Facts on Spring 2010 Commencement
The Ohio State University
Sunday, June 13, 2010
12 p.m., Ohio Stadium
NUMBER OF DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
Doctoral----------235
Masters---------1,639
Professional------619
Bachelors-------6,086
Associates---------67
Certificates--------6
Total:----------8,652
PRESIDING OFFICER: President E. Gordon Gee
WELCOMING REMARKS: Javaune Adams-Gaston, vice president for Student Life.
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: David Gergen, professor of public service at the Harvard Kennedy School, and senior political analyst for CNN who has served as an advisor to four U.S. presidents.
HONORARY DEGREES: Honorary doctorates will be presented to Francisco J. Ayala, one of the foremost evolutionary geneticists of our time, David Gergen who will deliver the commencement address.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD: Distinguished Service Awards will be presented to Jack Lucks, a founding partner in Columbus-based Continental Real Estate Companies, former Ohio State football star Chris Spielman, and posthumously to Stefanie Spielman, who both worked tirelessly to increase public awareness of cancer and to promote the critical importance of medical research.
NATIONAL ANTHEM and CARMEN OHIO: Stanley Workman, Jr., class of 2010.