William S. Cohen to Address UMUC Commencement

William S. Cohen

By Andrea Martino

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen will be the keynote speaker at UMUC's Maryland commencement on May 18, 2002, on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park.

Prior to his confirmation as Secretary of Defense, Cohen served three terms in the House of Representatives and three terms in the Senate. He is a lawyer and a moderate Republican who participated in drafting several important laws related to defense matters. During his years in Congress, Cohen wrote or co-authored eight books—three non-fiction works, three novels, and two books of poetry.

In addition to the Maryland ceremony, UMUC will hold commencements in Tokyo and Okinawa (Japan), Seoul (Korea), and Heidelberg, Mannheim, and this year for the last time, Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany).