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Pulitzer Prize Winner Richard Ford Speaks at SOA Diploma Presentation, May 17

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Ford will deliver the address during the Columbia School of the Arts presentation of diplomas. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 17 at 2:00 p.m. in Miller Theatre (116 street and Broadway).

Ford won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1996 for his novel Independence Day.

For more information on University commencement ceremonies, visit the official 2006 Commencement site.

Other commencement speakers include:

  • Business School Recognition Ceremony
    Speaker: Bob Wright, CEO of NBC Universal
    Sunday, May 14 at 5:00 p.m.
    Madison Square Garden Theater

  • School of International and Public Affairs Commencement
    Speaker: Karim Aga Khan
    Monday, May 15 at 2:00 p.m.
    The Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive

  • Convocation for recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy for Biomedical Sciences and all GSAS-affiliated Schools
    Speaker: Dean Glenn Hubbard, Columbia Business School
    Monday, May 15 at 3:30 p.m.
    Morningside Campus, St. Paul's Chapel

  • Columbia College Class Day
    Speaker: Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
    Tuesday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m.
    Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn

  • Convocation for Recipients of the Degree of Masters of Arts
    Speaker: Mark A. Cane, Vetlesen Prof. Earth & Climate Sciences
    Tuesday, May 16 at 10:30 a.m.
    Morningside Campus, Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall

  • Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Commencement
    Speaker: Dean Mark Wigley, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture
    Tuesday, May 16 at 2:15 p.m.
    Morningside Campus, St. Paul's Chapel

  • · The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Class Day
    Speaker: Raymond P. Daddazio '75, CEO, Weidlinger Associates
    Tuesday, May 16 at 2:30 p.m
    Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn

  • Convocation for Recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy for all Arts and Sciences Departments
    Speaker: John Huber, Prof. of Political Science
    Tuesday, May 16, 3:30 p.m.
    Morningside Campus, St. Paul's Chapel

  • School of Continuing Education Class Day
    Speaker: Norman Siegel, Esq.
    Tuesday, May 16 at 5:00 p.m.
    Miller Theater, 116th and Broadway

  • The School of General Studies Class Day
    Speaker: Antonio Luis Freitas '97, asst. professor psychology, SUNY Stony Brook
    Tuesday, May 16 at 5:00 p.m.
    Morningside Campus, Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium

  • School of Nursing Graduation Ceremony
    Speaker: Loretta C. Ford, dean and professor emerita, University of Rochester School of Nursing
    Wednesday, May 17, 1:30 p.m.
    Columbia University Medical Center Garden
    Fort Washington Ave. (entrance between W. 165th and 168th Sts.)

  • School of Social Work Commencement
    Speaker: Karenna Gore Schiff, Association to Benefit Children
    Wednesday, May 17 at 2:00 p.m.
    Morningside Campus, Dodge Fitness Center, Levien Gymnasium

  • Graduate School of Journalism Commencement
    Speaker: Jim Amoss, editor of The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
    Wednesday, May 17 at 3:00 p.m.
    Morningside Campus, Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium

  • Mailman School of Public Health Commencement
    Speaker: Helene Gayle, president and CEO of C.A.R.E.
    Wednesday, May 17 at 4:00 p.m.
    National Track and Field Armory, 168th and Broadway

  • College of Physicians & Surgeons Commencement
    Speaker: Atul A Gawande, Harvard School of Public Health, The New Yorker contributor
    Wednesday, May 17 at 4:30 p.m.
    Columbia University Medical Center Garden
    Fort Washington Ave. (entrance between W. 165th and 168th Sts.)

  • School of Dental Medicine Graduation Ceremony
    Speaker: Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Laureate for Literature
    Thursday, May 18, 11:00 a.m.
    Columbia University Medical Center Garden
    Fort Washington Ave. (entrance between W. 165th and 168th Sts.)

  • Law School Graduation Ceremony
    Speaker: Governor George Pataki (R-NY)
    Thursday, May 18, 2:00 p.m.
    Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn

Published: May 12, 2006
Last modified: May 12, 2006