Ninety-five degrees and diplomas in course, as well as three honorary degrees, were conferred today by Yeshiva University at the institution’s 19th annual commencement exercises held here. The recipients of the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters were Judge Harry Kalodner, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals; Dr. Alvin Johnson, president emeritus, New School for Social Research; and Dr. Harry A. Wolfson, of Harvard University. Dr. Samuel Belkin, president of Yeshiva, presided at the commencement exercises. Dr. Louis Rabbinowitz, Chief Rabbi of South Africa, delivered the invocation.
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