Seven to receive honorary degrees at U-M spring commencement

March 19, 2015
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ANN ARBOR—Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig, co-owners and founding partners of Zingerman’s Community of Businesses based in Ann Arbor, will deliver the University of Michigan Spring Commencement address May 2 at Michigan Stadium.

Saginaw and Weinzweig will each receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees.
They are among seven individuals recommended for honorary degrees. The honors were approved today at the university’s Board of Regents. The others are:

  • John Dingell, former U.S. Congressman for Michigan’s 12th Congressional District, Doctor of Laws.
  • Sanford R. Robertson, pioneering venture capitalist, founding partner of Francisco Partners and U-M alumnus, Doctor of Laws.
  • Robert J. Shiller, Nobel Prize winning economist, best-selling author and U-M alumnus, Doctor of Science. Shiller also is Rackham Graduate Exercises speaker.
  • Robin Wright, award-winning journalist, author, foreign correspondent and U-M alumna, Doctor of Humane Letters.
  • Dr. Tadataka Yamada, global health expert and former faculty member in the Medical School, Doctor of Science.