Photos from the Marymount College Commencement and Baccalaureate Mass, held Saturday, May 15, 1971. The college conferred Associate in Arts degrees and Certificates of Art on 152 graduates.
Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll of Miami was the principal celebrant at the Baccalaureate Mass in the morning, with Rev. Gerard Fagan, president of Marymount College, and Rev. Paul Manning, pastor of St. Joan of Arc Parish, as co-celebrants.
The commencement exercises began at 3 p.m. when the academic procession filed into the Founders Hall auditorium. Rev. Thomas Hoare, C.M., Rector of St. Vincent de Paul Seminary, delivered the Invocation, Janna Howard sang, "The Lord's Prayer," Teresa Bynum acted as Class Salutatorian, Father Fagan welcomed graduates, parents, and guests, and read a letter to the graduates from President Richard Nixon.
The commencement speaker was Roger H. Miller, LL.M., Vice President for Administrative Affairs, Florida Atlantic University. Dr. Justin Steurer, Academic Dean, presented the candidates. Diplomas were conferred by Mr. Milton F. Lewis, Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
