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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 16, 2005 -  Contact: Sandra Faux or Joseph Giomboni King’s College Public Relations Office, (570) 208-5958.

BIOCHEMIST PAUL J. LAWRENCE WILL SPEAK

AT KING'S COLLEGE SUMMER COMMENCEMENT

August 16, 2005–More than 60graduates will receive their degrees at the King’s College Summer Commencement ceremony at St. Mary’s Church, 134 South Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre, on Saturday, August 20 at 10 a.m.

 Dr. Paul J. Lawrence , a 1962 graduate of King’s, is the Commencement speaker. Dr. Lawrence is  a distinguished biochemist, researcher, business leader, consultant and entrepreneur. Founder and former president, CEO, and chairman of  Litmus Concepts, Inc., he developed new improved methods of biomedical testing; Dr. Lawrence is the holder of 27 U.S. patents. He is currently president, CEO and chairman of Lawrence Assay, Inc.  and of NutriCheck, Inc. – two firms he founded in 2000.
 
Receiving an honorary degree at the Commencement ceremony along with Dr. Lawrence is Mrs. Patricia Brooks, wife of the late and celebrated coach of the 1980 gold medal U.S. Olympic hockey team, Herb Brooks. Mrs. Brooks  is a  community volunteer and women’s advocate in her home city of St. Paul, Minn.

King’s College is a Catholic College sponsored by the Congregation of Holy Cross