Shepherd Center director to speak at UGA graduation

James H. Shepherd Jr., chairman of Atlanta's Shepherd Center, will serve as the speaker at the University of Georgia's fall commencement. The ceremony is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Dec. 16 in the Stegeman Coliseum in Athens.

Shepherd and his parents, J. Harold and Alana Shepherd, will receive honorary degrees.

The graduate ceremony will be held that afternoon in the coliseum with Sylvia McCoy Hutchinson, professor emerita of reading education at UGA, serving as the speaker.

Both ceremonies will be streamed live at http://uga.edu.

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