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Thursday, May 18, 2006

Carnegie Mellon News 8 1/2 x 11 News: May 18, 2006

Carnegie Mellon News 8 1/2 x 11 News: May 18, 2006: "SIX TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREES AT SUNDAY'S COMMENCEMENT

More than 3,000 degrees will be conferred at Carnegie Mellon's commencement ceremony at 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 21 in Gesling Stadium. Her Highness Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned, chairperson of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters. Five other honorary degree recipients will join her on the podium, including world-renowned artist Jonathan Borofsky (A'64), Carnegie Corporation of New York President Vartan Gregorian, Nobel Prize winner John Hall (S'56, '58, '62), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center President Jeffrey Romoff, and television pioneer Bud Yorkin (E'48). Andy Butler, who will receive his bachelor's degree in economics, will be this year's student speaker. Further information: http://www.cmu.edu/cmnews/extra/060515_commencement.html."

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