1982 Yearbook
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1982 Yearbook
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In the College's centennial year, three hundred eighty-two students received degrees from St. Ambrose. Thirty-two were candidates for a Master's of Business Administration. According to
TIME magazine (June 28, 1982), this year 945,000 were granted bachelor's degrees, 303,000 were granted master's degrees,
and over 33,000 doctorates were granted. The class of '82 is the
largest in the nation's history. St. Ambrose College's output
hardly seems like a drop of water in the bucket. Yet the significance lays not there, but in the ripple generated by that drop of
water.
Indeed, Commencement is the culmination of all the years spent
in college. The very meaning of the word is important. Commencement: a beginning. A ripple that will constantly expand in
one's life.
Perhaps the future will prove difficult, especially when considering the vast number of degreed people flooding the job market.
Nonetheless, one leaves confidently from St. Ambrose College
and armed with the simple fact that faith, hard work, and a
sense of humor will make life much more easier to live. Afterall,
the ripple is only generated here. It is up to each graduate to
increase its magnitude.
Opposite page, upper left: Lauditory ladies: Patty Tournai, Ev
Thorns, and Teresa Thomas.
Lower left: Dan Grimmer: Who has the last laugh?
This page, above left: The Commencement Speaker, Peace Corps
Director Loret Miller Ruppe campaigns for a worthy cause:
volunteering work to those nations in need.
Above right: Frank Johnson contemplates and applauds Ruppe's
message.
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TIME magazine (June 28, 1982), this year 945,000 were granted bachelor's degrees, 303,000 were granted master's degrees,
and over 33,000 doctorates were granted. The class of '82 is the
largest in the nation's history. St. Ambrose College's output
hardly seems like a drop of water in the bucket. Yet the significance lays not there, but in the ripple generated by that drop of
water.
Indeed, Commencement is the culmination of all the years spent
in college. The very meaning of the word is important. Commencement: a beginning. A ripple that will constantly expand in
one's life.
Perhaps the future will prove difficult, especially when considering the vast number of degreed people flooding the job market.
Nonetheless, one leaves confidently from St. Ambrose College
and armed with the simple fact that faith, hard work, and a
sense of humor will make life much more easier to live. Afterall,
the ripple is only generated here. It is up to each graduate to
increase its magnitude.
Opposite page, upper left: Lauditory ladies: Patty Tournai, Ev
Thorns, and Teresa Thomas.
Lower left: Dan Grimmer: Who has the last laugh?
This page, above left: The Commencement Speaker, Peace Corps
Director Loret Miller Ruppe campaigns for a worthy cause:
volunteering work to those nations in need.
Above right: Frank Johnson contemplates and applauds Ruppe's
message.
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St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, IA 52803
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