Law School, Mendoza diploma ceremonies set for May 21

Author: Shannon Roddel

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Diploma ceremonies forNotre DameLawSchoolstudents and Mendoza College of Business masters degree candidates will be conducted Sunday (May 21) at the reflecting pool of the Hesburgh Library on campus. (In case of rain, the ceremonies will be held in theStepanCenter.)

The Mendoza College of Business will present diplomas to 399 masters degree candidates at9 a.m.John W. “Jay” Jordan II, a 1969 Notre Dame graduate, benefactor and member of the University’s Board of Trustees, will address the assembly.

Jordanis chairman of the Board of Trusteesinvestment committee, which oversees the University endowment.He is founder of The Jordan Company (TJC), a private investment firm that acquires, manages and builds companies for the TJC partnership account.He also is chairman and chief executive officer of the Chicago-based holding company Jordan Industries Inc.The University’s new Jordan Hall of Science has been underwritten with a leadership gift fromJordan, and he previously funded construction of the Jordan Auditorium inMendoza.

One hundred ninety-six students will be recognized at theLawSchools diploma ceremony at4:30 p.m.A prayer service and hooding ceremony will be held at10 a.m.in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart forLawSchoolgraduates, their families and friends.

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