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Article: NOTED PHOTOGRAPHER TO ADDRESS GRADUATES
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- March 29, 2009
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ATHENS, Ohio, March 17 -- Ohio University issued the following news release:
When it came time find a commencement speaker, a group of seniors recommended President Roderick J. McDavis consider some important characteristics. The students wanted someone with energy and charisma, someone who understood what it meant to be an Ohio University graduate.
This year, that person is Herman Leonard, a 1947 Ohio University alumnus and world-renowned photographer whose images captured the history and movement of jazz. Leonard will speak at Ohio University's two undergraduate commencement ceremonies, set for 9:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, June 13, in the Convocation Center.
Asked to share his reaction ...