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Bloomberg to speak at commencement
New York Mayor will speak at the 252nd commencement
Did You Know . . .
that Michael R. Bloomberg, mayor of New York and founder of Bloomberg, L.P., will speak at the 252nd Commencement of the University of Pennsylvania on Monday, May 19th? President Amy Gutmann said that "his remarkable achievements as a highly successful entrepreneur, noted philanthropist and tireless public servant stand, in the tradition of Penn's founder Ben Franklin, as an inspiration to us all."
In addition to being the Commencement speaker, Bloomberg will join, Paquito D’Rivera, a nine-time Grammy Award winning musician; Drew Gilpin Faust, C’71, GR’75, current Harvard President and former Penn History professor; Lila R. Gleitman, GR'67, Professor Emerita in the fields of linguistics and psychology; Bert W. O’Malley, a cell and molecular biologist; Cyril Ramaphosa, a South African leader against apartheid; and Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, in receiving an honorary degree.
For more information on the honorary degree recipients, please see the full press release at:
http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/article.php?id=1322
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