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Commencement Convocation, 2001

Janet Reno addresses Commencement 2001

Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno addressing the Commencement Convocation 2001.
Peg Skorpinski photo.

Graduating seniors at UC Berkeley cheered a keynote address by former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno on Wednesday, May 9 at Commencement Convocation. The seniors, families, friends and university faculty and staff nearly filled the Hearst Greek Theatre. Chancellor Robert Berdahl congratulated the graduates, and Pulitzer Prize-winning history professor Leon Litwack stirred them with a call to keep challenging old or prevalent ideas with new and radical ones.

Full Berkeleyan story | Convocation slideshow