Emmanuel College to Hold 89th Commencement Exercises on May 14th
May 09, 2011
For Immediate Release
BOSTON - James Roosevelt, Jr., the president and chief executive officer of Tufts Health Plan and grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, will deliver Emmanuel College’s Commencement Address and receive an honorary degree at the 89th Commencement Exercises to be held on the college’s campus on Saturday, May 14th. In addition, Angela Faletra Menino, first lady of the city of Boston, and Malcolm Rogers, the Ann and Graham Gund director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will be awarded honorary degrees.
Mr. Roosevelt has enjoyed a distinguished career in law, business and government. Prior to joining Tufts Health Plan in 1999 as senior vice president and general counsel, he was associate commissioner for Retirement Policy for the Social Security Administration in Washington D.C. Mr. Roosevelt spent 10 years as a partner at Choate, Hall and Stewart in Boston. He has served as chief legal counsel for the Massachusetts Democratic Party, and currently serves on the Change Commission of the Democratic National Committee. In November 2008, President-elect Barack Obama appointed Mr. Roosevelt to his transition team to co-chair a review of the Social Security Administration. Mr. Roosevelt has served on the Emmanuel College Board of Trustees for over two decades. He earned his A.B. with honors in government from Harvard College and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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Angela Menino, the first lady of Boston since 1993, has had an indelible impact on the city, working as a public advocate for the citizens of Boston, including women, children, the elderly and the homeless. A founding member of the City of Boston Women’s Commission and the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, she also serves as a board member for Dress for Success Boston, as the honorary chair of Rebuilding Together Boston, on the advisory committees for Women’s Lunch Place and the Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus, and as a frequent collaborator with Women of Means. She regularly engages in events sponsored by Park ARTS, Read Boston, the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester, One Family and hopeFound. In addition to her public service and her role as mother of two and grandmother of six, Mrs. Menino has balanced an accounting career at John Hancock Financial for over 40 years.
Since 1994, Mr. Rogers has led the museum in welcoming new audiences to the MFA, expanding its encyclopedic collection, enhancing arts education, and bringing a variety of exhibitions to Boston of national and international importance. Under his leadership, the MFA has become a more vibrant institution, which welcomes over one million visitors each year. This past fall, the MFA completed its most ambitious building project, which included the opening of the acclaimed American Wing. Mr. Rogers served as deputy director and deputy keeper at the National Portrait Gallery in London before assuming his current role at the MFA. A native of England, Mr. Rogers was educated at Oxford University where he received both a B.A. in English Language and Literature as well as a D.Phil.
Emmanuel College, founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1919, is a coed, residential, Catholic liberal arts and sciences college located in the heart of the city of Boston.
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