
as well as campus visitors, sing the Lincoln Alma Mater
at the 144th Commencement ceremonies on May 4. In total,
158 Lincoln seniors received baccalaureate degrees and
146 were awarded with master’s degrees.
Getting
ready for Lincoln’s 144th Commencement. Here, University
President Ivory V. Nelson, Ph.D. (front row, fifth
from left) greets the 2003 honorary degree recipients
as well as members of the faculty, administration and
Board of Trustees. Pictured first row (l-r): Dr. Oswald
H. Richards, interim chair, Economics and Business Administration;
Minnie L. Jackson, owner/chairman, Harlem Globetrotters
(Doctor of Humane Letters); Walter D. Chambers ’52,
Emeritus Trustee (Doctor of Humane Letters); Frank
C. Gihan ’72, Board of Trustees Chair-Elect; Adrienne
G. Rhone ’76, Board of Trustees Chair; Mark E. Dean,
vice president, IBM (keynote speaker and Doctor of
Science);J. Vernon Peterson ‘73, Trustee; Tracey
J. Hunter Hayes ’87, Trustee; and Frank “Tick”
Coleman ’35, Emeritus Trustee, special assistant
to the President for Alumni Giving. Second row (l-r):
William B. Ingram ’61, Trustee; Howard E. Merlin,
vice president, Fiscal Affairs; Dr. Robert L. Albright
’66, Trustee; Rev. Calvin S. Morris, ’63, Ph.D.,
Trustee; David E. Warr, Trustee; Warren R. Colbert, Sr.
’68, Trustee; Dr. William E. Bennett ’50, Trustee;
Dr. B. Marshall Henderson, professor, Biology; and Lisa
M.B. Johnson, President, Alumni Association. Third row
(l-r): Dr. Grant D. Venerable, II, vice president, Academic
Affairs; Michael B. Hill, vice president, Development
and External Relations; Gregory C. Miller ’77, Trustee;
Donn G. Scott ’70, Trustee, co-chair, Sesquicentennial
Committee; Dwight S. Taylor ’68, Trustee, Dr. James
A. (Moose) Parker ’42, Emeritus Trustee; and Dr.
William B. Bynum, Jr., vice president, Student Affairs
and Enrollment Management.
Lincoln
University President Ivory V. Nelson, Ph.D. (left)
and Lincoln Trustee Warren R. Colbert, Sr. ’68, hoist
the class reunion check for $142,687.71 at the Founder’s
Day and Alumni Awards Banquet on May 3. The total represents
the amount raised by Lincoln reunion classes ending in
the 3s and the 8s.
Lincoln
University President Ivory V. Nelson, Ph.D., presents
degree to a 2003 graduate during the University’s
144th Commencement ceremonies on May 4.
Keynote
speaker Mark E. Dean, an IBM vice president, addresses
Lincoln University’s Class of 2003 at the 144th Commencement
ceremonies on May 4. Dean, who also received a Doctor
of Science Honorary Degree from Lincoln, co-invented the
microcomputer system that allowed compatibility between
PCs and peripheral devices such as scanners, speakers
and disk drives.
The Lincoln University
Concert Choir performs during the University’s 144th
Commencement on May 4.
Harlem
Globetrotter Owner and Chairman Mannie L. Jackson (left)
is presented with a Doctor
of Humanities Honorary Degree from Lincoln President Ivory
V. Nelson, Ph.D. at the University’s 144th Commencement
on May 4.
This
year, Lincoln University’s Class of 1953 marked its
50th anniversary and was honored at the Founder’s
Day Emeritus Class Luncheon on May 3. Class of 1953 members
attending the luncheon included, first row, from left:
George B. Jones (kneeling), Dr. Henry Cornell ’33
(class advisor), Dr. Martin L. Kilson, Alfred Kase,
Donald Pierce and Donald Ukkerd. Second row: Joseph Daniels,
Ted Whitney, Dr. Bernard Duncan, Richard Marshall, Basil
Gordon, President Nelson, Laval Corthran, Ernest Smith,
James M. Skerrett, Andrew O. Smith, Samuel Desmond, Harry
Joyner and Freeman Bradley.
Lincoln
President Ivory V. Nelson, Ph.D., (right) presents
the Doctor of Humane Letters Honorary Degree to Walter
D. Chambers (left), a 1952 Lincoln alumnus, as
Frank C. Gihan ’72, Lincoln Board of Trustees Chairman-Elect,
assists with the presentation. Chambers was one of three
people awarded honorary doctorate degrees by the University
at its 144th Commencement ceremonies on May 4. Chambers
is an award-winning corporate executive, exemplary community
leader and distinguished educator who had an outstanding
career as a manager and vice president with New Jersey
Bell Telephone Company and Bell Atlantic.
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