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2025 Spring Commencement Keynote Address
2025 Spring Commencement Keynote Address
May 8, 2025 | News, UToday, Alumni, Business and Innovation, Medicine and Life Sciences
By Daniel Miller
Steven Klar, an alumnus and president of the Klar Organization, delivered the keynote address at each of UToledo's two undergraduate ceremonies in Savage Arena on Saturday.
Klar, who earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from UToledo in 1969 and a juris doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 1973, is a strong supporter of the John B. and Lillian E. Neff College of Business and Innovation and the sponsor of its Klar Academy for Leadership Excellence. The Neff College of Business honored Klar with a Pacemaker Award in 2006 and as a Distinguished Alumni in 2022.
Klar received a doctor of humane letters, honoris causa, at Saturday's afternoon commencement ceremony. From left, Dr. Scott Molitor, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; UToledo Board of Trustees Chair Patrick J. Kenney; Klar; and UToledo Interim President Matt Schroeder.
Dr. S. Amjad Hussain, a professor emeritus of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery and a former UToledo Board of Trustees member, received a doctor of humane letters, honoris causa, at the morning undergraduate ceremony. From left, Dr. Scott Molitor, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs; UToledo Interim President Matt Schroeder; Hussain; and UToledo Board of Trustees Chair Patrick J. Kenney.
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