USD Magazine Summer 2016

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To view a slideshow of photos from USD’s 2016 Commencement, go to sandiego.edu/2016-grads.

Joy, laughter and (a few) tears abound at 2016 Commencement [ c e l e b r a t i o n ] THE ADVENTURE BEGINS

ver the course of two weekends in May 2016, degrees were bestowed upon more than 2,000 freshly- minted USD graduates. The School of Law ceremony featured Qualcomm Inc. Presi- dent Derek Aberle ’96 (JD) as speaker; degrees were awarded to 230 graduates. O

sor of History Iris Engstrand, PhD, Dr. Price and his wife, Allison. USD Board of Trustees Chair Ron L. Fowler — executive chairman of the San Diego Padres and chairman and CEO of Liquid Investments, Inc. — was the speaker at the ceremony for 645 undergraduates of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Business leader Robert Price was the speaker at the graduate programs’ commencement cere- mony; degrees were awarded to 689 graduates. At that event, USD President James T. Harris III, DEd presented Price with an honorary Doctor of Humane Let- ters degree. Pictured (below right) are President Harris, Profes-

A joint ceremony for the 650 graduating undergraduates of the School of Business and the Shiley-Marcos School of Engi- neering featured Dr. Geoffrey Tabin as speaker. He is co- director of the Himalayan Cataract Project. Congratulations are in order to the Class of 2016. Bravo!

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