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DATE:  Friday, June 1, 2007

TIME:  10:30 a.m.

PLACE:         
Verizon Hall
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Broad and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia

EVENT:  Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill will address the graduating classes at the annual commencement exercises for Jefferson Medical College and Jefferson College of Graduate Studies. Mr. O'Neill will also receive an honorary doctor of science degree from Thomas Jefferson University during the ceremonies.

More than 200 doctor of medicine, doctor of philosophy and master of science degrees will be conferred on students from Jefferson Medical College and the Jefferson College of Graduate Studies during the annual commencement exercises.

Founded in 1824, Jefferson Medical College has awarded more than 27,000 medical degrees and has among the most living graduates of medical schools in the nation. Jefferson offers both traditional medical education programs and innovative joint degree programs to its enrollment of approximately 900 students each year.

The Jefferson College of Graduate Studies of Thomas Jefferson University, established July 1, 1969, is responsible for the planning, operation, and administration of educational programs of Thomas Jefferson University that lead to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. It is also responsible for stimulating, establishing, and coordinating research and post-baccalaureate educational projects that cross traditional school boundaries. Each of the PhD and MS degree programs is headed by a program director and most programs share faculty from several academic departments of the university.