Newswise — The first commencement address delivered by Hall of Fame baseball player Cal Ripken Jr. will be that presented during the University of Delaware commencement exercises to be held beginning at 9 am, Saturday, May 31, at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Del.
Ripken, who retired in 2001 after 21 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, is Major League Baseball's all-time "iron man" and a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, where he delivered a memorable induction speech before a huge crowd on July 29, 2007.
At the commencement ceremony, Ripken will receive an honorary degree from the University, along with Charles M. Cawley, former president and chief executive officer of MBNA Corporation; E. Wayne Craven, H.F. du Pont Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University; Stephanie L. Kwolek of DuPont, whose research in synthetic fibers served as the basis for the development of Kevlar; University President Emeritus David P. Roselle and his wife Louise D. Roselle; and U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine).
Ripken's address will be available to broadcast outlets via a live satellite feed and a second afternoon feed.
Satellite information follows:
AMC 5 at 79 degrees West longitudeHorizontal down at 12,094 MHzDigital Symbol Rate 3.9787FEC 3/4
The address will go up at 9 a.m. EDT and end at 10:30 a.m. EDT, and will be rebroadcast beginning at 1 p.m. EDT and ending at 1:45 p.m. EDT.
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