President Bush addresses OSU graduates
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STILLWATER, OKLA. – A crowd of nearly 25,000 listened to President George W. Bush deliver the commencement address to more than 2,600 members of this year’s graduating class at Oklahoma State University.
Following Bush’s address he was presented with an honorary degree. OSU System CEO and President David Schmidly and OSU Provost Marlene Strathe presented President Bush with a Doctor of Laws in Agricultural Economics from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and Political Science from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Today marked the third time a sitting U.S. President has spoken to an OSU commencement: President Richard Nixon, May 1974; President George H. W. Bush, May 1990 and President George W. Bush May 2006.
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President George W. Bush greets distinguished students as he steps off the helicopter on his way to deliver OSU's 2006 commencement address. A crowd of nearly 25,000 gathered for the event at Boone Pickens Stadium.
The distinguished students are (from left to right): Paige Corder, Karalyn Eyster, Mohamed 'Mo' Chehbouni, Kara Cook, Amanda Dawn Glasgow, Jordan Ky Russell, Blake Lowry, and Aaron Hofmeister. |
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