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About 2,000 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree candidates, joined by family and friends, gathered at Edward A. LeLacheur Park for the 2007 Commencement ceremony. This is the first time the University has held commencement at the ballpark.
Graduates and their guests heard from civil rights leader U.S. Rep. John Lewis and honored the achievements of Distinguished Alumni Award winner Mark A. Saab ’81, as well as those of honorary degree recipients Jack Kerouac (posthumously), the literary icon; L. Donald LaTorre, president of L & G Management Consultants; and Philip Leder, professor and chair of the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School.
Following the University-wide ceremony at the ballpark, master’s and bachelor’s degree candidates received their diplomas at individual college ceremonies. Doctoral degree candidates received their diplomas at the university-wide event.
UMass Lowell Chancellor David J. MacKenzie presided over the festivities, and UMass President Jack Wilson was in attendance. The incoming chancellor, U.S. Rep. Marty Meehan, introduced commencement speaker Lewis, whom he personally invited to speak. Meehan officially assumed his new post July 1.