Woohoo! Yesterday and today were big days para la familia Lawton de Lincoln, Nebraska… My dad graduated from the University of Nebraska with his doctorate in Educational Administration. His hooding ceremony was held yesterday at Kimball Hall, and the commencement this morning at the Devaney Center.
Dad has been working on this degree for many years, slaving away at his dissertation (on the visions of two Christian college presidents, no less — names to be printed here later because I can’t remember one of the president’s names). It means a lot to me that my dad set such a high academic goal, then completed it. This success encourages me towards similar pursuits in the future. For certain, this accomplishment reflects quite highly on my mother, who waited for the process to come to completion and supported my dad in so many ways throughout the years.
Hip hip hooray for you, Pop! We are all very very proud of you and think you look simply smashing in your doctoral regalia!
*Thanks, Adam, for taking such a nice shot with my camera!
4 Comments
David May 9, 2004 3:25 PM
Thanks Bec,
This was a wonderful milestone, and I actually enjoyed going through the ceremony (I am sure it was a painful event for many watching). My kids would attest that all but a handful of their growing up years involved their dad going to school. I enjoy it, from both the teaching and student perspectives. It took a long time, but the process was almost as important as the completion. It is most gratifying to have my children and my wife’s support in achieving this degree.
charity May 9, 2004 6:22 PM
yay for dr. lawton!
Tim Wingfield Sep 21, 2004 6:45 PM
My name is Tim Wingfield and I am a doctoral student … working right now on my dissertation … how could I get in touch with David Lawton, PhD? My email is twingfield@jbc.edu. My dissertation is on a similar subject to Dr. Lawton … and I’d love to hear from him or correspond with him. My office number is 1 800 827 2122. If you call and someone in my office says “Tim is in the library working on his dissertation … and can not be disturbed” tell them …. “I have completed my PhD and Tim gave me permission to interrupt him.
Thanks.
Serving Christ with Joy,
Tim Wingfield
Stephen Urban Mar 23, 2014 5:47 PM
Good Morning Dr. Lawton,
My name is Stephen Urban and I’m an undergraduate student at the University
of Texas at Austin. In my research for a term paper on the ethics of
computing and technology in medicine I ran across your 2005 response to an
article on the Economics of Health Information Technology. Here is the link
to your response that I read – Realism in Health Care
Savings.
I am particularly interested in your comment *”**Health care is unique in
that those who benefit from inefficiencies are highly skilled and educated.
They are members of large voting blocs and have enormous combined influence
and wealth. We need to think differently about how we approach this problem
and its implementation.”* Would you be available for further questions on
this subject? Thank you for your time.
—
S/F
Stephen Urban
SSgt USMC
University of Texas Naval ROTC
214 717 0271
philip.s.urban@gmail.com