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Alumna, alumnus return to speak at UT commencement |
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Vicki L. Kroll |
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May 3, 2006 |
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| Daso Herb |
Judith A. Daso Herb, an educator turned businesswoman, and Dr. Roderick J. McDavis, president of Ohio University, will deliver addresses at UT’s commencement ceremonies Saturday, May 6, in Savage Hall.
Herb will speak at 10 a.m. for the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education, Engineering and University College. McDavis will speak at 2 p.m. for the colleges of Business Administration, Health and Human Services, and Pharmacy.
There are 2,683 candidates for degrees, including those who will finish classes in August, from the University’s seven colleges. There are 540 candidates for doctoral, education specialist and master’s degrees, and 2,143 for bachelor’s and associate degrees.
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Two honorary degrees also will be presented. UT alumna Edrene Benson Cole, retired Toledo Public Schools educator and administrator who is an expert on local African-American history, will receive an honorary doctorate in education in the morning ceremony. James A. Poure, founder, CEO and chair of GAC Chemical Corp., the worldwide leading producer of high-purity ammonium sulfate used in pharmaceutical, food and water treatment, will receive an honorary doctorate in business administration in the afternoon.
Herb received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education from The University of Toledo in 1961 and 1964, respectively. She was a teacher at Birmingham Elementary in Toledo, Maplewood Elementary in Sylvania, Ohio, and at Guggenheim School in Port Washington, N.Y., from 1961 to 1970.
She is president of Herbwood Home and Office Interiors in Barrington Hills, Ill., a company she founded in 1981.
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She and her husband, Marvin Herb, established the Judith Daso Herb Endowed Chair in Curriculum and Instruction in the UT College of Education in 1998. Their $1 million gift was made in honor of her parents, Richard and Betty Daso, who owned family bakeries in Toledo for more than 40 years. The chair contributes to the research on how children learn. Through research, teaching and service activities, the chair also advances the understanding and practice of teaching for educators and community leaders.
McDavis was named Ohio University’s 20th president in 2004. He is the second OU graduate to lead the institution. He received a bachelor’s degree in social sciences in secondary education from OU in 1970. He continued his education at the University of Dayton, where he received a master’s degree in student personnel administration in 1971. McDavis graduated from UT in 1974 with a doctorate in counselor education.
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The Dayton, Ohio, native started his academic career at the University of Florida, where he was a professor of education in the counselor education department from 1974 to 1989. McDavis served as associate dean of the graduate school and minority programs from 1984 to 1989.
He was named dean of the College of Education and professor of counselor education at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, in 1989. McDavis stayed there until 1994 when he returned to the University of Florida to become dean of the College of Education and professor of education. From 1999 to 2004, he served as provost and vice president for academic affairs and professor of education at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
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