ARCHITECTURE & FACILITIES

Penn Does Pomp and Circumstance by Design

By LAWRENCE BIEMILLER

Philadelphia

Asking an architect to rethink the University of Pennsylvania's commencement ceremony five years ago was Omar H. Blaik's idea. He had recently been hired as associate vice president for facilities management, and when he went to his first commencement in Penn's stadium, Franklin Field, he was appalled.

"The...

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