UM Regents Approve Honorary Degrees

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Six honorary degrees were authorized by University of Michigan regents, to be awarded at UM’s spring 2012 commencement on Saturday, April 28 at Michigan Stadium. Regents gave their unanimous approval for the degrees at their March 15, 2012 meeting.

In alphabetical order, the degrees will be awarded to:  Jose Antonio Abreu, a Venezuelan pianist and music educator;  Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon and CNN’s chief medical correspondent; investment banker J. Ira Harris, president of JI Harris & Associates; journalist and author Susan Orlean; Richard Sarns, biomedical entrepreneur and inventor; and author and illustrator Chris Van Allsburg.

This brief was filed from the Michigan Union’s Pendleton Room on UM’s Ann Arbor campus, where regents held their March meeting. A more detailed report will follow: [link]