Kenneth I. Chenault, chairman and CEO of American Express Company, will address the 5,500 graduates and their families and friends at Undergraduate Commencement on Friday, May 10 at 5 p.m. in McGuirk Alumni Stadium.
Chenault will also receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the ceremony. Chenault joined American Express in 1981 and became president and chief operating officer in 1997. He assumed his current responsibilities as CEO in 2001, and later that year became chairman.
Chenault serves on the board of corporate and nonprofit organizations including IBM, Procter & Gamble,
Undergraduates Tess Brickley ’15, Kelly Malone ’13, Alexander Borges ’14, and Ankur Sheel ’13 have been designated the first UMass Amherst Rising Researchers. The Rising Researcher award is a new program co-funded by University Relations and Research and Engagement to recognize campus undergraduates who excel in research, scholarship and creative activity.
Production of the long-awaited UMass Amherst license plate is about to go forward after the needed 1,500th order was received by the Alumni Association.
The House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously April 10 to approve a $33.8 billion fiscal 2014 state budget plan that includes about $39 million in additional funding for the UMass system, a move that places the university on a path to a 50-50 funding formula and a freeze on tuition and fees.