June 1, 2001 Sp119 Contact: Sarah Maxwell Director of Media Relations (507) 646-4183 Carleton College to Hold its 127th Commencement Northfield, Minn. — Carleton College will award the bachelor of arts degree to 439 graduating seniors at its 127th annual commencement exercises, Saturday, June 9. Carleton also will present honorary degrees to three distinguished persons: Joyce Hughes, a professor of law at Northwestern University, will receive the honorary doctor of laws degree; Judd Alexander, retired executive vice president of the American Can Company and James River Corporation, will receive the honorary doctor of humane letters degree; and Linda Bartoshuk, professor of surgery and psychology at Yale University, will receive the honorary doctor of science degree. Each honorary degree recipient will address the graduates in outdoor ceremonies beginning at 9:30 a.m. on the lawn west of Hulings Hall. Two members of the graduating class also will speak at commencement. Jeong Hyun, a political science major from Ann Arbor, Mich., will give a talk titled "Strength for the Road." Alicia Hancock, a political science major from Lincoln, Neb., will speak on "Selective Memory." Hughes is a 1961 graduate of Carleton and served on the College’s Board of Trustees from 1969 to 1994. In 1971, she became the nation’s first African American female tenure-track law professor at a majority school, the University of Minnesota, and has been teaching law at Northwestern since 1975. She also was the first African American woman to receive a juris doctorate from the University of Minnesota, to take and pass the Minnesota Bar Exam, and to serve as a law clerk to a federal judge in Minnesota. She has been retained as counsel at several law firms and currently serves as director of the Leadership Counsel for Metropolitan Open Communities in Chicago and as a member of the Visiting Committee at Bennett College in North Carolina. Hughes has published articles in numerous law journals and received service awards from the Black Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, the Cook County Bar Association, and the National Alliance of Black School Educators, among others. Hughes will give a speech titled "Connections." Alexander, a 1949 graduate of Carleton, began his business career as a salesman for Marathon Corp. and rose through the ranks as the company changed to American Can Co., and later to the James River Corp. As a teenager, Alexander co-founded a small farm equipment manufacturing company called Nu-Bilt, and later established himself as a national authority on corporate environmental issues, specifically solid waste. He lectured widely on the topic and published an award-winning book titled "In Defense of Garbage." He was the national chairman for the "Keep America Beautiful" campaign. In addition to 24 years of service on the Carleton Board of Trustees, Alexander has served as a board member for numerous organizations. He is a World War II veteran and earned a combat infantry badge, three battle stars and a Bronze Star medal with the armored infantry during the conflict. Alexander will give a speech titled "The Joyous Pursuit of Knowledge." Bartoshuk is a 1960 graduate of Carleton and has taught at Yale University School of Medicine since 1971, most recently in the surgery department’s section of otolaryngology. She is the author of more than 170 articles and chapters in handbooks, and has received numerous awards for her work. Bartoshuk has been a national lecturer for Sigma Xi and the American Psychological Association and has served as president of the Eastern Psychological Association and of the division of comparative and physiological psychology of the American Psychological Association. In addition, she was chair of the Association of Chemoreception Sciences and served on the Board of Governors of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. Bartoshuk has been editor of the journal Chemical Senses and consulting editor for two other journals. She has been an advisor to the National Institutes of Health and the National Research Council. Bartoshuk received her master’s of science and Ph.D. in psychology from Brown University. Bartoshuk will give a speech titled "Women in Science: How Sweet It Is!" The commencement exercises will be held outside rain or shine. In the event of severe weather, the ceremony will be moved to Carleton’s Recreation Center. To view profiles of selected members of Carleton’s Class of 2001, visit http://www.carleton.edu/campus/news/Commencement2001/seniorprofiles.html. # # # #