The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, graduate of Trinity Washington University, class of 1962. 2012 marks the 50-year class reunion of the 1962 graduating class of Trinity Washington University.
How appropriate to have Nancy Pelosi deliver the commencement speech on Sunday, May 20, 2012. It was a beautiful day for a graduation, and Trinity’s graduates were quite surprised to learn who was delivering the commencement speech. Up until the last minute, they did not know who the commencement speaker was going to be. As I walked toward campus, reading the program, I was overjoyed to see that The Honorable Nancy Pelosi had been chosen to address the Class of 2012.
Not only did she address the class, but she gave every graduate (464 graduates) a copy of her most recent book, Know Your Power: A Message to America’s Daughters
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