ASU Commencement Held Dec. 16

A few thousand friends and family members gathered in the Physical Education/Athletic Complex December 16 to watch 336 graduates receive diplomas from Augusta State. The youngest graduate was 19; the oldest, 62. Joseph D. Greene, the Cree-Walker Professor of Business Administration and this year's recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Member Award, was the featured speaker. Greetings were brought by Timothy Shelnut, a member of the Board of Regents, and by Hugh Hadden, president of the alumni association. Included among the graduates was Hannah Matthews, an administrative specialist in Reese Library who was awarded a master of education degree. As is the tradition of ASU employees presenting diplomas to family members, she presented her husband, Richard Matthews, with his Bachelor of Business Administration degree. The valedictorian was Glenda Ann Fraley who graduated with a 4.0 grade point average. Also included in the graduating class were three students who completed the military science program and were commissionees as officers in the U. S. Army.