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Johns Hopkins University
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Baltimore, Maryland 21231
Phone: 443-287-9960
Fax: 443-287-9920

May 6, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACTS: Dennis O'Shea or
Glenn Small
(443) 287-9960
dro@jhu.edu or glenn@jhu.edu


Al Gore to Speak to Graduating Johns Hopkins Seniors

Former Vice President Albert Gore Jr. will address seniors graduating from The Johns Hopkins University's schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering at their diploma ceremony at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 26.

Gore will also be awarded the honorary degree of doctor of humane letters.

The ceremony will take place at Homewood Field, the stadium on the northern end of the university's Homewood campus at 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. There will be a press section for working print and broadcast reporters and photographers on the playing surface of Homewood Field, at stage right [audience left]. Identification is required; prior notification of intention to cover the ceremony is preferred. Limited press parking will be available; please notify us in advance if you need parking. See above for contact information.

During the afternoon ceremony for undergraduates, the university will honor Christopher Elser, who died in April 2004, and Linda Trinh, who died in January 2005. Both were members of the class of 2005. At the time of her death, Trinh had already earned enough credits to receive her bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering. It is anticipated that her father, Quy Trinh, will accept his daughter's degree on her behalf during the ceremony. Because Elser was a junior when he died, he did not yet have enough credits to earn his undergraduate degree. He will be awarded a certificate of merit, which his younger sister, Taylor Elser, plans to receive on his behalf during the ceremony.

Earlier on May 26, university president William R. Brody will speak at the university-wide commencement ceremony. This ceremony will begin at 9:15 a.m. at Homewood Field. Honorary degrees will be awarded at that event to scholar, activist and rabbi Arthur Hertzberg; Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand; and physicist and mathematician Edward Witten of the Institute for Advanced Study.

Noteworthy speakers at other Johns Hopkins commencement-related events — at various times and locations from Wednesday, May 25 through Friday, May 27 — include Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, who will address School of Medicine graduates; Robert Rubin, former U.S. Treasury secretary, who will speak to graduates of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies; and composer George Crumb who will speak to graduates of the Peabody Conservatory. The ceremonies mark the end of the university's 129th academic year. Details on the university's various ceremonies are listed below.

About the Graduating Class

The total number of earned degrees, certificates and diplomas awarded is expected to be about 6,131, as follows: 1,450 bachelor degrees (including 1,039 seniors graduating from the schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering at the Homewood campus); 3,810 master's degrees, 519 doctoral degrees (123 of which are medical degrees); and 352 certificates and diplomas.

About the Ceremonies

The university as a whole and its eight academic divisions will hold the following commencement events:

University-wide Commencement Ceremony.
Thursday, May 26, 9:15 a.m. to approximately noon, Homewood Field, Homewood campus.
Speaker: William R. Brody, president, The Johns Hopkins University.
During this ceremony, all university degrees are conferred by the university president. The only graduates who receive their diplomas at this time, however, are doctoral students. The ceremony also recognizes new members of the Society of Scholars. At this time, three honorary degrees of doctor of humane letters also will be awarded. [See above for details on honorary degree recipients].


Arts and Sciences/Engineering Undergraduate Diploma Ceremony.
Thursday, May 26, 1:45 p.m., Homewood Field, Homewood campus.
Speaker: The Honorable Albert Gore Jr. During this ceremony, an anticipated 1,039 seniors from the schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering, who will officially have graduated when degrees were conferred in the morning ceremony, cross the stage to shake hands with the president. Afterwards, they receive their diplomas. Gore was invited by the senior class to be the speaker at this ceremony. A bio of Gore is available at bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000321.


The Bloomberg School of Public Health Convocation Ceremony.
Wednesday, May 25, 2 p.m., Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Cathedral and Preston Streets.
Speaker: Alfred Sommer, dean, Bloomberg School of Public Health.


G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering Graduate Ceremony.
Wednesday, May 25, 7 p.m. Homewood Field, Homewood campus.
Speaker: Loren R. Douglass, vice president, Merrill Lynch & Co., and a university trustee.


The School of Medicine Diploma Award Ceremony.
Thursday, May 26, 2:30 p.m., Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Cathedral and Preston Streets.
Speaker: Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health.


The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Diploma Award Ceremony.
Thursday, May 26, 3 p.m., Constitution Hall, 18th and D Sts., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Speaker: Robert Rubin, former U.S. Treasury secretary, now chairman of the executive committee and member of the Office of the Chairman of Citigroup Inc.


The School of Nursing Diploma Award Ceremony.
Thursday, May 26, 1:45 p.m., Shriver Hall Auditorium, Homewood campus.
Speaker: Martha N. Hill, dean of The Johns Hopkins School of Nursing.

 

The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Master's Diploma Award Ceremony.
Friday, May 27, 5:30 p.m., Homewood Field, Homewood campus.
Speaker: Daniel Weiss, James B. Knapp Dean, Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

 

The School of Professional Studies in Business and Education Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma Award Ceremony.
Thursday, May 26, 7:30 p.m. Homewood Field, Homewood campus.
Speaker: Michael Olesker, Baltimore Sun columnist.

 

The Peabody Conservatory Diploma Award Ceremony.
Thursday, May 26, 8 p.m., Friedberg Hall, Peabody Institute, 1 E. Mount Vernon Place.
Speaker: composer George Crumb.



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