Arizona State Univesity has announced Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and former Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Ruth V. McGregor as the speakers for undergraduate and graduate commencement, respectively, on May 9.
They will be be receiving honorary degrees at those ceremonies as well. Bunch, honored for his achievements in American history, education and culture, will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. McGregor, recognized as an exemplar of ASU’s charter and an alumna of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
Graduate commencement will take place at 9 a.m. Monday, May 9, at Desert Financial Arena on the Tempe campus; undergraduate commencement at 7:30 p.m. that day at Sun Devil Stadium.
Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th secretary of the Smithsonian, a renowned curator, award-winning author and former educator at universities across the country, including American University, the University of Massachusetts and George Washington University. Bunch’s lifelong commitment to the humanities, arts and culture has been honored by the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund, the Society of American Historians and the Hutchins Center at Harvard University.
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