The keynote speaker for this year’s commencement ceremony has been selected. Benjamin S. Carson has been a world-renowned neurosurgeon since he successfully separated two conjoined twins that were connected at the cranium, the first surgery of its kind. In addition to giving the address, an honorary doctorate of science will be conferred upon him.
Honorary degrees will also be given to Nobel Prize winners Robert Solow and Richard Smalley, philanthropist Morris “Marty” Silverman, former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, and State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno.
Commencement will be held this year on Saturday, May 17, at Harkness Field beginning at 9:30 am. It will be followed by a celebration picnic on the ’86 Field.
