Word: gould
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Referring to the commencement address, Gould said yesterday, "I'll start thinking about it two or three days before, that's the way good speeches are made. You speak about what you are most passionately interested in at the moment...
...There was no question, he was clearly our first choice," said Pelham Wilder, Duke University marshall and ex officio commencement committee member. Duke President H. Keith H. Brodie chose Gould from a list of five finalists last May, Wilder said...
...Duke committee selects speakers who have "something to say in the contemporary scene" and "who can say it well," Wilder said. Gould, who will receive an honorary doctor of science degree from Duke, will be the second honoree in 20 years whose background lies in science, Wilder said...
...Gould, who is also a professor of geology at Harvard, has received 22 honorary degrees since joining the University...
...Gould's interest is eclectic," said Wilder. Duke students have said they are familiar with Gould's work from social science and psychology as well as science, he said...