Case Western Reserve University is accepting nominations for honorary degree candidates to be recognized at commencement ceremonies next May.

The university confers up to six honorary degrees each year at commencement to recognize individuals for excellence in any valued aspect of human endeavor, including scholarship, public service and the performing arts.

Preferably, honorees have a significant relationship to the university, higher education or the State of Ohio.

Faculty, staff, students, alumni or private citizens may nominate candidates, but the candidates cannot be current members of the university's faculty, staff or Board of Trustees.

The nominator assumes full responsibility for gathering all information required for the committee to accurately assess a candidate. In addition to documentation of achievements, nominators must supply a vita or biographical sketch of the nominee and a letter of recommendation.

Nomination forms are available from and may be returned to this year's honorary degree committee members or Mary Ann Pelot in the Office of the President and Provost.

Members of the 2003-2004 honorary degree committee are: Gene Anderson, nursing; Fred Collopy, Management Information and Decision Systems; Robert Dunbar, chemistry; Satish Kalhan, pediatrics; Juliet Kostritsky, law; Ronald Occhionero, dentistry; Nancy Rahn, physical education; Yoram Rudy, biomedical engineering; Lynn Singer, interim provost (ex officio); Kathleen Wells, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences; and Richard Zdanis, provost and university vice president emeritus and professor emeritus of physics.

Each year the university's Faculty Senate nominates faculty to serve on the honorary degree committee.

For more information, e-mail Pelot at mep3@case.edu.

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