2005 Georgetown Law Center Commencement Ceremony

Sunday, May 22, 2005, 2 p.m.

Healy Lawn
Georgetown University main campus
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20057
(rain site: McDonough Arena on main campus)  

Lee H. Hamilton, President and Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Reporters will need to present valid press and photo identification on site.  Limited parking with advance registration will be available on campus for television satellite trucks.  A mult box will be provided on site.  For McDonough Arena coverage, media should enter through the Canal Road entrance. Media interested in covering the ceremony must contact Elissa Free at (202) 662-9519/ ebf4@law.georgetown.edu

Hamilton became Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in January 1999.  He served for thirty-four years as a United States congressman from Indiana. During his tenure, he was Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (now the Committee on International Relations), and chaired the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.  He also chaired the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Select Committee to Investigate Covert Arms Transactions with Iran.  In addition to his leadership on foreign affairs, Hamilton played significant roles related to economic policy and congressional organization.  He served as Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee and the Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress.  Hamilton has been recognized with numerous awards and honors for his public service. 

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