Humanities chairman to speak at 2012 commencement

May 1, 2012

Marmian Grimes

National Endowment for the Humanities chairman Jim Leach will give the keynote address at the University of Alaska Fairbanks commencement ceremony at 1 p.m., Sunday, May 13 at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks.

Leach served in the U.S. House of Representatives for three decades, where he chaired the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services, the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs and the Congressional-Executive Commission on China.

The complete news release is available on the UAF online newsroom.