Inaugural Convocation

March 21, 1986


Convocation Colloquia

New York State Museum Auditorium
Cultural Education Center
Empire State Plaza, Albany

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Dr. Marshall W. Nirenberg
Nobel Laureate

Chief, Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
"Positive and Negative Regulation of Species of mRNA by Cyclic AMP"

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Dr. Rollin D. Hot&kiss

Professor Emeritus, Rockefeller University
Research Professor, State University of New York at Albany
`Cycles in Genetics and the Academic Metabolism"

Convocation Ceremony

3:00 p.m.

New York State Museum Auditorium, Cultural Education Center,
Empire State Plaza

Academic Procession
Concourse, Empire State Plaza
Schenectady Pipers

Invocation

The Reverend Laman H. Bruner, Jr.
Rector, Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, Albany

.National Anthem

Opening Welcome
Vincent O'Leary, President
State University of New York at Albany


Greetings

The Honorable Thomas M. Whalen, III, Mayor, City of Albany

Dr. Henrik N. Dullea, Director of State Operations & Policy Management,
on behalf of Governor Mario Cuomo

Dr. Gordon M . Ambach, Commissioner, New York State Department
of Education

Mr. Donald M. Blinken, Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
State University of New York

Dr. Robert L. Friedlander, President and Dean, Albany Medical College

Dr. W. Jean Dodds, Chief, Laboratory of Hematology, Wadsworth Center
for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health
Professor of Hematology, School of Public Health Sciences

Presentation of Honorary Degrees
Dr. Rollin D. Hotchkiss, Doctor of Science
Dr. Marshall W. Nirenberg , Doctor of Science

Address
Dr. David Axelrod, Commissioner, New York State Department of Health

Benediction
The Reverend Laman H. Bruner, Jr.

Reception
String quartet


Members of the Procession

Dean David 0. Carpenter, Mace Bearer
Dr. David Axehod
President Vincent O'Leary
The Honorable Thomas M. Whalen, III
Dr. Hen& N. Dullea
Dr. Gordon M. Ambach
Mr. Donald M. Blinken
Dr. Robert L. Friedlander
Dr. W. Jean Dodds
Dr. Lawrence H. Flesh
Dr. Judith A. Ramaley

Honorary Degree Recipients
Dr. Marshall W. Nirenberg
Dr. Rollin D. Hot&kiss

Members of the University Council
Mr. Alan V. Iselin
The Reverend Laman H. Bruner, Jr.
Ms. A, Rita Chandellier Glavin
Mr. Richard A. Hanft
Mrs. Betty H. Hay
Mr. Peter D. Kieman
Mrs. Athena C. Kouray
Mrs. Martha W. Miller
Mr. Lewis A. Swyer
Mr. Michael Miller


Distinguished Guests
Dr. Magda Gabor-Hot&kiss
The Honorable Richard J. Conners
The Honorable Geraldine Daniels
Regent Shirley Brown
Dr. Donald J. Nolan
Trustee Edgar A. Sandman
Dr. Jerome B. Komisar
Dr. Joseph Burke
Dr. Alden N. Haffner
President Joseph J. Bulmer
President Charles J. Meder
Dr. Adrian G. Marcuse
Ms. Loma McBamette
Dr. Linda Randolph
Mr. Lee J. VanDeCarr
Rev. Carl B. Taylor
Vice President Lawrence H. Poole

State University of New York at Albany
University Senate Chair Kendall A. Birr
Dr. Walter Gibson
Mr. John Hartigan
Dr. Frank Pogue
Dr. John W. Shumaker
Dr. Lewis P. Welch
Provost Warren E Ilchman
Dean Richard Halsey
Dean Robert Koff
Dean Terence Thomberry
Dean John Webb
Dean Daniel Wolff
Acting Dean Richard Edwards

Members of the Faculty, School of Public Health Sciences
Rajender Abraham, Ph.D.
Kenneth Aldous, Ph.D.
John Aronson, Ph.D.
Corrado Baglioni, M.D.
Shelton Bank, Ph.D.
Marlene Belfort, Ph.D.
Ronald Bellisario , Ph. D ,


Donald Bems, Ph.D.
Monica Bishop, M.D.
Joseph Bohorquez, M.D.
Brian Bush, Ph.D.

