BROADCAST JOURNALIST LYNN SHERR
TO DELIVER COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
AT HER ALMA MATER
WELLESLEY, Mass.--
Journalist
and author Lynn Sherr will return to her alma mater on
Friday, May 28 to address the Class of 1999 at
Wellesley
College's 121st Commencement exercises. In keeping with
tradition,
President
Diana Chapman Walsh announced the selection of the
speaker to members of the senior class at a reception
Tuesday evening.
An award-winning correspondent with
ABC
News' 20/20 since 1986, Sherr has covered a range
of stories, focusing on invesigative reports, national
politics, and women's issues. She also reported regularly on
NASA Space Shuttle missions. She provides analysis of all
national elections, and has served as a floor reporter at
Presidential nominating conventions.
Before joining 20/20, Sherr was a national
correspondent for ABC News, which she joined in 1977.
Earlier in her career, she was an on-air correspondent for
WCBS-TV and WNET in New York and WETA in Washington, DC.
Prior to that, she worked for Conde Nast Publications and
The Associated Press.
Sherr has received numerous honors for her journalism,
including a Peabody for her hour-long special on a treatment
for anorexia. Other awards, including an Emmy, were
presented by American Women in Radio and Television, Planned
Parenthood, the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, and the National Women's Political Caucus.
Sherr's most recent book, Tall Blondes: A Book About
Giraffes, was published in 1997. She is also the author
of Failure is Impossible: Susan B. Anthony in Her Own
Words and co-author of Susan B. Anthony Slept Here: A
Guide to American Women's Landmarks.
Lynn Sherr graduated from
Wellesley College in
1963 with a B.A. in Greek and now serves on its Board of
Trustees. She received
Wellesley's
Alumnae Achievement Award in 1988.
Wellesley College is a prominent liberal arts college and
has been a leader in the education of women for more than
120 years. The College's 500-acre campus near Boston is home
to about 2,300 undergraduate students, more than 525 of whom
will graduate in the May ceremonies. In addition to Sherr,
Wellesley's distinguished alumnae include First Lady Hillary
Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright,
and Madame Chiang Kai-shek.
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