LehighWeek Volume 06, Issue 27

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CONGRATULATIONS '93
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Source: Transportation Services (1990)      By ROBERT YUNG '95
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Graduate Joseph Caleb
DeVivo is all smiles as he \
is photographed by his
father Joseph. Joining
him is his sister Rebecca
(left) and mother Judy.
Galvin Tells Grads to 'Write
the Rules' of Future Society
By William Johnson
Lehigh Writers' Group
Robert Galvin, chairman of the executive committee of Motorola
Inc., told the graduating class of Lehigh University Sunday (5/30)
that "influencing the writing of society's rules is of first order
importance always and particularly now. You can and should earn
the credentials to be so influential."
He told Lehigh's Class of 1993 that such rule-writing takes place
on all tiers of society, and that whatever careers or endeavors they
choose, there are rules to be written.
"Prepare for that influence," Galvin said. "Enter into your community and join a civic organization. Join professional organizations. If you serve well, soon you'll be asked to be chairman of this
or that. People will ask for your opinion.
"Then, you'll be sought as a supportive, consultive person, and
finally, you'll be looked to as the lead spokesperson. In this way,
you'll be able to control your own destiny better than others."
Galvin spoke at Lehigh's 125th commencement, where 900
students received undergraduate degrees, 194 master's degrees
and 56 doctoral degrees.
Pres. Peter Likins conferred an honorary doctoral degree upon
Galvin; as well upon Robert Ballard, founder of the JASON Project
and director of the Center for Marine Exploration at the Woods Hole
(Mass.) Oceanographic Institute; Robert Cummings Neville, professor of religion and philosophy and dean of Boston University's
School of Theology; Janet Stotland, managing attorney with the
Pennsylvania Office of Education Law Center; and Clifton Wharton,
Jr., U.S. Deputy Secretary of State.
At the Baccalaureate Service held on Saturday evening (5/29) in
Packer Memorial Church, speaker Robert Cummings Neville told
graduates that the problem today is not a lack of faith, but bad
public theology. Many people are now led by mistaken theology, as
David Koresh and his followers in Waco, Texas showed. The
resurgence of religious and ethnic conflicts particularly in Eastern
Europe are really "religious wars. . . The problem is not a lack of
faith, but bad theology."
"The challenge is to tell true spirits from false," said Neville.
"You are society's educated leaders" and have the responsibility to
choose better alternatives. He urged those in attendance to choose
spirits that lead to love, joy, peace, kindness and generosity; and to
fight the evils of racism, sexism and prejudice.
MARIE C. BOLTZ
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