COMMENCEMENT 1987

Caltech’s 93rd commencement ceremonies were held Friday at the Beckman Mall on campus. David Hamburg, president of Carnegie Corp., said: “Universities, scientific academies and research institutes can make a greater contribution than they have in the past if they can organize effectively to share information, ideas and technical abilities widely across traditional barriers and systems. . . . To some extent, the scientific community can provide a model for human relations that might transcend the biases and dogmatisms that have torn the species apart throughout history and have recently become so much more dangerous than ever before.”

Degrees: 450 diplomas awarded, including 147 doctoral and 128 master’s degrees.