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Seven honorary
degrees to be awarded
Undergraduate Commencement speaker Billie Jean King and six others, including
four alumni, will receive honorary degrees during graduation ceremonies
May 20 and May 21.
The degree recipients are:
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Jeffrey
A. Davidow, alumnus and U.S. ambassador to Mexico; doctor of laws.
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Evan
S. Dobelle, alumnus and president of Trinity College (Hartford, CT);
doctor of public service; |
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Eugene
M. Isenberg, alumnus and chairman and chief executive officer of Nabors
Industries Inc. in Houston; doctor of public service; |
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Ahmed
M. Kathrada, South African freedom-fighter and former member of the
South African parliament; doctor of laws; |
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Billie
Jean King, Tennis star, equal rights activist; doctor of humane letters; |
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Bruce
M. Penniman, alumnus and 1999 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year; doctor
of humane letters; |
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Edgar
E. Smith, former vice president for Academic Affairs for the University
system; doctor of science. |
Dobelle,
Kathrada, and Penniman will receive their honorary degrees during the
graduate Commencement on May 20. Honorary degrees will be conferred on
King, Smith, Isenberg, and Davidow during undergraduate ceremonies on
May 21.
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