Louise Bourgeois
An artist known for her work outside themainstream, French-born sculptor Louise Bourgeoishas won acclaim during a career that has spannedsix decades.
Once a student at the Sorbonne University inParis and a graduate of the Ecole des Beaux Arts,Bourgeois received an honorary degree from YaleUniversity in 1977. In 1984, she was named anOfficer of Arts and Letters by the French Ministryof Culture. In 1997 she won a National Medal ofArts. She will receive a Doctorate of Arts fromHarvard.
Andrew F. Brimmer
The president of Brimmer & Company, Inc.Brimmer is a professor of economics at theUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst. A prolificauthor, Brimmer is also the former chair of theWashington, D.C. financial control board.
He was educated at the University of Washingtonand received a Ph.D at Harvard in 1957. He was thefirst black member of the Board of Governors ofthe Federal Reserve System from 1966 to 1974.
Brimmer has also been a visiting professor atHarvard Business School. He has served two termson the Harvard Board of Overseers and was therecipient of the Harvard Medal in 1995. He willreceive a Doctorate of Laws.
David R. Cox
A graduate of St. John's College and CambridgeUniversity, Cox is currently a fellow of theImperial College of Science, Technology andMedicine, University of London.
For 25 years Cox was the editor of Biometrika,a statistical journal, and he recently finished aterm as president of the International StatisticalInstitute.
Cox, who was awarded the Kettering Prize andGold Medal for Cancer Reasearch in 1990, willreceive a Doctorate of Science.
Alan Greenspan
Commencement Day speaker Alan Greenspan willreceive an honorary Doctorate of Laws.
Greenspan currently chairs the Board of theFederal Reserve System. Credited for much of thenation's economic strength in recent years,Greenspan has served as chair since 1987.
The American Institute for Public Servicepresented Greenspan with the Thomas JeffersonAward in 1976. Greenspan was previously chair ofthe President's Council of Economic Advisors. In1948, Greenspan graduated summa cum laude with abachelor's degree in economics from New YorkUniversity.
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