Yesterday's commencements
(Correction: Because of a reporting error, information regarding Worcester Polytechnic Institute in a list of commencements published in Sunday's City & Region section was incomplete. In addition to bachelor's and master's degrees, doctorates were also awarded.)
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY, BOSTON
GRADUATES: 1,724
DEGREES: doctorate, master's, bachelor's, associate's
SPEAKER: Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor of New York City (law school commencement); David Gergen, US News & World Report columnist (undergraduate commencement)
HONORARY DEGREES: Giuliani; Helaine M. Barnett, president of Legal Services Corp.; William Delahunt, US representative, Democrat of Massachusetts; Gustavo A. Gelpi, US magistrate judge, District of Puerto Rico, at law school commencement. Gergen; Dr. Donald Berwick, chief executive officer of Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Edward F. DeGraan, vice chairman of Global Gillette; Alan Khazei, chief executive officer of City Year Inc.; Linda Whitlock, chief executive officer of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, at undergraduate commencement
TUFTS UNIVERSITY, MEDFORD
GRADUATES: 2,393
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's, doctorate
SPEAKER: Lance Armstrong, seven-time Tour de France champion
HONORARY DEGREES: Armstrong; William S. Cummings, president of Cummings Foundation; retired General Joseph P. Hoar, US Marine Corps; Lynn Margulis, geosciences professor at University of Massachusetts at Amherst; the Rev. Gloria E. White-Hammond, copastor of Bethel AME Church
ANNA MARIA COLLEGE, PAXTON
GRADUATES: 180
DEGREES: associate's, bachelor's, master's, certificates
SPEAKER: Dr. Timothy Johnson, medical consultant for ABC News
HONORARY DEGREES: Sister Mary Ellen King, congregational leader of the Sisters of St. Anne
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY, WALTHAM
GRADUATES: 1,014
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's, doctorate
SPEAKER: His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan
HONORARY DEGREES: Prince El Hassan bin Talal; Tony Kushner, playwright; Mimi Silbert, president of The Delancey Street Foundation; Sidney Swartz,
FRANKLIN W. OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, NEEDHAM
GRADUATES: 66
DEGREES: bachelor's
SPEAKER: Lawrence W. Milas, president and director of the F.W. Olin Foundation
HONORARY DEGREES: None
SCHOOL OF THE
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
GRADUATES: 204
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's, certificates
SPEAKER: Robbie Conal, art columnist
HONORARY DEGREES: None
SMITH COLLEGE ,
NORTH HAMPTON
GRADUATES: 788
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's, diplomas, certificates
SPEAKER: Jane Harman, US representative, Democrat of California
HONORARY DEGREES: Harman; Jewel Plummer Cobb, scientist and educator; Paula Deitz, editor of The Hudson Review magazine; Ruth Ozeki Lounsbury, filmmaker and author; Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize recipient
LASELL COLLEGE,
NEWTON
GRADUATES: 210
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's
SPEAKER: the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, professor and American Baptist minister
HONORARY DEGREES: Gomes
LESLEY UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE
GRADUATES: 3,488
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's, doctorate
SPEAKER: Michael Dukakis, former governor of Massachusetts; Katherine Dukakis, former first lady of Massachusetts; Dr. Theodore Landsmark, chief executive officer of the Boston Architectural Center and president-elect for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
HONORARY DEGREES: Michael and Katherine Dukakis; Landsmark
LONGY SCHOOL OF
MUSIC, CAMBRIDGE
GRADUATES: 60
DEGREES: diplomas, master's, certificates
SPEAKER: Aaron P. Dworkin, violinist and president of The Sphinx Organization
HONORARY DEGREES: None
CLARK UNIVERSITY, WORCESTER
GRADUATES: 1,014
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's, doctorate
SPEAKER: Paul Krugman, economist and New York Times columnist
HONORARY DEGREES: Robert J. Hurst, senior advisor to Crestview Partners; Evelyn M. Witkin, geneticist and professor emerita at Rutgers University; Clare Brett Smith, photographer
MERRIMACK COLLEGE, NORTH ANDOVER
GRADUATES: 460
DEGREES: master's, bachelor's, associate's
SPEAKER: Shonda Schilling, founder of the SHADE Foundation of America
HONORARY DEGREES: Schilling; the Rev. Patrick Akinrimisi, president of the Augustinian Federation of Africa; Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini, founder and chief executive officer of YAS Broadband Ventures LLC
NEWBURY COLLEGE, BOSTON
GRADUATES: 229
DEGREES: bachelor's, associate's
SPEAKER: Catherine D'Amato, president and chief executive officer of The Greater Boston Food Bank
HONORARY DEGREES : D'Amato; Sandra M. Edgerley, community volunteer; Paul A. La Camera, general manager of The WBUR Group
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC,
BOSTON
GRADUATES: 275
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's, doctorate
SPEAKER: Joan Tower, composer
HONORARY DEGREES: Tower; Janos Starker, cellist; Ran Blake, pianist; David Baker, jazz composer; Daniel Steiner, retiring New England Conservatory president
STONEHILL COLLEGE, EASTON
GRADUATES: 556
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's
SPEAKER: Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, archbishop of Washington
HONORARY DEGREES: McCarrick; Judith Block McLaughlin, senior lecturer at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education; John Harrington, executive director of the Yawkey Foundation and former chief executive officer of the Boston Red Sox; Brother Richard Kyle, member of the Congregation of Holy Cross
