graduation & recognition
Dean Vanderveen welcomes some
1,700 Guests
to the School’s
105 Commencement th
School confers 232 degrees on the Class of 2012…31 residents and 6 fellows also mark the completion of their programs.
upper, left: Joseph Hamai, PharmD (’80), (far left) and Peter Grande, BS (’46), (far right) were on hand to watch their daughter, Erin Hamai, and grandson, Michael Harvey, respectively, become Doctors of Pharmacy. upper, right: PharmD graduate Lusine Dishigrikyan celebrates with her Trojan-clad son, Daniel. lower, left: Flanked by her mentors, Daryl Davies, associate professor, (left) and Ronald Alkana, associate dean of graduate affairs and interdisciplinary graduate programs, is Letisha Wyatt, who received her PhD in molecular pharmacology and toxicology. lower, right: Newly-minted PharmD Emmanuel Akinwole with mentor Walter Cathey, PharmD (’62), special assistant to the dean for diversity, and Dean Vanderveen.
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summer-fall 2012 | USC PHARMACY MAGAZINE