Monday, June 30, 2003

WRITER: Larry B. Dendy, (706) 542-8078, ldendy@uga.edu
CONTACT: Matt Winston, (706) 542-9167, mwinston@uga.edu

WALTER BROADNAX TO SPEAK AT UGA SUMMER COMMENCEMENT

ATHENS, Ga. – Walter D. Broadnax, president of Clark Atlanta University and a noted scholar in the field of public policy, will be the speaker for the University of Georgia’s summer commencement Aug. 9.

The 9:30 a.m. exercises in Stegeman Coliseum will combine ceremonies for undergraduate, graduate and professional students who complete degree requirements at the end of summer semester.

The university registrar’s office estimates that about 975 undergraduates and 550 graduate students will be eligible to receive degrees. The final number of eligible graduates won’t be known until after final exams end.

Prior to becoming Clark Atlanta University’s second president last year, Broadnax was dean of the School of Public Affairs at American University. He has also been a professor of public policy and director of the Bureau of Governmental Research at the University of Maryland, and taught courses in state and local government at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Broadnax is a former deputy secretary and chief operating officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and was deputy assistant secretary for planning and evaluation in HHS’s predecessor, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

He has held a number of positions in the private sector including serving as a senior staff member of The Brookings Institution and president of the Center for Governmental Research Inc., in New York.

The author of numerous publications on public policy and management, Broadnax is president of the American Society for Public Administration and is a fellow and former board member of the National Academy of Public Administration. He is on advisory boards for the office of U.S. Comptroller General and Harvard University’s Taubman Center, and served on the national Commission on Youth Safety and Juvenile Justice Reform.

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