David Carpenter, M.D.
Thomas Carter, Ph.D,
James Catalfamo, Ph.P.
Everly Conway de Mac&o, Ph.D.
Anthony DeCaprio, Ph.D.
Rudolf Deibel, M.D.
Herbert Dickerman, M.D., Ph.D.
W. Jean Dodds, D.V.M.

George Eadon, Ph.D.

Michael Fasco, Ph.D.
John Fenton, Ph.D.
Lorraine Flaherty, Ph.D.
Joachim Frank, Ph.D.

John Galivan, Ph.D.
John Gierthy, Ph.D.
Nisan Gilboa, M.D.
Morris Gordon, Ph.D.
Leo Grady, Ph.D.
Howard Gruft, Ph.D.

Katherine Hen&son, Ph.D.
Liaquat Husain, Ph.D.

Laurence Kaminsky, Ph.D.
John Kaplan, Ph.D.
Gordon Kaye, Ph.D.
James Kim, D.V.M., D.Sc.
Brajesh Kothari, Ph.D.
S. Anand Kumar, Ph.D.
Charles Kunz, Ph.D.

Robert Laffin, Ph.D.
David Lawrence, Ph.D.

Albert0 Macario, M.D.
John Mackiewicz, Ph.D.
Albert Magro, Ph.D.
Frank Maley, Ph.D.
Gladys Maley, Ph.D.
Carmen Mannella, Ph.D.


Raphael Mannino, Ph.D.
David Martin, Ph.D.
Joseph Mascarenhas, Ph.D.
Joseph Mazurkiewicz , Ph. D .
James McSharry, Ph.D.
Anne Messer, Ph.D.
Terry Miller, Ph.D.
Douglas Mitchell, Ph.D.
Gerald Mizejewski, Ph.D.
Volker Mohnen, Ph.D.

Daniel Nealon, Ph.D.

Patrick O'Keefe, Ph.D.

Enzo Paoletti, Ph.D.
Donald Parson, M.D:, D.Sc.
Kenneth Pass, Ph.D.
IanPorter, M.D.

Robert Rej, Ph.D.
G-Yull Rhee, Ph.D.
Conly Rieder, Ph.D.
`Thomas Rosano, Ph.D.

William Samsonoff, Ph:
Muriel Schauble, M.D.
Richard Seegal, Ph.D.
Jacquelin Shaffer, Ph.D
William Shain, Ph.D.

D.

Mehdi Shayegani, Ph.D.
Jay Silkworth, Ph.D.
Waker Stahl, Ph.D.
Lawrence Sturman, M.D., Ph.D.
John Swann, Ph.D.

Harry Taber, Ph.D.
James Turner, Ph.D.

Martin Wahlen, Ph.D.
Ann Willey, Ph.D.
Jonathan Wolpaw, M.D.
Meyer Wolin, Ph.D.
Au-Ya Shih Wu, M.D., Ph.D.

Andrew Yencha, Ph.D.

Members of the Faculty, State University of New York at Albany


Citations

Rollin D. Hot&kiss

Your remarkable scientific career, marked by half a century of contributions
to molecular genetics, qualifies you as a founding father of that field. You
were the first to isolate, in pure form, an antibiotic, an important
accomplishment that stimulated the development of a life-saving class of
drugs. Well ahead of others, you brought forth to the scientific community
vital information demonstrating that DNA molecules form the basis of
genetic material, a profound discovery that sparked one of the most exciting
periods in the history of science. For all of your brilliant and highly
innovative work in molecular genetics, which continues today, for your
boundless curiosity, your devotion to truth and rigor in thinking, and your
warm and genuine interest in others, the State University of New York is
deeply honored to confer upon you, Rollin D. Hotchkiss, the Honorary
Degree of Doctor of Science.

Marshall W. Nirenberg

Your supreme achievement in deciphering the genetic code places you among
the pioneers of modem molecular biology. By breaking this code, and
subsequently devising an ingenious method to unlock the sequence of the
code, you have deciphered the Rosetta Stone of the biological world. Your
enormous scientific talents now -extend to the study of the nervous system,
providing revolutionary insights into the fundamental workings of the brain. .
As a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, you represent an exemplary
model of a scientist who has attained the pinnacle of your profession and yet
is still capable of standing in awe and wonder at the magic of the universe.
For your unparalleled contributions and your work training a generation of
outstanding researchers, the State University of New York is privileged to
confer upon you, Marshall W. Nirenberg, the Honorary Degree of Doctor
of Science.