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Notre Dame to confer seven honorary degrees

Observer Staff Report | Friday, May 13, 2016

Editor’s note: A version of the story appeared online March 3. Notre Dame will confer seven honorary degrees at this year’s commencement ceremony, the University announced in a press release Wednesday. Diane Nash, Rita Colwell, Richard Notebaert, Arturo Sandoval, Cardinal Donald Wuerl and Pauline Yu will join U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the 2015 commencement speaker,

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ND names honorees

Observer Staff Report | Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Notre Dame will honor seven leaders in business, the Church, community outreach, education, engineering and the arts as recipients of honorary degrees from the University at its 169th commencement ceremony May 18, according to a University press release. Retired oil executive W. Douglas Ford and Harvard University professor Evelyn Hu will receive honorary doctor of