COMMENCEMENT 1987

In one general commencement ceremony that was televised live, an estimated 7,000 students graduated from San Diego State University on Sunday at Aztec Bowl on campus. Martin Agronsky, the moderator of Agronsky & Company, a syndicated public affairs program, and valedictorian Robin Joleen Shipton spoke to the graduates. After the main ceremony, the colleges of education, business administration, theater, professional studies and fine arts, sciences, engineering, health and human services, and arts and letters held individual ceremonies.

Degrees: 7,000 diplomas awarded, including 1,500 graduate degrees.

Elsewhere:

University of San Diego: An estimated 1,000 students graduated in two separate exercises in Torero Stadium on Sunday. Ernest Hahn, shopping center developer and vice chairman of the USD Board of Trustees, addressed the 740 undergraduates. Alexander George, professor of international relations and political science at Stanford University, spoke to the 250 students who graduated with master’s degrees. Both men received honorary degrees of humane letters from the university.