Dr. Richard Besser, the senior health and medical editor for ABC News, will be the College of Charleston undergraduate commencement speaker at the Spring 2011 graduation ceremony.
The College also announced that Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States, will be the commencement speaker at The Graduate School of the College of Charleston ceremony.
The graduate ceremony will be on May 6, 2011, and the undergraduate ceremony will be on May 7, 2011.
Dr. Besser came to ABC News in 2009 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where he was responsible for all of the CDC’s public health emergency preparedness and emergency activities. He also served as the acting director for the CDC and acting administrator for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. As the senior health and medical editor at ABC News, he now provides medical analysis and commentary for all ABC programs including “World News with Diane Sawyer”, “Good Morning America” and “Nightline”.
Insulza was named Secretary General in May 2005. The Chilean politician has an accomplished record of public service in his country. In 1994, he joined the administration of President Eduardo Frei, serving as Under- Secretary of Foreign Affairs and later as Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1999, he came Minister Secretary General of the Presidency and was appointed the following year to the post of Minister of the Interior and Vice President of the Republic.
The graduate school ceremony will be held in the Carolina First Arena and the undergraduate ceremony will be in the Cistern Yard.
