LLU&MC Scope Autumn 2000

Angela Miracle is the 6,000th School of Nursing graduate to receive her diploma since the School began in 1905.

Commencement, 2000

School of Allied Health Professions

Conferring-of-degrees ceremonies: Sunday, June 11

Speaker: Wil Alexander, PhD, founding director of the Center for Spiritual Life and Wholeness

Address: "The Yearning to Be"

Graduates: 394

School of Dentistry

Conferring-of-degrees ceremonies: Sunday, May 28

Speaker: Arthur A. Dugoni, DDS, dean of the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry

Address: "The World Is Mine"

Graduates: 131

School of Medicine

Bruxvoort

School of Medicine graduate Sandra Bruxvoort pauses for a photograph before receiving her diploma.

Conferring-of-degrees ceremonies: Sunday, May 28

Speaker: Jack B. McConnell, MD, consultant, researcher, and inventor

Address: "Transforming Lives: Transforming Communities"

Graduates: 154

School of Nursing

Conferring-of-degrees ceremonies: Sunday, June 11

Speaker: Jeffrey D. Cao, MD, associate professor of pathology, School of Medicine, LLU

Address: "It Was Never Between You and Them"

Graduates: 114

Graduate School

Conferring-of-degrees ceremonies: Sunday, June 11

Speaker: Calvin B. Rock, DMin, PhD, vice president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, and chair of the Boards of Trustees, LLU&MC

Address: "I Am That I Am"

Graduates: 179

School of Public Health

Conferring-of-degrees ceremonies: Sunday, June 11

Speaker: Michael K. Gemmell, CAE, executive director of the Association of Schools of Public Health

Address: "Advancing and Protecting the Public's Health: Your Challenge"

Graduates: 180

Commencement, 2000 - Special Recognition

Distinguished University Humanitarian Award

Naomi Wilden family

Distinguished University Service Award

Richard A. James, JD
R. Bruce Wilcox, PhD

University Alumni of the Year

Leo P. Krall, MD
Clifton D. Reeves, MD

Doctor of Humanitarian Services Degree

E-Shung Chan

School Distinguished Service Awards

Marie DeLange, RDMS
P. William Dysinger, MD, MPH
William H. Heisler, DDS
Ellis R. Jones
Jerrold K. Longerbeam, MD
Eva J. Miller, MS, RN
Marvin A. Peters, PhD

Honored Alumni of the Year

School of Allied Health Professions

Isao Nara, PhD, PT

School of Dentistry

Mark Carpenter, DDS (dental)
Pauline Davis, RDH (dental hygiene)

Graduate School

Paul J. McMillan, PhD

School of Medicine

Louis L. Smith, MD

School of Nursing

Mildred Akamine, MS, RN
Dynette E. Hart, DrPH, MS
Ruth S. Weber, EdD, RN

School of Public Health

Donald R. Hall, DrPH

Black Alumni of Loma Linda University (BALL)

Donna L. Willis, MD, MPH

Hispanic Alumni of Loma Linda University (HALL)

Irma Bachman Vyhmeister, DrPH

[Scope, Autumn 2000]