May 20, 2005: NORTON TO ADDRESS YALE GRADS SUNDAY
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May 20, 2005
NORTON TO ADDRESS YALE GRADS SUNDAY
Washington, DC--The Office of Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today announced that she will be the keynote speaker for the 304th Commencement of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticuton Sunday, May 22, 2005at 2 PM. Norton, who simultaneously received her Master’s and Law Degrees from Yale, will be the “Class Day” speaker on the Old Campus. By tradition, Yale has no address at graduation exercises the following day, and the Class Day speaker serves the role of Commencement speaker.
In inviting Norton to speak, senior class officers said, “Your commitment to social justice and role as one of the nation’s most esteemed civil rights leaders give us faith that you are the best candidate to send our peers off into the world.” Hillary Clinton, George Pataki, Tom Brokaw, David Gergen, Sargent Shriver, and Ken Burns are among the previous invited speakers.
Norton served on the Yale Corporation (Board of Trustees) from 1982 – 1988. She received the Yale Law School Association Citation of Merit Medal as the Outstanding Alumnus of the LawSchoolin 1980, and the Wilbur Cross Medal as the Outstanding Alumnus of the YaleGraduateSchoolin 1990.