The Duke Digest - May 20, 2011
In Today's Issue:- Duke Law Prof Testifies on Securitization Markets
- Duke Commencement: Cisco CEO Urges Graduates to Take Risks
- Rick Wagoner Elected Chair of Duke Trustees
DUKE LAW PROF TESTIFIES ON SECURITIZATION MARKETS
Professor Steven L. Schwarcz testified on the state of the securitization markets before the Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on May 18.
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Read or Download Professor Schwarz's Testimony (law.duke.edu)
Schwarz Testifies Before Senate Securities and Investments Subcommittee (law.duke.edu)
DUKE COMMENCEMENT: CISCO CEO URGES GRADUATES TO TAKE RISKS
In a ceremony that combined new details with familiar rituals, Duke's Class of 2011 graduated Sunday with encouragement from their commencement speaker to be courageous in life.
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Graduates Urged to Take Risks in Life (today.duke.edu)
Graduates Wear "Green" Gowns (duke.edu)
RICK WAGONER ELECTED CHAIR OF DUKE TRUSTEES
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr., the former chairman and CEO of General Motors and a 1975 Duke graduate, was elected chair of the university's Board of Trustees Saturday.
He succeeds Dan Blue, who served as chair from 2009-11 and was elected trustee emeritus after 16 years on the board.
Wagoner was first elected to the Board of Trustees in 2001 and has served as vice chair since 2007. He joined GM in 1977 after earning an MBA from Harvard University, and over the next three decades rose from a financial analyst to eventually lead the company before retiring in 2009.
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Rick Wagoner Elected Chair of Duke Trustees (today.duke.edu)