Senator John F. Kerry to speak at Kenyon Commencement
GAMBIER, Ohio (May 10, 2006)– Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts will present the Commencement address at Kenyon's one hundred seventy-eighth graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 20. The program will begin at 10:30 a.m. on the lawn of Samuel Mather Hall. (The rainsite is the Kenyon Athletic Center.)
In addition to presenting diplomas to graduating seniors, the College will confer honorary degrees on Kerry; Teresa Heinz Kerry, chairman of the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Heinz Family Philanthropies; and Diane Ackerman, author of nonfiction works including An Alchemy of Mind and A Natural History of the Senses, as well as collections of poetry and several children's nature books. Honorary degrees will also be conferred upon retiring faculty members Robert E. Bennett, professor of classics, and Charles A. Piano, professor of Spanish.
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