Newswise — David Brooks, a columnist for The New York Times and a regular analyst on the "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" and National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," will deliver Wake Forest University's commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree May 21.
Brooks will address approximately 1,500 Wake Forest graduates during the 9 a.m. outdoor ceremony on the university's Hearn Plaza (the Quad). The ceremony is not open to the public.
This will be Brooks' first commencement address at any college or university.
Brooks' bi-weekly column in The New York Times started in September 2003. He served as senior editor of The Weekly Standard, a publication that he began working for at its inception in September 1995. He was also a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Atlantic Monthly.
"I have long admired his writing and his thinking," said Wake Forest President Nathan O. Hatch. "And, I believe that his words at commencement will be thought-provoking and memorable."
A 1983 graduate of the University of Chicago, Brooks worked as a police reporter for the City News Bureau, a wire service owned jointly by the Chicago Tribune and Sun Times. He later joined the staff of The Wall Street Journal, where he served as editor of the book review section, movie critic and op-ed editor. While working at the Journal, he also lived in Brussels, covering Russia, the Middle East, South Africa and European affairs.
Brooks is the author of two books, "Bobos In Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There" and "On Paradise Drive: How We Live Now (And Always Have) in the Future Tense." He describes the books as "comic sociology."
His stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, The Washington Post and many other magazines. He is editor of the anthology "Backward and Upward: The New Conservative Writing."
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