Elie Wiesel 
Hon. Robert L. Barry '56
Joan Ganz Cooney
Judd Gregg
Chiharu Igaya '57
Mae C. Jemison
Maxine Kumin
Jim Lehrer
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Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps who has spent so
much of his adult life working on behalf of oppressed people worldwide that he
was awarded the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver the main address at
Dartmouth's 2006 Commencement
exercises on Sunday, June 11, on the Dartmouth Green.
Wiesel is also one of eight individuals who will receive honorary degrees at
the event.
The academic procession to the Green begins at 9:30 a.m., and visitors are
advised to be in their seats by that time. Commencement ceremonies begin at 10
a.m.
Other speakers for the event will include President James Wright and the
valedictorian of the undergraduate senior class, who is announced the week of
commencement, after final grades are calculated.
The College typically awards approximately 1,000 bachelor's degrees and
approximately 500 master's and doctoral degrees in the Arts and Sciences and
from the College's three professional schools: Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of
Engineering, and the Tuck School
of Business.
At commencement, Dartmouth will confer honorary degrees on:
- The Honorable
Robert L. Barry '56 (Doctor of Laws)
President, Robert L. Barry Associates
Former U.S. ambassador to Indonesia 1992-1995
- Joan Ganz
Cooney (Doctor of Arts)
Chairman, executive committee and cofounder, Sesame Workshop
- Judd
Gregg (Doctor of Laws)
United States senator, New Hampshire
- Chiharu Igaya
'57 (Doctor of Humane Letters)
Vice President, International Olympic Committee
- Dr. Mae C.
Jemison (Doctor of Science)
Founder, BioSentient Corporation and The Jemison Group
Former NASA astronaut
- Maxine
Kumin (Doctor of Letters)
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, novelist, and author
New Hampshire poet laureate 1989-1994
- Jim
Lehrer (Doctor of Humane Letters)
Anchor, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
- Elie
Wiesel (Doctor of Humane Letters)
Founder and President, The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity Andrew W. Mellon
Professor in the Humanities; professor of philosophy and religion, College of
Arts and Sciences, Boston University Winner, 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
A variety of ceremonies take place on Saturday, June 10, the day before
Commencement, including Baccalaureate, a multifaith religious service open to
all graduates and their guests, and Class Day and Investiture ceremonies for
Dartmouth's three professional schools. Those events and their speakers
are:
- Dartmouth Medical School: 9 a.m., Derzon Courtyard, DMS.
(In case of rain, Leede Arena, 11 a.m.) Speaker: Antonia Novello, New York
state health commissioner. Novello served as the 14th surgeon general of the
U.S. Public Health Service, the first woman and the first Hispanic ever to hold
that position.
- Thayer School of Engineering: 10 a.m., Spaulding
Auditorium, Hopkins Center. Speaker: Nicholas M. Donofrio, executive vice
president, innovation and technology, IBM Corporation, and vice chairman of the
IBM International Foundation. Donofrio helps lead innovation across IBM and its
global ecosystem and is the leader of the company's global technology
strategy.
- Tuck School of Business: 3 p.m., Tuck Circle. (In case of
rain, Thompson Arena, same time.) Speaker: Roger B. McNamee Tu'82, cofounder
and advisory director of Elevation Partners, a private equity firm that makes
large-scale investments in market-leading media, entertainment, and
consumer-related businesses.
- Baccalaureate: 3 p.m., Rollins Chapel. (Remote viewing in
105 Dartmouth Hall.) Speaker: Rev. Robert K. Goodwin, president and chief
executive officer of the Points of Light Foundation in Washington, D.C.
By ROLAND ADAMS
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