The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will hold its commencement ceremony Saturday, May 17, at 9:00 a.m.
Location: Carver Hawkeye Arena
Graduates: Plan to arrive no later than 8:30 a.m.
Sponsor: UI Registrar / Phone: 335-0238

Commencement Speaker

John Raeburn

John Raeburn, Professor of American Studies and English (and former DEO of each department) is the recipient of a 2007 Helen Kechriotis Nelson Teaching Award. Professor Raeburn teaches twentieth-century American cultural history. He is director of graduate studies and former director of undergraduate studies in American Studies, and has recently completed a term on the CLAS Educational Policy Committee. His most recent book, A Staggering Revolution: A Cultural History of Thirties Photography, was published in 2006.

Honorary Degree Recipient

Dr. Robert Solow

• In 1987, Dr. Solow received the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and, in 1999, he received the National Medal of Science from President Bill Clinton.
• Since 1984, Dr. Solow has served on the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business Board of Visitors. He has also taught in the College’s MBA program.
• Dr. Solow received a B.A. in economics, an M.A., and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
• He began teaching economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1949 and was promoted to the rank of full professor in 1958. He remained at MIT until his retirement in 1995 where he is Institute Professor Emeritus.
• Currently, he is the Robert K. Merton Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation.