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Pepperdine Celebrates 2010 Graduations

School of Public Policy Commencement

Friday, Apr. 16, 10:30 a.m. at Alumni Park

Cathryn J. Kingsbury ('97, MPP '99), a principal lobbyist for the bipartisan government relations and affairs firm, the Livingstone Group, will be honored as the Distinguished Alumnus.	Diane Pregerson Glazer and her husband Guilford Glazer, cofounders of the Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies at Pepperdine University, will each receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree.

Graziadio School of Business and Management Commencement

Saturday, Apr. 17, 10:30 a.m. at Firestone Fieldhouse

Carl J. Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, will address the graduates and be honored with an Honorary Doctorate of Laws Award. Dave Bowman ('98), vice president and general manager of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, will be honored as the Distinguished Alumnus.

 

Frank R. Seaver College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences Commencement

Saturday, May 1, 10:30 a.m. at Alumni Park

Huell Howser, the 20-year host and tour guide of California Gold on PBS, will address the graduates and receive an Honorary Doctorate. John T. Lewis ('83), president of Eugene Lewis & Associates, and his wife Deanne S. Lewis ('84) will be each be honored as Distinguished Alumni.

School of Law Commencement

Friday, May 21, 10:30 a.m. at Alumni Park
 

Honorary Doctorate recipient Blake Morant, dean of the Wake Forest University Law School, will address the graduates. Andre Birotte ('91), United States Attorney for the Central District of California, will be honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Graduate School of Education and Psychology – Psychology Division Commencement

Saturday, May 22, 10:30 a.m. at Alumni Park

Honorary Doctorate recipient Elyn R. Saks, law, psychology, and psychiatry professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law and author of The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness, will address the graduates. Elizabeth Laugeston, a clinical instructor at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, will be honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Graduate School of Education and Psychology – Education Division Commencement

Saturday, June 19, 10:30 a.m. at Alumni Park
 

Honorary Doctorate recipient Michael Arthur Guillen, former ABC News Science Editor who regularly appeared on Good Morning America, 20/20, Nightline, and World News Tonight, will address the graduates. Tod Burnet, president of Saddleback College, will be honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award.