Theodore M. Hesburgh, the Commencement speaker, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws. Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame, has been associated with that University since 1945.

He also served as a member of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission from 1957 to 1972 (and as its chairman in 1969). He was ousted from the Commission earlier this year by President Nixon. Observers speculated the ouster was prompted by his constant demands that civil rights laws be enforced.

His citation: "A priest and teacher devoted to faith and freedom; an educator vigorous, high-principled; a national voice consistently courageous and respected."

Bowen, the president of Princeton, received a Doctor of Laws this morning. His citation: "An economist of education and the arts who has placed his talents and gift for leadership at the service of our sister university."

Another Doctor of Laws was presented to Masao Maruyama, a Japanese intellectual historian who has studied, among other subjects, the theory and psychology of Japanese militarism in the years prior to World War II.

His citation read: "A profound scholar, a warm and friendly teacher; his brilliant contributions to intellectual history have fashioned the scholarship and thought of Japan's postwar generation."

Lloyd C. Elam, a nationally-known psychiatrist who is president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., was awarded a Doctor of Letters. His citation: "For the medically underprivileged this selfless physician has resourcefully employed modest means to gain large ends."

John Bardeen, a double Nobel Prize winner, was awarded the only Doctor of Science degree. He is a professor of Physics at the University of Illinois, and is one of the world's outstanding solid-state theorists. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 for his work in developing the transistor, and again in 1972 for his contribution to the development of a microscopic theory of superconductivity.

His citation: "Twice honored with a Nobel Prize, his scientific genius and imagination have had profound effects upon the physical world."

Rudolf Serkin, the concert pianist and recording artist, received the only Doctor of Music awarded today. His citation: "A many-sided artist--teacher, interpreter, performer; his deep knowledge and passionate devotion to his calling encompass the generations and happily affect both listeners and learners."

The Winners

The following have won honorary degrees:

George W. Ball, former Undersecretary of State, a Doctor of Laws.

John Bardeen, professor of Physics at the University of Illinois and a double Nobel Prize winner, a Doctor of Science.

George F. Bennett '33, retiring treasurer of Harvard, a Doctor of Laws.