Kudos

Amherst College

Stanley Qua, chief of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court . . . LL.D.

Yasaka Takagi. professor of American Constitution, history and diplomacy at the Imperial University of Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . L.H.D.

Edward W. Eames, headmaster of Governor Dummer Academy . . L.H.D.

W. Montague Cobb, professor of anatomy at the Howard University College of Medicine Sc.D.

Walter R. Agard, professor of classics at the University of Wisconsin . L.H.D.

Citation: "What Pericles said of his compatriots might well be applied to you--I use your translation--'You love beauty without extravagance and wisdom without weakness of will.' " Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LL.D.

Citation: "It was under your leadership that the vexed and thorny issue of educational segregation was decided in such unanimity as to demonstrate to the whole world that in this land there is, and will forever be, one law for all."

Brown University

Alonzo G. Moron, president of Hampton Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . LL.D.

Margaret Clapp, president of Wellesley College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Litt.D.

University of Chicago

Henry S. Bennett, historian . . L.H.D.

Paul Johannes Tillich L.H.D.

Citation: "One of the great systematic theologians in recent history whose profound insight into the relations between religion and philosophy, psychology and the arts has made religion relevant to the spirit of modern man."

Amos Niven Wilder . . . . . L.H.D.

Citation: "Rigorous researcher, persuasive educator, penetrating theologian; in poetic prose and luminous verse he shares with colleagues and disciples his understandings of high traditions and of vital current experience."

University of Denver

Amos Alonzo Stagg . . . . . Doctor of Public Service

Citation: "Truly a living legend in the athletic world and a towering, unshakable symbol of honesty and integrity in collegiate sports, but more than these, one to whom a grateful country will forever accord the timeless tribute: 'Maker of Men.' "

Johns Hopkins University

Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary-General of the United Nations . . . . LL.D.

Frank W. Abrams, retired chairman of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LL.D.

Htin Aung, rector of the University of Rangoon . . . . . . . LL.D.

Kenyon College George Wells Beadle . . . . . . . Sc.D.

Citation: "Examining red bread mold, in collaboration with Dr. E. L. Tatum, he discovered that the genes control the synthesis of vitamins and amino acids in the living cell, and thus he made possible further discoveries not only of the nature of the genes but of principles in biochemistry and bacteriology."

George Frost Kennan . . . . . L.H.D.

Citation: "In Walter Lippmann's phrase, 'the most learned of our officials, the most experienced of our scholars.' "

University of Michigan Jonas Salk . . . . . . . . . . . . Sc.D.

Citation: "Scholar, medical research expert, and physician to the children of the world."

Edgar Guest . . . . . . . . LL.D.

Citation: "Poet, humanitarian and public benefactor . . . interpreter of the ordinary and extraordinary for the common reader."

Middlebury College Katharine Cornel . . . . . . . L.H.D.

Citation: "Gracious lady so well known by so many . . . In honoring you, we give recognition not merely to the perfection you have achieved as an artist, but . . . to the joy you have brought to our people in the great cities and the less great cities of our land."

Morgan State College Branch Rickey, general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates . . . . . . . LL.D.

Citation: "Genial iconoclast in race relations . . . for your pragmatic application of the Christian tenet of the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man . . ."

Trinity College (Hartford, Conn.) Frederick B. Rentschler, chairman of United Aircraft Corp. . . . . . LL.D.

Citation: "Who can forget this man, who, unlike Fabius Maximus of old (he saved his country by delaying!), contributed to our country's salvation by sending forth from the meadows of East Hartford swarms of Aristophanic Wasps and Hornets to sting our enemies to defeat . . . I present to you the Pegasus of the airplane industry, who . . . has helped America gain air supremacy."

Williams College George M. Humphrey, Secretary of the Treasury . . . . . . . . . . . . LL.D. Cole Porter, composer . . . . . Mus.D.

Citation: "We may well characterize him by the title of one of his own songs: 'You're the Top.' "

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