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Washington University in St. Louis

May 19, 2006
Vol. 30, No. 34

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May 19, 2006 > Commencement speakers

Commencement speakers

More than a dozen distinguished individuals will speak at Commencement-related events for graduates and their friends and families.

John Major, former prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, will deliver the address at the main Commencement ceremony; 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle.

Other speakers are:

• John D. Antes, president of Progress West Healthcare Center in O'Fallon, Mo., and 1994 WUSTL health administration alumnus, for the Health Administration Program; noon today at the Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel, 7730 Bonhomme Ave.

• Aaron J. Ciechanover, M.D., D.Sc., a 2004 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry and Distinguished Research Professor at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, for the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences; immediately following the main Commencement ceremony in Edison Theatre.

• Heather Corcoran, assistant professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, for the College of Art/Graduate School of Art Recognition Ceremony; 7 p.m. May 18 in Graham Chapel.

• Anna Crosslin, president and chief executive officer of St. Louis' International Institute, for the George Warren Brown School of Social Work; immediately following the main Commencement ceremony in Graham Chapel.

• Arnold W. Donald, president and chief executive officer of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International and WUSTL trustee, for the Henry Edwin Sever Graduate School of Engineering & Applied Science; 2 p.m. today in Edison Theatre.

• Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., the Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, for the School of Medicine; 3 p.m. today in America's Center, downtown St. Louis.

• Ursula W. Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts & Sciences, for the College of Arts & Sciences; 4:30 p.m. May 18 in the Athletic Complex.

• Jim Harris, associate professor of architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, for the College of Architecture/Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design Diploma Ceremony; immediately following the main Commencement ceremony in the Brookings Drive Mall.

• Ben Massey Jr., president of the American Physical Therapy Association, for the Program in Physical Therapy; 2 p.m. today in the Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington Ave.

• Trina Shanks, assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Social Work and 2003 Olin School of Business alum, for the Olin School Undergraduate Diploma and Awards Ceremony; immediately following the main Commencement ceremony in the Athletic Complex.

• Robert Skandalaris, chairman and founder of Noble International, for the Olin School of Business' Graduate Diploma and Awards Ceremony; 3 p.m. today in the Athletic Complex.

• Kent D. Syverud, J.D., dean of the School of Law and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor, for the School of Law; 12:30 p.m. today in Brookings Quadrangle.

• S. Eric Westacott, attorney with Rynearson, Suess, Schnurbusch & Champion LLC in St. Louis, for the Program in Occupational Therapy; 1 p.m. today in Graham Chapel.

• Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton, for the School of Engineering & Applied Science Recognition Ceremony; 1:30 p.m. May 18 in the Athletic Complex.

— Neil Schoenherr



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