Former chancellor Lou Hyndman receives an honorary degree
Written By: Ryan Smith
2000-06-12
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Former University of Alberta chancellor and provincial minister of education Louis Hyndman received an honorary doctor of laws degree June 12. An alumnus of the U of A, Hyndman addressed the Class of 2000 graduates in the faculties of law, medicine and dentistry, nursing and rehabilitation medicine at their convocation ceremony in the Jubilee Auditorium.Here is an excerpt from Hyndman's speech:
"Unknowingly perhaps, your university education enables you to cope with probably more than two careers or different job experiences in the years ahead. The reality is that your present area of study will expand, branch out and meld with other disciplines in decades ahead. The social and physical sciences, humanities and performing arts increasingly interact with and will enrich your formal areas of study. Continuous learning must be your watchword. The university taught you how to learn, how to educate yourself-perhaps its greatest gift. To handle these inevitable career variations you will use the skills learned here of synthesizing, objectively researching and knowing the right questions to ask. Welcome these career changes. Invite them. They ensure a constant lifetime of renewal that is as energizing as it is fun. Think about what Samuel Johnston said: "The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things-the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and to prefer the good and the genuine to the bad and the counterfeit."
... and Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu takes the stage tomorrow
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa will also receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from the U of A. A Nobel Peace Prize-winner, Tutu was the chair of the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission formed in the wake of apartheid liberation. Tutu will receive his degree June 13 when he addresses the Class of 2000 graduates in the faculties of engineering, and agriculture, forestry and home economics.
This article originally appeared in Express News.