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Gray Eminence

William H. GrayWilliam H. Gray III, president and chief executive officer of the , will speak at the 126th Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Commencement exercises held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 9 at Husky Stadium. The fund is the oldest and most successful black higher education assistance organization in the country. Gray has headed the organization since 1991. Before that, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. He was chairman of the Democratic Caucus and Majority Whip, making him the highest-ranking African American ever to serve in Congress. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ has invited more than 9,000 students to graduate at the ceremony, which is open to the public. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Tacoma commencement will be held at 4 p.m., June 8 in the Tacoma Dome featuring guest speaker mountain climber Lou Whittaker. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Bothell Commencement will be held at 2 p.m., June 10 in Hec Edmundson Pavilion and features guest speaker Yolanda T. Moses, president of the American Association for Higher Education.


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