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March 31, 2009 - Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr., will address the Class of 2009 at King’s College Commencement exercises to be held Sunday, May 17, at Wachovia Arena. A Scranton native and son of former Pennsylvania Governor, the late Robert Casey, he served eight years as the state Auditor General and two years as State Treasurer. Casey won election to the U.S. Senate in 2006 and currently serves on the following Senate committees: Foreign Relations; Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry; Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; the Special Commission on Aging; and, the Joint Economic Committee. “From the time that Senator Casey taught fifth grade in a Philadelphia inner city school after graduating from college, he has been a great advocate of improving the quality of education,” said Father Thomas O’Hara, C.S.C., president of King’s. “He is keenly aware of the issues important to the people he represents and provides great support to Northeast Pennsylvania on a federal level akin to state level support that his father obtained. The Caseys are a shining example of a family of faith who have dedicated their lives to public service. Throughout his career, Bob Casey has been guided by the legacy of his father’s principle that ‘all public service is a trust, given in faith and accepted in honor.’” Casey earned a bachelor’s degree from The College of Holy Cross and a law degree from Catholic University. Casey will be conferred an honorary doctorate from King’s College at Commencement. Also receiving honorary doctorates will be local physician and philanthropist Dr. Susan Sordoni and Father James Burasa, C.S.C., Superior of the District of East Africa of the Congregation of Holy Cross, the first African native to hold that position.
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