ANN ARBOR (AP) - The co-owners and founding partners of Ann Arbor-based Zingerman's Community of Businesses are speaking at the University of Michigan's commencement ceremony this spring.
Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig will deliver the commencement address May 2 at Michigan Stadium. Each of them will receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees.
Honorary degrees for seven recipients with ties to the area or university, including Saginaw and Weinzweig, were approved last Thursday by the Board of Regents.
Former U.S. Rep. John Dingell and pioneering venture capitalist Sanford R. Robertson also will receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert J. Shiller and global health expert Dr. Tadataka Yamada are set to receive honorary Doctor of Science degrees.
Award-winning journalist, author and foreign correspondent Robin Wright is receiving an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
Published: Tue, Mar 24, 2015
