Air University to give Rice an honorary degree

Air University to give Rice an honorary degree
By Patrick Winn - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Apr 10, 2008 6:04:09 EDT

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. — Air University will award its first honorary degree to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a 9 a.m. ceremony April 14.

The seat of Air Force learning — located at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base outside of Montgomery, Ala. — will honor Rice’s “contributions to the fields of international relations and national security,” according to a release. A native Alabaman, Rice will receive a doctor of letters degree.

Air University is home to training grounds as well as Air War College, which focuses on the Air Force’s role in national and international security. Rice, a former Stanford University provost and an expert on Russian affairs, has served in President Bush’s cabinet since 2001 and as secretary of state since 2005.


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