Saturday, May 14th, marked Idaho's 82nd commencement ceremony. This was the first time in the history of the University of Idaho that commencement was held on Saturday. Out-going president Ernest W. Hartung served as commencement speaker discussing " Crisis 1977, The Threatening Opportunity." Besides the 920 seniors receiving bachelors degrees, there were also 153 masters and doctorate degrees awarded at the two hour ceremony. Four honorary degrees were also awarded to distinguished Idahoans . The four are Curtis J. Berklund, director of the Bureau of Land Management since 1973, a permanent resident of Cottonwood, Idaho, now living in Potomac, Md.; Dr. P.C. Holm, dean emeritus of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oklahoma State University, now living at St. Anthony, Idaho; Dr. J. Harold Wayland, Professor of Engineering Science at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, and D r. Leonard J. Arrington, professor of Western History at Brigham Young University.
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