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Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
June 3,1992
Each of the University's four colleges had a separate recognition
program where all attending graduates were named and presented with a college remembrance. Shown is the silkscreen print
by Marvin Simmons given to graduates of the College of Arts and
Science. Below is Patrick Manning, a mechanical
engineering graduate sporting two pairs of ears.
Photo by BRIAN RRICKER '94
Challenge Convention but
Practice the Golden Rule
Ted Turner Tells 1,137 Graduates
Ted Turner, chairman of the
board and president of Turner
Broadcasting System Inc., urged
graduates May 31 to practice the
Golden Rule and challenge "current wisdom" in their fields.
Turner, Time Magazine's 1991
Man of the Year, delivered his
remarks at Lehigh's 124th annual commencement. A total of
1,137 students received bachelor's
and graduate degrees from
Lehigh's four colleges.
"Don't accept the current wisdom in your field," Turner said.
"Constantly question and challenge it. My father taught me
that what the mind of man can
conceive, the mind of man can
achieve. You can go just as far as
you want to.
"To be successful," Turner continued, "you have to have a strong
social life. Raising a family is the
most important thing you'll
do...The Golden Rule is the way
to live. Treat other people the
way you like to be treated.
"It's not just the amount of
money you make, it's how much
of a contribution you make."
Turner received an honorary
Doctor of Laws degree.
Cornel West, professor of religion and
director of Afro-American Studies at
Princeton University, delivered the baccalaureate address and received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree. He told
graduates there has been an erosion of society and families in
this country and a "silent Depression" with a decline in real
wages and cutbacks in social
programs.    ,
"Leadership makes a fundamental difference" when people
feel powerless, he said. "Leadership is needed now to galvanize
a world-weary people." He told
the graduates tobelieve they can
make a difference and transcend
present-day leadership.
Also receiving honorary degrees were Cathleen Black, president and CEO of Newspaper Association of America, Doctor of
Humane Letters; John Diebold,
R.E. Ted Turner gives the
Commencement Address -
Photo by JOE RYAN
computer pioneer, Doctor of Engineering,
and John E. Hearst, molecular bioscien-
tist and professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, Doctor of
Science.
Watching the Commencement Procession,
from left to right are Turner's wife Jane
Fonda, Dorothy Forgey, mother of Lehigh
President Peter Likins, and his wife Pat.
Photo by JOE RYAN
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