MCDONNELL WILL SPEAK TO SEMO'S GRADUATES

Sanford N. McDonnell, chairman emeritus of McDonnell Douglas Corp., will present the address at Southeast Missouri State University's spring commencement May 11.

Degrees will be awarded to 652 undergraduate and 57 graduate students during the ceremonies in the Show Me Center.

Four students with perfect 4.0 grade point averages will lead the spring 1991 class. The students are Corey J. Muench and Donna S. Reynolds of Cape Girardeau, Amy S. Elfrink of Lutesville and Kim L. Reeves of Ironton.

Also, 10 graduate and 113 undergraduate students will be recognized during the Honors Convocation scheduled for 1 p.m., May 11 in Academic Auditorium.

Fourteen of the undergraduates will be graduated summa cum laude, 24 magna cum laude and 75 cum laude.

Honored undergraduates have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average on a four-point scale, and honored graduate students have earned at least a 3.8.

Peter Bergerson, Southeast professor of political science, will speak at the Honors Convocation.

McDonnell, 68, who retired from McDonnell Douglas Corp. in 1988 after working there 40 years, served as the company's chairman and chief executive officer for seven years.

Under his leadership, the corporation expanded and built on its successes in the aerospace and information systems fields. McDonnell Douglas, headquartered in St. Louis, is one of the nation's premier aerospace companies.

McDonnell was educated at Prince~ton, the University of Colorado and Washington University. He holds degrees in economics, mechanical engineering and applied mechanics. He also is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and has received numerous professional and civic awards.

During his tenure as chairman and former director of the Ethics Resource Center Inc. in Washington, D.C., McDonnell led an effort to focus national attention on the importance of ethics in all aspects of life. He continues to crusade to reinstate character education in public schools.

McDonnell is national president of the Boy Scouts of America, and serves on the board of directors of the United Way of Greater St. Louis.

A Little Rock, Ark., native, McDonnell was the first president of the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award and is a Presbyterian elder in Ladue Chapel.