Class of 2003: May 24th, 2003
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John M. Perkins

 Commencement Speaker
John M. Perkins

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Schedule of Commencement
1 Hour 42 Minutes
Prelude Flourish for Wind Band—Ralph Vaughan Williams 0:00:01
Processional

Sine Nomine—Ralph Vaughan Williams

Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1—Edward Elgar

Calvin College Band, Derald De Young, Ph.D., Conductor

  
Opening Hymn Now Thank We All Our God 0:14:50
Invocation Milton Kuyers, M.B.A., Chair, Calvin College Board of Trustees 0:17:16
Introduction of Commencement Speaker Gaylen J. Byker, Ph.D., President 0:19:44
Commencement Address

“A Road Map for Life”
John M. Perkins, L.L.D., D.D., Ed.D., et al. (H.C.), President, John M. Perkins Foundation for Reconciliation and Development

 0:21:06
Presentation of Awards Craig A. De Witt, Ph.D., President, Calvin Alumni Association, to Robert P. Swierenga, Ph.D., Class of 1957 and to Paul A. Vanden Bout, Ph.D., Class of 1961, Distinguished Alumni 0:43:19
Remarks on Behalf of the Senior Class Elizabeth A. Cooper, Student Senate President 0:49:43
Litany for Commencement Conferring of Degrees Joel A. Carpenter, Ph.D., Provost, and Gaylen J. Byker, Ph.D., President 0:53:56
  Presentation of Diplomas 0:59:19
  The Calvin Alma Mater 1:34:08
Recessional

New Mexico March
—John Philip Sousa

March from "Suite in E Flat"
—Gustav Holst

 1:36:00