Congratulations Dr. Steinman! :-)
Markus
> 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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