Calabresi Gives Commencement Address at SJU

Collegeville, Minn. - Guido Calabresi, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge, will deliver the commencement address at Saint John's University at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 25, in the Saint John's

Abbey Church.

The commencement address will be part of ceremonies that will feature the awarding of the Pax Christi Award to David W. Preus, Presiding Bishop Emeritus of The American Lutheran Church, and the presentation of three honorary degrees. Joan Chittister, OSB, author and executive director of Benetvision, a research and resource center for contemporary spirituality, will receive an honorary

Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Jack Willis, outgoing president and CEO of Twin Cities public television, and Guido Calabresi will receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees.

The 1997 SJU graduating class includes 355 seniors, 15 School of Theology graduates including three seniors who will graduate with perfect 4.00 grade point averages.

Born in Milan, Italy, Calabresi received a B.S. degree from Yale College in 1953; a B.A. degree from Magdalen College, Oxford University in 1955; a LL.B. degree from Yale Law School in 1958; and a M.A. degree from Oxford University in 1959.

The author of four books, Calabresi was a law clerk to Supreme

Court Justice Hugo Black from 1958 to 1959. Calabresi started teaching at Yale Law School in 1959 and was named Sterling Professor of Law from 1978 to 1995. At the time of appointment as full professor, he was the youngest full professor at Yale University and one of the three youngest in the history of the institution.

The Dean of Yale University Law School from 1985 to 1994, Calabresi currently holds the title at Yale of Sterling Professor of Law Emeritus and Professional Lecturer. He was named to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 1994.