"We came to Tuck hoping to learn a lot, hoping to put ourselves in a position to succeed, to get good jobs, succeed in a career," Baker said. "We did all that, but you also get to know so many great people fundamental to the Tuck experience ... because of how great the people are, because of how much you learn from the people."
Tuck's Investiture ceremony began at 3:00 p.m. in Tuck Circle and featured a keynote speaker, a student speaker and an awards presentation. Trustee John Donahoe '82, who graduated from Stanford's Graduate School of Business, was this year's keynote speaker. Donahoe was unanimously elected president and Chief Executive Officer of eBay, Inc., on Jan. 23, 2008.
Thayer's ceremony was held in Spaulding Auditorium in the Hopkins Center for the Arts and began at 10:00 a.m. Thayer expected to award 116 degrees as of June 2, of which 55 were Bachelors of Engineering, 36 Masters of Engineering Managing, 13 Masters of Science in Engineering Management and 12 Doctors of Philosophy in Engineering Sciences.
The ceremony's guest speaker was Richard Couch, CEO and Chairman of Hypertherm, Inc., a manufacturer of plasma arc and laser cutting systems. Couch co-founded the corporation in 1968 to apply "ultra-high temperature technology to industrial problems," according to a Thayer press release.
Andrew Argeski Th'08 who has already begun working for Public Service Enterprise Group, New Jersey's biggest utility provider, said Thayer has prepared him well to enter his career. His job requirements were "like a checklist for the different things we learned at Thayer," he said.
DMS held its Investiture ceremony at 11:00 a.m. in Leede Arena. The event included an address by Stephen Atwood '68 DMS'70, according to a DMS press release. Atwood is the UNICEF regional advisor for health and nutrition in East Asia and the Pacific, where he has worked to improve nutrition, water sanitation, immunization and treatment programs for women and children, the press release said. DMS awarded 62 Medical Degrees and 55 Masters of Public Health Degrees.
