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Trailblazing African-American women to be honored at William & Mary Commencement

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Trailblazing African-American women to be honored at William & Mary Commencement

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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner to give keynote address

Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician who helped make the first human spaceflight possible, will be honored at William & Mary’s 2018 Commencement ceremony, scheduled for May 12 at 9 a.m. in Zable Stadium. U.S. Sen. Mark Warner LL.D. ‘02 (D-Va.), a longtime supporter and advocate for higher education and William & Mary as both Virginia governor and senator, will serve as the speaker for the ceremony.

Johnson, whose story was featured in the film and book Hidden Figures, will not be able to attend the ceremony due to health issues, but she will address graduates via video remarks.  She will be represented by her daughters, Katherine Moore and Joylette Hylick. W&M President Taylor Reveley will bestow an honorary Doctor of Science degree on Johnson, who turns 100 this summer, prior to the Commencement ceremony. The event will be held just miles away from where she made history at NASA Langley in Hampton, Virginia. Three

 

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