CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCES
MAY 2003 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
News Release - March 27, 2003
contact:
Margaret O. Yancey
myancey@cnu.edu
757-594-7942
The Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson, III, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, will deliver the keynote address for CNU’s 74th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 10 at 10:00 a.m.
Judge Wilkinson graduated Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Yale University and received his law degree from the University of Virginia. He served as law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell, Jr., professor of law at UVA, and Editor of the editorial page of the Virginian-Pilot. He was appointed Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in August 1984, appointed Chief Judge for the Fourth Circuit in February 1996, and is considered a top prospect for the United States Supreme Court.
He is the author of several books: Harry Byrd and the Changing Face of Virginia Politics, 1968; Serving Justices: A Supreme Court Clerk’s View 1974; From Brown to Bakke: The Supreme Court and School Integration, 1979; and One Nation Indivisible: How Ethnic Separatism Threatens America, 1997.
Paul Trible, President of Christopher Newport University said, “Judge Wilkinson’s life is characterized by remarkable distinction and service to his community and our nation. He exemplifies the qualities of excellence and accomplishment that we hope all of our graduates will aspire to emulate.”
