Word: summa
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James Edward Gunn, 22, is a summa cum laude graduate in math and physics at Rice University, the Southwest's toughest campus. A straight-A high school graduate, Gunn attended Rice on a four-year scholarship, won a peck of academic prizes. "I've never been able really to determine the limits of his ability,'' says one physics professor. "I've never been able to ask him an exam question that he can't give a perfect answer to.'' Except for the astronomy club, Gunn steered clear of extracurricular activities, studied...
...graduating from the Class of 1961 with honors, 28 are graduating summa cum laude; 13 magna cum laude with highest honors; 158 magna cum laude; and 303 cum laude. The degrees awarded in the graduate schools (also at separate affairs at noon) are as follows: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, 413; Education, 190; Design, 68; Business Administration, 634; Public Administration, 46; Medicine, 131; Dental Medicine, 14; Public Health, 63; Law, 537; and Divinity...
...plan opened an unfortunate gap between Honors and non-Honors candidates (a hiatus corrected only a few months ago), it attracted more students into thesis writing and independent research. More than half the class will graduate with distinction; of a total of 970 degrees, there will be 28 summa, 13 magna with highest honors, 158 magna, 251 cum, and 52 cum in general studies. 468 students will receive an A.B. unadorned...
...summa cum laude at Northwestern, Pete Peterson went into advertising as a market researcher, soon caught the eye of the research-happy McCann-Erickson agency. He was made a McCann vice president at 27, shortly after became right-hand man to McCann's President Marion Harper (who himself was named to the agency's top spot at 32). Distressed at reports that Bell & Howell was trying to lure Peterson away. Harper three years ago informed top McCann executives that Peterson was his chosen successor. But Peterson ignored the offer, jumped to Bell & Howell when the bait was sweetened...
...Economics Department has created the Allyn A. Young Memorial Prize, an annual award of $100 for the best honors thesis "of summa quality" written by an undergraduate Economics concentrator...