Google’s Eric Schmidt is BU ’12 Commencement Speaker

Eric E. Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, will deliver the commencement address at Boston University’s 139^th graduation ceremonies at BU’s Nickerson Field at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 20. Mr. Schmidt will speak before more than 5,000 graduates and 20,000 guests at New England’s largest graduation ceremony. Schmidt will receive an honorary Doctor of Science. In addition to Schmidt, the prestigious list of honorary degree recipients also includes chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals First Circuit, the Honorable Sandra Lynch; former chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation, Norman Augustine (Doctor of Science); Vietnam Medal of Honor recipient, Thomas G. Kelley (Doctor of Laws); and noted actor, Leonard Nimoy (Doctor of Humane Letters). [More]