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Page 10IWestern Maryland College/April 28, 1988 Bode to deliver keynote address BLOOM COUNTY Dr. Carl Bode, a noted author has elected two people to receive and American Literature professor the trustee Alumni.Award at the at the University of Maryland, Convocation ceremony. College Park, will be awarded lhe Blanche Ford Bowlsbey, a Doctor of Letters degree from 1927 graduate of WMC and WMC at the Senior Investiture and Finksburg resident, spent 39 years Honors Convocation at 2 pm Sun- in music and education at the day, May 1 in Baker Memorial Community College of Baltimore. Chapel. She started the music program in Bode will also deliver the 1935 at Baltimore City College, keynote address at the Convoca- and after her retirement became tion, which is the College's tradi- music director at Westminster uonal ceremony to honor outstand- High School. Her son, Leonard S. ing seniors and other exceptional Bowlsbey Jr., is dean afthe WMC students, faculty and alumni. graduate school. Bode presented the visiting The second recipient, Dr. scholar lecture to open the WMC Alfred Goldberg, class of 1938,of Honors Program in the Fall of Arlington, Va., is an educator and 1985. Heistheauthorofmore than historian for the Secretary of De- 20 books, varying from poetry to fense in Washington D.C. history, and he writes a column for the Baltimore Evening Sun. Goldberg, a retired colonel Bode has been awarded fel- from the U.S. Air Force Reserves lowships from Northwestern Uni· has authored.co-authoredor edlted versity, 194041, the Ford Fcunda- many historic books and articles on tion, 1952·53, Newberry Library, theAirForce,theArmy AirForces, 1954, Guggenheim Foundation, and National Security Affairs. 1954·55, and the Royal Society of HeeamedhisPh.D.inhistoryfrom Literature in the United Kingdom, The Johns Hopkins University in 1958. 1950, and earned his A.B. form. The WMC Board of Trustees WMC. Sign up for Army ROTC Basic Camp. You'l get six weeks of cha11e;:: that can build up your =Yojit!r!SF~!:~ But hurry.11ns summer may be your last chance to graduate from "'lIeg<: wtth. degree and an office" commiSSIOn. See )'0'" ProIessor of M;liwy Scienecfo