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Commencement Update: John Kerry at Boston College

Matt EmersonApril 24, 2014
Gasson Hall, Boston College

Boston College announced today that Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver the address at the school's 138th commencement exercises. According to the student-run newspaper, The Heights, Kerry, a 1976 graduate of Boston College Law School, will also receive an honorary doctor of laws degree.  

 

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