Sen. Reed to Give Commencement Address at Roger Williams University
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Sen. Reed to Give Commencement Address at Roger Williams University
“Senator Reed’s career and ideals are closely aligned with the core purpose of RWU: To serve society through engaged teaching and learning. Senator Reed offers the graduating students an inspirational example of a life of public service. His career demonstrates the power of higher education to advance not just himself but the lives of all his fellow Rhode Islanders. He truly exemplifies the core values of the state’s founder and our namesake, Roger Williams,” said RWU Interim President Andy Workman.
RWU’s undergraduate commencement will take place on Saturday, May 18.
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As Rhode Island’s senior U.S. senator, Reed is a senior member of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, and he has helped secure millions of dollars in federal funding to enhance the university's research capacity and support programs such as the Center for Economic and Environmental Development.
He is also the Ranking Member on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Reed graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (B.S., ’71), Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government (M.P.P., ’73) and Harvard Law School (J.D., ’82).
He received an Honorary Doctor of Public Service from Roger Williams University in 2009.
Reed served in the 82nd Airborne Division as an Infantry Platoon Leader, a Company Commander, and a Battalion Staff Officer.
He was also a member of the faculty at West Point as an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences.
Honorary Degrees
During the ceremony, RWU will present honorary degrees to civil rights leader Clifford R. Montiero, who marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and served as president of the NAACP Providence branch for a decade, and to Marcia Morris, Vice Chair of the RWU Board of Trustees and a Presidential Search Committee co-chair who served in executive management and chief legal officer roles during her career.
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