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Article: RETIRING SBU PRESIDENT SHIRLEY STRUM KENNY CONFERS DEGREES AT HER FINAL COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 27, 2009
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STONY BROOK, N.Y., May 26 -- The State University of New York at Stony Brook issued the following news release:
Shirley Strum Kenny conferred the final 5,421 degrees of her 15 year career as President of Stony Brook University at the annual University Commencement ceremony today. The Commencement - Long Island's largest - will conferred 3,391 undergraduate degrees, 1,290 Masters, 294 doctoral, 223 Doctor of Medicine/Doctor of Dental Surgery/Doctor of Physical Therapy, and 223 certificates. Dr. Kenny has conferred a total of 70,562 degrees during her tenure; 46 percent of the total degrees issued by the University since it opened.
Receiving Honorary Doctorates this year were SBU alum, Dr. ...