June 2006
Issue 46






 
 

Presidential Couple Shares Keynote Speech at Commencement

More than 25,000 graduates, family members, and guests celebrated GWs 2006 Commencement on the National Mall on Sunday, May 21. Former President George H.W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush headlined the ceremony and received honorary Doctor of Public Service degrees. Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone, Washington Nationals Manager Frank Robinson, and Motion Picture Association of America Chairman and CEO and GW alumnus Dan Glickman, JD 69, also received honorary degrees. Read more here.


GW Chairman Charles T. Manatt, far left, former First Lady Barbara Bush, former President George H.W. Bush, and GW President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg pose for a portrait before Commencement on the National Mall.
Photo Credit: Julie Woodford

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