Summer Commencement set for Sunday, August 29

Commencement ceremonies for 1,955 summer quarter graduates will begin at 2 p.m. in the Jerome Schottenstein Center, 555 Borror Drive. Lee Shulman, president, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, will be the commencement speaker.

Honorary doctorates will be presented to Ernest M.Henley, one of the most influential theoretical nuclear physicists in our time; and Howard M. Johnson, a three-time Ohio State graduate whose immunology research has played an important role in the use of interferon in the treatment of multiple sclerosis.

Distinguished Service Awards will be presented to Clarence Cole, professor emeritus in veterinary pathobiology in The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine; and Elaine H. Hairston, three-time Ohio State graduate and chancellor emerita of the Ohio Board of Regents.

Reporters may use the annual media parking permit to gain access to any university lot. The lots directly adjacent to the Schottenstein Center are reserved for disability permit holders.

WHAT:Ohio State University summer commencement exercises

WHEN: 2 p.m. on Sunday (8/29)

WHERE: The Jerome Schottenstein Center, 555 Borror Drive

WHY: Ohio State celebrates the achievements of graduates
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