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CORVALLIS - A commencement ceremony will be held this Sunday, May 24, for 36 new veterinary doctors in the 16th graduating class of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oregon State University.

The ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the LaSells Stewart Center, and is free and open to the public. Most other university students will receive their degrees at OSU's regular commencement ceremony on June 14.

Graduation addresses will be presented by Dr. Erwin Pearson, an OSU professor of veterinary medicine, and Dr. Stephen Hines, a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University. Degrees will be conferred by OSU President Paul Risser, and the veterinarian's oath administered by Dr. Robert Franklin, president of the Oregon Veterinary Medical Association.

The new doctors of veterinary medicine include:

OREGON

ALBANY: Deborah DeVerne Unrau

BROWNSVILLE: Denise Jonnea Fitzmorris Piaskowski

COOS BAY: Becky R. Callihan

CORVALLIS: Jordan Quinn Jaeger

GRANTS PASS: James Arthur Bleak

HILLSBORO: Randy Jon Larrison

KLAMATH FALLS: Chad C. Rabe

LAGRANDE: Drinda Christine Preston

MEDFORD: S. Patricia Looman Knox

ROSEBURG: Shaun C. Merchant

SALEM: Terri Lyn Hamer Jackson

ARIZONA

WINSLOW: Sheila J. Johnson

CALIFORNIA

ESCONDIDO: Derek A. DeRose

NEVADA

RENO: Darla Jean Reeder

NORTH DAKOTA

BISMARCK: Melissa L. Turnbull

OHIO

CINCINNATI: Alice J. Sowders

PENNSYLVANIA

ERWINNA: Danica Marlise Salamun

SOUTH CAROLINA

CHARLESTON: Karen E. Conradi

WYOMING

GREYBULL: Larry Edward Castle

LARAMIE: Larry Edward Castle

WORLAND: Timothy John Delaney