Awards, honors to mark UB's 151st Commencement

John P. Naughton, dean of the UB School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences from 1975 to 1996, will receive the Chancellor Charles P. Norton Medal, the University at Buffalo's highest tribute.

Philip B. Wels, chair emeritus of the UB Council, will be awarded the university's Presi-dent's Medal.

About 5,500 students will be candidates to receive degrees in 14 ceremonies to be held on Sunday, May 11, and Friday, May 16, through Sunday, May 18. The various ceremonies will conclude the university's 18-month celebration of its sesquicentennial.

UB President William R. Greiner and graduating senior Kristinn R. Rzepkowski of Rochester will speak at the university's 151st commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 18, in Alumni Arena on the North Campus.

Greiner and Provost Thomas E. Headrick will confer degrees on graduating seniors from the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the Faculty of Social Sciences.

The recipients of the three Dean's Awards will be Christian R. Brunelli of Peekskill, social sciences; Soumya Raychaudhuri of Rochester, natural sciences and mathematics, and Barbara Abad of Sunnyside, arts and letters. Stuart S. Goldberg of Rochester will receive the senior leadership award.

Student vocalist at the university commencement ceremony will be Heather M. Robert of Grand Island.

Greiner and Headrick will confer the degrees at the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences commencement at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 11, in the Center for the Arts.

Other commencement ceremonies, speakers and those who will confer degrees are:

- Graduate School, 2 p.m., Friday, May 16, Center for the Arts. Claire Fraser of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Md., will speak. Head-rick will confer degrees.

- Health Related Professions, 9 a.m., Saturday, May 17, Alumni Arena. Peter Pileggi, SUNY associate provost for health sciences and hospitals, will speak. John R. Wright, interim UB vice president for clinical affairs and interim dean of the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will confer degrees.

- Graduate School of Social Work, 9 a.m., Saturday, May 17, Center for the Arts. Speaker will be Bonnie Collins, family counselor and social worker. President Greiner will confer degrees.

- School of Nursing, 9 a.m., Saturday, May 17, Slee Concert Hall, North Campus. Donna M. Juenker, associate professor and director of the UB School of Nursing undergraduate program, will speak. Headrick will confer degrees.

- Information and Library Studies, 10 a.m., Saturday, May 17, Student Union Theatre, North Campus. Elizabeth Sywetz, executive director, Western New York Library Resources Council, will speak. Senior Vice Provost Kenneth J. Levy will confer degrees.

- Engineering and Applied Sciences, 1 p.m., Saturday, May 17, Alumni Arena. Dean Mark H. Karwan will speak. Headrick will confer degrees.

- Law School, 1 p.m., Saturday, May 17, Center for the Arts. Nationally known attorney Herald Price Fahringer, a partner in the New York law office of Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Salisbury & Cambria, will speak. Greiner will confer degrees.

- School of Pharmacy, 1 p.m., Saturday, May 17, Slee Concert Hall, North Campus. There will be no speaker. Wright will confer degrees.

- School of Architecture and Planning, 3 p.m., Saturday, May 17, lawn of Hayes Hall, South Campus. Allan Temko, Pulitzer Prize winner and architectural critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, will speak. Levy will confer degrees.

- School of Management, 5 p.m., Saturday, May 17, Alumni Arena. Dean Frederick W. Winter, will speak. Headrick will confer degrees.

- Graduate School of Education, 5 p.m., Saturday, May 17, Center for the Arts. Dean Hugh G. Petrie will speak. Greiner will confer degrees.

- School of Dental Medicine, 2 p.m., Sunday, May 18, Center for the Arts. Arthur A. Dugoni, professor and dean of the School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, will speak. Greiner and Dean Louis J. Goldberg will confer degrees.