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5/2/05

FOUR TO BE HONORED AT SLU'S COMMENCEMENT MAY 15

CANTON – St. Lawrence University's Commencement will be held on Sunday, 
May 15, at 10 a.m. on Creasy Commencement Commons, with the three recipients of 
honorary degrees each offering brief remarks. In addition, the North Country 
Citation will be awarded to John B. Johnson Jr., of Watertown, chairman and chief 
executive officer of the Johnson Newspaper Corporation and editor and co-publisher of 
the Watertown Daily Times.
	Receiving honorary degrees are the Reverend Joan Brown Campbell, director of 
religion at the Chautauqua Institution and leader of the Global Women's Peace 
Initiative; John R. Cook '70, founder and president of the Environmental Careers 
Organization in Boston; and Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy, 
founder of New York State Writers Institute.
	Other events taking place during Commencement weekend include:
	-  Munsil Professor Emeritus of Government Robert Wells' Friends of the 
Libraries Lecture, "The Fight Over Social Security: Just the Tip of the Iceberg," 
Saturday, May 14, 2 p.m., Herring-Cole Hall.
	- The Laurentian Singers' Commencement Concert, Saturday, May 14, 5 p.m., 
Gunnison Memorial Chapel.
	- Baccalaureate Service of Celebration, Sunday, May 15, 8:15 a.m., Gunnison 
Memorial Chapel.

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For more information and the full Commencement Weekend schedule, 
visit the Commencement 2005
Web site


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