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Former Sen. George Mitchell, Chairman of the Irish Peace Negotiations, Offers Address at Fordham's 154th Commencement
Magician David Copperfield to Receive Honorary Degree
NEW YORK -- Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell will offer the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate of laws at Fordham's 154th Commencement, 1 p.m., Saturday, May 22, Rose Hill Campus. Mitchell, who served in the U.S. Senate from 1980 until his retirement in 1995, earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination for his role in negotiating the still tenuous 1998 Northern Ireland peace agreement.
Internationally-known magician David Copperfield, will receive an honorary doctorate of humane letters. Throughout his career, Copperfield has escaped from Alcatraz and made the Statue of Liberty and an Orient Express car disappear. He has also levitated himself across the Grand Canyon and walked through the Great Wall of China.
Other honorary degree recipients will be the former Chairman of Fordham's Board of Trustees Robert E. Campbell, former vice chairman of the board of directors of Johnson & Johnson; Helen North, professor of classics emerita at Swarthmore College; and the Rev. John Leonard, S.J., a member of the faculty at Fordham Preparatory School for 50 years.
DATE: MAY 22, 1999
TIME:1 P.M.
PLACE:FORDHAM UNIVERSITY'S ROSE HILL CAMPUS
EDWARDS PARADE, ENTRANCE ON SOUTHERN
BLVD., BRONX
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In addition, the following diploma ceremonies for individual schools within the University will take place:
SATURDAY, MAY 22 2:45 P.M.
| Fordham College, | Edwards Parade |
| Rose Hill | Rose Hill Campus |
| (Rain: Lombardi) | |
| College of Business | Gymnasium |
| Administration | Rose Hill Campus |
| Fordham College | Keating Hall |
| of Liberal Studies | 1st Floor Lecture Hall |
| Rose Hill Campus | |
| Graduate School of | Keating Hall |
| Religion and Religious | Basement |
| Education | Rose Hill Campus |
| Graduate School of | University Church |
| Arts and Sciences | Rose Hill Campus |
| Graduate School of | Fordham Prep |
| Education | Auditorium |
| Rose Hill Campus |
| SATURDAY, MAY 22 | 6:45 P.M. | |
| Graduate School of | St. Paul's Church | U.S. Secretary of Commerce, |
| Business | 60th St. & Columbus Ave. | William Daly |
| Manhattan | ||
| SUNDAY, MAY 23 | 3 P.M. | |
| School of Law | Avery Fisher Hall | Hon. Denny Chin, LAW '78 |
| Lincoln Center | U.S. District Court Judge | |
| Manhattan | Southern District, New York | |
| SUNDAY, MAY 23 | 7 P.M. | |
| Fordham College, | Avery Fisher Hall | Randall Balmer, Professor of |
| Lincoln Center | Lincoln Center | American Religion, Barnard |
| MONDAY, MAY 24 | 6:30 P.M. | |
| Graduate School of | Avery Fisher Hall | Hon. Richard M. Berman, |
| Social Service | Lincoln Center | GSS '96 |
| Manhattan | U.S. District Court Judge | |
| Southern District, New York |
Founded in 1841, Fordham is New York City's Jesuit university. It has residential campuses in Manhattan and the north Bronx, as well as academic centers in Tarrytown and Armonk, N.Y.
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