C.W. Post Commencement 2006 Highlights
May 14, 2006
United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton - 2006 Commencement Speaker
President David J. Steinberg - 2006 Commencement Address
Tara N. Mayernick - Valedictorian Address Class of 2006
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| United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers the main commencement address. |
(from left) Long Island University Trustees Al Kahn, Steven Kumble, C.W. Post Chancellor Tess Mullarkey, Chairman of the Board Edward Travaglianti, United States Senator and commencement speaker Hillary Rodham Clinton; Roz Walter, Steven Klar, Edward Shorin, Harvey Simpson |
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| C.W. Post Valedictorian Tara N. Mayernick of Shelton, Connecticut, a music education major, addresses the Class of 2006. |
C.W. Post’s 2006 Salutatorian is Stephanie Grice of Batavia, N.Y., who was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry. She starts medical school in the fall. |
Christopher Johnson, president of the Student Government Association. |
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| Distinguished Alumni Awards are presented to Roland A. DeSilva (left) (Class of 1962), founder and managing partner of the investment bank DeSilva & Phillips, and Dave Ruvola (Class of 1981), the “Perfect Storm” helicopter pilot who survived a harrowing crash into the Atlantic Ocean and directed combat rescue operations in Iraq. |
Dr. Morimichi Watanabe, a C.W. Post professor of political science and history and one of the world’s leading authorities on the 15th century cardinal and philosopher Nicholas of Cusa, is awarded the Long Island University Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Service. |
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| Leonard Riggio (right), chairman of Barnes and Noble, is awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, from Dr. David Steinberg, president of Long Island University. |
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