News Brief Honorary degree recipients
John B. Fenn, Doctor of Science will be one of the recipients of the Honorary Degrees at this year’s Commencement. Fenn co-received a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for revolutionizing biomedical research with his innovations in mass spectrometry. He is a parent and a grandparent of two Oberlin Graduates. Now 86 years old, Fenn is a research professor of physical and analytical at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond. Geoffrey Ward, OC’62 is a doctor of Humanities, most famous for his 1990’s episodic The Civil War, which was produced by Ken Burns for PBS. He worked with Burns on few other highly rated documentaries such as Baseball in 1995 and Jazz in 2001. He graduated in 1962 with a Studio Art degree. His grandfather, brother, sister, aunt and two of his children attended Oberlin. David N. Baker, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Music and chairman of the jazz department at Indiana University’s School of Music, is one of the leading American symphonic jazz composers and educators. He performed as a trombonist and cellist in collaboration with leading jazz performers. He has also been nominated for a Grammy award and has been honored three times by Down Beat Magazine, as a trombonist, for lifetime achievement, and as the third inductee for their 1994 Education Hal of Fame. Award recipients |
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