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4/2/07

ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT MAY 20

CANTON - St. Lawrence University's 2007 Commencement ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 20, at 10 a.m. on Creasy Commencement Commons on campus, or Appleton Arena in the event of inclement weather.

The University will confer honorary degrees on three distinguished visitors, all of whom will give brief addresses:

- Robert Montgomery '82, an internationally renowned transplant surgeon, a member of the faculty of Johns Hopkins University Medical School and co-founder of a foundation that supports research on a rare form of congenital heart disease. He has also received an Alumni Citation from the University.

- Jane Hamilton, author of The Book of Ruth, A Map of the World, Disobedience and When Madeline Was Young, has been a participant in the University's annual Writers Series and has worked with St. Lawrence students in writing classes.

- Jeanne Narum, director of the Independent Colleges Office, which assists selective liberal arts colleges (including St. Lawrence) in seeking grant support from federal and other sources. Narum is the founding director of Project Kaleidoscope, an informal national alliance to strengthen undergraduate learning in the sciences, mathematics and engineering in which St. Lawrence participates.

Also at Commencement, the North Country Citation will be awarded to Bob Pettee and Susan Neal, founders and directors of Pendragon Theatre in Saranac Lake. The company has performed at the University many times over the years. St. Lawrence annually awards the North Country Citation to an individual or individuals from the region who, through professional and volunteer endeavors, has improved the quality of life in the North Country.

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More information: Commencement Web site