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samurai7 11:09 pm UTC 04/13/12 |
| In reply to: | Mayor Daley's Armpit... - Scaramouche 10:01 pm UTC 04/13/12 |
| I am SO glad I was wrong! This sounds amazing, wish I could be there! Hopefully a recording or a transcript will appear shortly after. > Congrats Jim! > > > Jim is doing a talk at Amherst, the day before the > ceremony (see link). > > Hey Jacqueline, > > Be cool if you could get audio and/or video of the speech, > for this site? > > > > > > > CNN journalist Christiane Amanpour, former UMass professor > > and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Sheila > > Bair, playwright and gay-rights activist Martin Duberman, > > Iran hostage crisis negotiator Ulric Haynes Jr. ’52, > > chemist David K. Lewis ’64, New York Public Library > > President and former Amherst College President Anthony W. > > Marx, acclaimed narrative nonfiction writer John McPhee, > > and hit songwriter Jim Steinman ’69 will all > > receive honorary degrees from Amherst College during its > > 191st Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 20, at 10 a.m. > > on the school’s main quad. Amherst President Biddy Martin > > will deliver the address during the May 20 ceremonies, and > > seven of the eight honored guests will speak to the > > approximately 443 members of Amherst’s Class of 2012, > > their families and friends and the college and Western > > Massachusetts communities in a series of conversations > > that are free and open to the public on Saturday, May 19. | |
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