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Signed Commencement Program and Note from President George H. W. Bush, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries
Removed from the University Archives Subject File Collection in December 2018.
This collection includes a commencement program signed by U. S. President George H. W. Bush and a handwritten note by him to William & Mary President Timothy Sullivan. President Bush was the commencement speaker at the 1995 ceremony and also an honorary degree recipient (Doctor of Laws).