He served for 24 years for his home state of Ohio. He currently heads the John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy at the Ohio State University. Robert J. Wagner, senior vice president, will receive the Newman Award. Andrea Costantino, director of student unions and activities, will receive the UB Alumni Award. Faculty and staff members, administrators, students and family members may march in the academic procession.
Academic garb is encouraged.
Those wishing to march should call 636-7495. Henry Stone, who received a degree in mechanical engineering in 1949, asked that his gift be used to benefit a graduate student in engineering who is a member of a minority group or an immigrant like himself. Hashim Muhammad, selected as the Henry Stone Graduate Assistant, said he is grateful to Stone for helping him continue his education. Muhammad, from a family of nine in Harlem, is working on his master's degree in civil engineering with a concentration in structural engineering and construction management. His goal is to own a firm that both designs and builds structures.