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Washington University in St. Louis awarded honorary degrees to five prominent people, including a 2004 Nobel Prize winner in chemistry and a pioneering scholar of African and African-American literature, during the university’s 145th Commencement ceremony May 19. During the ceremony in Brookings Quadrangle, the university also bestowed academic degrees on more than 2,500 students.

Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis recognized the achievements of five alumni and a special friend at a ceremony May 19 in the Arts & Sciences Laboratory Science Building. Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., executive vice chancellor, dean of Arts & Sciences and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, presented Distinguished Alumni Awards to five individuals who have attained distinction in their academic or professional careers and have demonstrated service to their communities and to the university. Macias also presented the Dean’s Medal to John A. Berg, associate vice chancellor for undergraduate admissions, for his support and dedication to Arts & Sciences.

Fred U. Rosenberger, D.Sc., senior professor of computer science and engineering, died Sunday , May 14, 2006 , of pancreatic cancer at Bethesda Dilworth nursing home. He was 66.

The Right Honorable Sir John Major delivers the Commencement address at Washington University in St. Louis.Just because graduates have received their degrees does not mean that the learning process has stopped, Sir John Major told the graduating class of 2006 during the 145th Commencement at Washington University in St. Louis. The former prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland spoke to an audience of more than 13,000, including some 2,500 graduates, during the May 19 ceremony held in Brookings Quadrangle. “Learning continues well beyond academia. In the university of life, it never stops,” said Major, in his 25-minute Commencement address.

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“I’m not under any illusions that it will be simple, but I’ve had so many great examples in my life that have done what others have felt to be impossible,” she says.

More than a dozen distinguished individuals will speak at Commencement-related events for graduates and their friends and families.

The double major in physics and American Culture Studies also was a cellist in the Washington University Symphony Orchestra and several chamber orchestras.

Business & research leaders will convene at the Medical Campus May 30-31 to discuss developing new enterprises in Missouri based on research discoveries.

The Boston native graduated with an undergraduate degree from Stanford University and spent three years in strategy consulting in California.