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Remarks to the graduating class were given by William B. Dozier, president of the class of 1956; William C. Friday, president of the Consolidated University; and Luther B. Hodges, governor of North Carolina. Dr. Liston Pope, dean of Yale's Divinity School, gave the baccalaureate sermon. Honorary degrees were awarded to James Harold Lineberger, textile industrialist; George Waddell Snedecor, president of the American Statistical Association; Bauhuas architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; and Lillian Lee Vaughn, professor of mechanical engineering.
The speakers were Governor William B. Umstead and president of the Consolidated University Gordon Gray. The baccalaureate sermon was given by Dr. James Sprunt, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Raleigh. Honorary degrees were awarded to John William Turrentine, president emeritus of the American Potash Institute; architect R. Buckminster Fuller; Colonel John William Harrelson, chancellor of NC State; James Thomas Ryan, industrialist of High Point, NC; Walter Julius Damtoft, industrial forester of Canton, NC; and Robert Ten Broeck Stevens, textile industrialist of Washington, DC.
The commencement address was given by Merle Thorpe, economist and editor of Nation's Business. The baccalaureate sermon was given by Reverend D. P. Gilmour of the First Presbyterian Church in Wilmington on June 5th. Honorary degrees were awarded to Governor O. Max Gardner, Reuben B. Robertson (president of Champion Fibre Company), and James A. Powell (president of W. S. Barstow and Company).
The baccalaureate address was given by Congressman James B. Aswell from Louisiana. Other speakers included Governor O. Max Gardner, Dr. Edwin Mims from Vanderbilt University, and Bishop William Fraser McDowell of Washington, D.C. The D. H. Hill Jr. Library (then housed in Brooks Hall) was also dedicated as part of the commencement festivities. Dr. Thomas Nelson, dean of the Textiles School, was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Science.
Remarks to the graduating class were given by Thomas M. Lynam, president of the class of 1955; Gordon Gray, president of the Consolidated University; and Luther H. Hodges, governor of North Carolina, who also received an honorary degree. Rev. Gaylord B. Noyce gave the baccalaureate sermon. Honorary degrees were also awarded to James Harold Hilton, former dean of the School of Agriculture; Victor Silas Bryant, state representative from Durham; Edward Eastman Clayton, plant pathologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and Elwood Leonard Demmon, president of the Society of American Foresters.