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Roger Williams UniversityDOCS@RWUFeatured News Story The Week at Roger4-6-2015Bestselling Author Nathaniel Philbrick to Deliver2015 Commencement AddressPublic Affairs, Roger Williams UniversityFollow this and additional works at: https://docs.rwu.edu/weekatroger_featured_newsPart of the Higher Education CommonsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Week at Roger at DOCS@RWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in FeaturedNews Story by an authorized administrator of DOCS@RWU. For more information, please contact mwu@rwu.edu.Recommended CitationPublic Affairs, Roger Williams University, "Bestselling Author Nathaniel Philbrick to Deliver 2015 Commencement Address" (2015).Featured News Story. 482.https://docs.rwu.edu/weekatroger_featured_news/482 News ArchiveBestselling Author Nathaniel Philbrick to Deliver2015 Commencement AddressRenowned Massachusetts Supreme Court Chief Justice (Ret.) Roderick L. Ireland  to deliver law school addressApril 6, 2015 Public A airs Sta BRISTOL, R.I. – National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick– whose scholarship has made New England’s early history, from the May ower landing to the Battle ofBunker Hill, accessible to audiences both on the page and onscreen in the upcoming Ron Howard  lmIn the Heart of the Sea – will address the Roger Williams University Class of 2015 and receive anhonorary degree at the University’s Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 16.“I am delighted to welcome Nat Philbrick, much of whose work is set in the University’s back yard, backto Roger Williams to share in the celebration of our students’ achievements on Commencement day,”says RWU President Donald J. Farish. “Nat’s work brings a broad diversity of perspectives to Americanhistory and explores themes of personal development and leadership set against the exploration ofunpredictable frontiers – concepts our graduates will encounter as they embark upon the next chapterof their careers.”The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. on the University’s main athletic  eld on the Bristol Campus at OneOld Ferry Road. University Trustee and President of Samsung Electronics America Tim Baxter ’83 willalso be awarded an honorary degree.A day earlier, the Honorable Roderick L. Ireland – the recently retired Massachusetts Supreme Courtchief justice who was the  rst African-American appointed to the state’s centuries-old bench andnotably voted in favor of same-sex marriage as his state became the  rst in the nation to legalize it – willdeliver the Commencement address and be awarded an honorary degree at the Roger WilliamsUniversity School of Law ceremony.The law school ceremony will begin at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 15, also on the University’s main athletic eld. During the ceremony, the School of Law will present an honorary degree to Providence-baseddefense attorney Robert B. Mann of Mann & Mitchell.

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