Look Ma, I Got My Masters' Degree!

Here's the text of a letter I got from UB:
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO                      Office of Records and Registration
State University of New York               Hayes Annex B
                                           3435 Main Street
                                           Buffalo, New York, 14214


   Mr. Daniel Franklin Boyd
   2560 N. FOREST RD.
   GETZVILLE, NY 14068

Dear MR. BOYD:

    In accordance with University policy, since you have a Bursar
checkstop we are unable to mail your diploma.

    Please contact the Office of Student Accounts at (716) 829-2191 or
829-2181 regarding the Bursar checkstop.

    Send ALL payments of outstanding debt, along with this letter, to:

        Office of Student Accounts
        State University of New York at Buffalo
        Hayes Annex B
        3435 Main Street
        Buffalo, New York, 14214

    Upon completion of your degree requirements and notification from
the Office of Student Accounts that your account has been cleared,
your diploma will be mailed.

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THIS SECTION TO BE COMPLETED BY OFFICE OF STUDENT ACCOUNTS

  BURSAR OFFICE STAMP ___________            INITIALS ________

  DEGREE PROGRAM: MS in Computer Science

  ID#: XXX-XX-XXX    DEGREE DATE: 09/01/95     AUDITOR: MAP

A parchment calligraphy document would feel highfalutin' and unnatural coming from workaday, unpretentious, humble UB. That's why this letter feels exactly appropriate, especially for a guy like me who has a wing of the Library named after him because it was built on the proceeds of his overdue fines.


Daniel F. Boyd / boyd@buffalo.mede.com
Last modified: Wed Jul 3 17:26:56 1996