For Immediate Release April 28, 1999
Contact: David Weymiller [email protected]
OR June Greist
(970) 491-6432
FORMER ASTRONAUT, AIR FORCE GENERAL AMONG FEATURED SPEAKERS AT COLORADO STATE'S SPRING COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES MAY 14-15
FORT COLLINS--A former astronaut and a decorated Air Force general are two of the speakers slated for commencement ceremonies at Colorado State University May 14 and 15.
College ceremonies and an ROTC commissioning will recognize 2,837 spring graduates. In all, diplomas will be granted to 2,219 undergraduates, 418 master's students, 137 professional veterinary medicine students and 63 doctoral students. Thirty students will graduate summa cum laude, 68 students magna cum laude and 147 students cum laude.
The College of Engineering commencement ceremony will feature a speech by Richard H. Truly, a retired naval aviator, test pilot and astronaut who piloted shuttle flights. Truly was the eighth administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from 1989-92.
Since 1997, Truly has overseen the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the nation's premiere facility for research, development and deployment of energy from the sun, from wind and from plant life. Truly will address the College of Engineering commencement at 1 p.m. May 15 at the Equine Teaching and Research Center, 701 S. Overland Trail.
Highlighting another ceremony will be a speech by Lieutenant General Joseph J. Redden, commander of the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base and director of education of the Air Education and Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base in Texas. Redden will commission students as Air Force and Army officers at the ROTC Commissioning at 3 p.m. May 14 in the Lory Student Center.
Redden is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and command pilot who served on 607 combat missions, many during the Vietnam War, and has earned many major military awards, including the National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star; the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with bronze service star; the Vietnam Service Medal with silver service star and two bronze service stars; and the Distinguished Service Medal. Redden currently oversees Air Force needs for enlisted and officer military education, professional continuing education and graduate education.
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