Gloria Borger ’74, P’10
¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ’s 193rd featuring keynote speaker Gloria Borger ’74 P’10 will be held Sunday in Sanford Field House. The 10:30 a.m. commencement exercise will be streamed live on the colgate.edu , and will be available on all computers and mobile devices.
is the chief political analyst for CNN and a member of the first coeducational class to graduate from ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ.
She appears daily on The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, The Lead with Jake Tapper, and across CNN’s prime-time programs.
The baccalaureate speaker on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. is Father George Coyne SJ, McDevitt Chair of Religious Philosophy at Le Moyne College in Syracuse. A renowned Jesuit priest, astronomer, and director emeritus of the Vatican Observatory, Father Coyne bridges the worlds of faith and science. He holds a BA in mathematics and licentiate in philosophy, both from Fordham University, and a PhD in astronomy from Georgetown University.
Both Borger and Coyne will receive honorary degrees during commencement. The other honorary degree recipients will be:
- George Avakian, music historian and innovator in the jazz recording industry
- Mark Golden, CEO of in New Berlin, N.Y.
- Lorie Slutsky ’75, president of the New York Community Trust
For more information, visit www.colgate.edu/commencement. Guests also can download the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓƵ mobile app, which has complete commencement information available for easy access. Go to the or