Commencement Speakers
Honorary Degree Recipients and Speakers Announced for Spring 2008 Commencement Ceremonies
Friday, May 16, 2008
8:00 p.m., College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Eisenhower Auditorium
Lakshman S. Yapa, Professor of Geography, The Pennsylvania State
University
8:00 p.m., College of Engineering, Bryce Jordan Center
Amitabh Srivastava, Corporate Vice President and Technical Fellow,
Microsoft Corporation
Saturday, May 17, 2008
9:00 a.m., College of Agricultural Sciences, Eisenhower Auditorium
Kerry Golden, Executive Director of the Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
9:00 a.m., Eberly College of Science, Bryce Jordan Center
Philip A. Sharp, Professor and head of Biology, MIT National Medal of
Science and Nobel Prize Winner (Honorary Degree)
Noon, College of Arts and Architecture, Eisenhower Auditorium
Don M. Randel, President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Noon, College of Communications, Bryce Jordan Center
William Friedkin, Movie and Television Director (Honorary Degree)
3:00 p.m., College of Health and Human Development, Bryce Jordan Center
Sherry Lansing, Founder and Chair, Sherry Lansing Foundation and former CEO of Paramount Pictures (Honorary Degree)
3:00 p.m., College of Information Sciences and Technology, Eisenhower Auditorium
Derek Smith, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, ChoicePoint
6:00 p.m., College of Education, Eisenhower Auditorium
Lee S. Shulman, President, The Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching (Honorary Degree)
6:00 p.m., College of The Liberal Arts, Bryce Jordan Center
Kenneth C. Frazier, Executive Vice President and President, Global
Human Health, Merck & Co., Inc.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
1:30 p.m., Smeal College of Business, Bryce Jordan Center
Frederick W. Smith, Chairman and CEO, Federal Express Corporation
(Honorary Degree)
5:00 p.m., The Graduate School, Bryce Jordan Center
Susan Avery, President, Woods Oceanographic Institute
8:00 p.m., College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Eisenhower Auditorium
Lakshman S. Yapa, Professor of Geography, The Pennsylvania State
University
8:00 p.m., College of Engineering, Bryce Jordan Center
Amitabh Srivastava, Corporate Vice President and Technical Fellow,
Microsoft Corporation
Saturday, May 17, 2008
9:00 a.m., College of Agricultural Sciences, Eisenhower Auditorium
Kerry Golden, Executive Director of the Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
9:00 a.m., Eberly College of Science, Bryce Jordan Center
Philip A. Sharp, Professor and head of Biology, MIT National Medal of
Science and Nobel Prize Winner (Honorary Degree)
Noon, College of Arts and Architecture, Eisenhower Auditorium
Don M. Randel, President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Noon, College of Communications, Bryce Jordan Center
William Friedkin, Movie and Television Director (Honorary Degree)
3:00 p.m., College of Health and Human Development, Bryce Jordan Center
Sherry Lansing, Founder and Chair, Sherry Lansing Foundation and former CEO of Paramount Pictures (Honorary Degree)
3:00 p.m., College of Information Sciences and Technology, Eisenhower Auditorium
Derek Smith, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, ChoicePoint
6:00 p.m., College of Education, Eisenhower Auditorium
Lee S. Shulman, President, The Carnegie Foundation for the
Advancement of Teaching (Honorary Degree)
6:00 p.m., College of The Liberal Arts, Bryce Jordan Center
Kenneth C. Frazier, Executive Vice President and President, Global
Human Health, Merck & Co., Inc.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
1:30 p.m., Smeal College of Business, Bryce Jordan Center
Frederick W. Smith, Chairman and CEO, Federal Express Corporation
(Honorary Degree)
5:00 p.m., The Graduate School, Bryce Jordan Center
Susan Avery, President, Woods Oceanographic Institute
Questions concerning commencement, please contact the Office of University Relations