Commencement 1997

In a sea of robes, individual and communal triumph is the dress of the day


Corporate executive and philanthropist Lee Martin (at left in picture above) exchanges smiles with IU President Myles Brand during commencement ceremonies on the IU South Bend campus May 13. Martin, of Naples, Fla., was the South Bend campus' honorary degree recipient.

And how sweet it was for Erica Terry, seemingly conducting an orchestra of her peers at Memorial Stadium May 10 at IUB. Terry had just received her degree in general studies.

Michelle Weaver (right) fixes her mortarboard before ceremonies at IPFW, assisted by Christina McKinnis (left) and Tara Hosier (center);

unidentified IU Northwest grads revel with balloons May 15;

Holly Hurlock performs the moving of the tassel following graduation at IU Kokomo May 13;

IU East graduates wait patiently seated in front of a bank of diplomas preceding conferral at ceremonies at Richmond's Tiernan Center May 16;

Joseph Grant, a continuing studies graduate at IU Southeast, holds fast to his mortarboard against whipping winds at New Albany's commencement May 12;

and Deborah Bowman (left) and Linda Orr wave pom-poms in celebration at the RCA Dome May 11 following conferral of their elementary education degrees from IUPUI.

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