Degree and Emeriti Recipients

Degree Candidates
The 2005 degree candidates are now available. Graduate names are listed by school or college:

• College of Engineering and Mines
• College of Liberal Arts
• College of Natural Science and Mathematics
• College of Rural Alaska
• School of Education
• School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
• School of Management
• School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences
• Degree and honors information

Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
The keynote speaker for UAF's 83rd commencement ceremony was cultural anthropologist, writer and radio host Richard Nelson. The 2005 class speaker was petroleum engineering bachelor's degree candidate Phillip Tsunemori.

Honorary degree recipients are selected for significant achievements that bring distinction to their academic or professional careers, and for their lasting contributions to the state and the nation. The 2005 recipients were retired Maj. Gen. Jake Lestenkof, Alaska Constitutional Convention delegate and newspaperman George Sundborg, fisheries and wildlife biologist Jim Rearden, and journalist and author Stanton H. Patty.

Learn more about the keynote speaker and honorary degree recipients.

Emeriti Recipients
Every year the university bestows emeritus status on exceptional professors and faculty members. The 2005 emeriti recipients were:

• Dr. Vera Alexander
  Dean and Professor of Marine Science, Emerita
• Dr. Don K. Button
  Professor of Marine Science and Biochemistry, Emeritus
• Dr. Robert F. Carlson
  Professor of Civil Engineering, Emeritus
• Dr. Keith A. Echelmeyer
  Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus
• Dr. Raymond Highsmith
  Professor of Marine Science, Emeritus
• Dr. David O. Ogbe
  Professor of Petroleum Engineering, Emeritus
• Mr. E. Thomas Robinson
  Professor of Accounting and Information Systems, Emeritus
• Ms. Sheryl A. Stanek
  Professor of Extension and Home Economics, Emerita
• Dr. Richard J. Stolzberg
  Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus