Area colleges confer degrees on students

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: May 22, 1994 | Copyright information

- Art Institute of Boston Boston

Graduates: 55

Degrees: Bachelor's, 3-year certificates, 2-year diplomas

Speaker: Roger P. Sonnabend, art collector, and singer Tony Bennett

Honorary degrees: Tony Bennett; artist Maud Morgan; Joan and Roger P. Sonnabend, art collectors and philanthropists - Assumption College Worcester

Graduates: 600

Degrees: Associate's, bachelor's, master's

Speaker: Harvard Law professor Mary Ann Glendon

Honorary degrees: Mary Ann Glendon; Paul J. Archambault, professor of French, Syracuse; Dr. John R. Brechtl, medical director, Terence Cardinal Cooke H.C.C. AIDS Program; ...

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