T h e u n i v e r s i T y o f T e x a s a T a r l i n g T o n
Tuesday
april 14, 2009
since 1919
volume 90, no.
99
www.
theshorthorn.
com
By Ali MustAnsir
The Shorthorn staff
A member of President Barack
Obama’s cabinet will speak at the
university’s...
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T h e u n i v e r s i T y o f T e x a s a T a r l i n g T o n
Tuesday
april 14, 2009
since 1919
volume 90, no.
99
www.
theshorthorn.
com
By Ali MustAnsir
The Shorthorn staff
A member of President Barack
Obama’s cabinet will speak at the
university’s Graduation Celebration
in May.
U.
S.
Trade Representative Ron
Kirk served as Dallas mayor from
1995 to 2002.
Previously, Kirk was
Texas Secretary of State after being
Dallas’ assistant city attorney and a
legislative aide in the U.
S.
Senate.
Danny Woodward, communications assistant to the university
president, said that getting Kirk to
speak was not easy.
He said they
had to wait for Kirk to be confirmed as trade representative and
for his schedule to be finalized.
“This is the latest we have not
known who the speaker will be,”
Woodward said.
Woodward said the university
selected Kirk because it wanted an
influential person who has a connection with Texas and has something to say to students.
This will be Kirk’s first commencemen
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