2,100 to Receive Degrees at May 7 Commencement Exercises

Approximately 2,100 students are scheduled to receive degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in commencement exercises beginning at 9:30 a.m. May 7 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Chancellor Harvey Perlman will preside at the ceremonies. An honorary doctor of humane letters degree will be awarded to Douglas Bereuter, president of the Asia Foundation and former 26-year U.S. representative from Nebraska. Bereuter will also deliver the commencement address.

The Nebraska Alumni Association will recognize Don Blank (D.D.S., 1960) of McCook and Lynne Morian Grasz (B.S., 1966) of New York City with Distinguished Service awards. The awards honor individuals with exemplary records of service to the Alumni Association and the university.

The College of Law will have a separate graduation ceremony beginning at 3 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St. Dean Steven Willborn will preside and veteran civil rights attorney Fred Gray of Tuskegee, Ala., will give the address. Gray first gained national attention at age 24, when he represented Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., city bus. The action initiated the 1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott. Gray was also Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s first civil rights lawyer.

The graduates hail from 42 states and 38 countries.

A list of graduates is available at the link below. Information includes the graduate's name, college, degree and any applicable honors. Some degrees are from programs of the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) or the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) that are offered on the UNL campus.