Education: Kudos, Jun. 29, 1959

Bowdoin College Phyllis C. Weston, mathematics teacher at the Skowhegan (Me.) High School M.S. Citation: “Bowdoin today, in honoring her, honors all teachers, unknown and unsung, of such integrity, ability and dedication.”

Major General Donald N. Yates, commander, U.S.A.F missile-testing base, Cape Canaveral, Fla LL.D. Citation: “A very model of a modern major general, highly trained in science as well as warfare. A crack meteorologist, his predictions set the date for D-day in World War II … He has proved himself a brilliant administrator and leader of men.”

Northwestern University Bruce Catton, author, journalist, editor L.H.D. Raymond Massey, actor D.F.A. Fritz Reiner, musical director, Chicago Symphony D.F.A.

Princeton University Marian Anderson, singer, alternate U.S.”‘ delegate to the U.N L.H.D. Citation: “Her transcendent powers of human understanding have made her our most influential cultural ambassador, to the world at large.” James Gilluly, staff geologist, U.S. Geological Survey Sc.D. Citation: “Dean of American field geologists, inimitable investigator of the inanimate, he is the spiritual descendant of the classical giant Antaeus, who was never so strong as when his feet stood on terra firma.” Mason W. Gross, newly elected president, Rutgers University LL.D. Clark Kerr, newly elected president,’ University of California LL.D. Jean Monnet, French economist and statesman LL.D. Citation: “Fearless crusader against economic chaos, he has spent 40 fruitful years in the quest for order and equability among the free nations of Europe.”

St. John’s University Christopher Dawson, British historian, professor of Roman Catholic studies, Harvard University L.H.D.

Salem College The Rev. Abraham K. Akaka, minister of Honolulu’s famed Kawaiahao Church, “the Westminster Abbey of Hawaii” L.H.D. Dana L. Farnsworth, physician, director, University Health Service, Harvard University Sc.D.

Southern Illinois University R. Buckminster Fuller, engineer, designer of the geodesic dome. . D.F.A. Jean Piccard, engineer, pioneer stratospheric balloonist Sc.D.

University of Hawaii Mme. Chiang Kaishek. . .LL.D.

Western Reserve University Loren C. Eiseley, author, professor of anthropology, University of Pennsylvania L.H.D.

Yeshiva University Jonas E. Salk, physician, developer of polio vaccine L.H.D.