Speaker Name(s): Peter Schwartz ’68, Acclaimed Futurist, Entrepreneur, and Founder and Chairman of Global Business Network, President Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D.
Description: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s 203rd Commencement Ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. Peter Schwartz '68, acclaimed futurist, entrepreneur, co founder and chairman of Global Business Network, will deliver the 2009 Commencement address. Schwartz also will receive an honorary doctoral degree at the ceremony, along with honorands Samuel Josefowitz '42, Kenneth I. Chenault, and Robert C. Richardson.