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Amazon Founder, Receives Honorary Carnegie Mellon Doctorate
Apr 24, 2008
Seattle, Washington - (Website Hosting Directory) - April 24, 2008 - Amazon Founder, Jeff Bezos, will be the keynote speaker at the Carnegie Mellon Business School and Computer Science Diploma Ceremonies.
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., is a distinctive, world-class research university that blends cutting-edge programs across many disciplines including business, computer science, the arts and sciences, engineering and public policy.
As guest speaker, Mr. Bezos will preside over Carnegie Mellon's diploma ceremonies for its Tepper School of Business and School of Computer Science during the university's commencement weekend, May 17-18.
Mr. Bezos will speak to business school graduates receiving master's and doctor's degrees at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 17 at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall, 4141 Fifth Avenue in Oakland. He will receive an honorary doctorate in science and technology during the 11 a.m. university-wide commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 18.
At 1 p.m., Sunday afternoon, he will speak to graduates of the School of Computer Science at the Carnegie Music Hall, 4400 Forbes Avenue in Oakland. In 1994, Bezos created a business model that leveraged the Internet's unique ability to deliver huge amounts of information rapidly and efficiently, and founded Amazon.com Inc. Today, it is the leading online retailer.
Kenneth B. Dunn, Dean of the Tepper School of Business noted, ''Tepper School graduates around the world are renowned for their innovations within the intersection of business and technology, so it is a special privilege to host a leader whose vision both reflects and inspires our own school's mission.''
Before heading west to start Amazon.com, Mr. Bezos worked at the juncture of computer science and finance, helping to build one of the most technically sophisticated quantitative hedge funds on Wall Street for D.E. Shaw and Co. He also led the development of computer systems that helped manage more than $250 billion in assets for Bankers Trust Company.
Randal E. Bryant, Dean of the School of Computer Science remarked, ''We are pleased that Jeff Bezos, an executive with a deep understanding of how computer science is transforming our world, will be sharing his insights with our graduates this year. Much of Amazon's success stems from the sophistication of its computer and networking technology and we are proud that Amazon has hired a number of our students over the years to help build that technology.''
Some 58 alumni of Carnegie Mellon work for Amazon, including 16 with degrees from the School of Computer Science. About Carnegie Mellon: Carnegie Mellon is a private research university with a distinctive mix of programs in engineering, computer science, robotics, business, public policy, fine arts and the humanities.
Over 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students receive an education characterized by its focus on creating and implementing solutions for real problems, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation. A small student-to-faculty ratio provides an opportunity for close interaction between students and professors. While technology is pervasive on its 144-acre Pittsburgh campus, Carnegie Mellon is also distinctive among leading research universities for the world-renowned programs in its College of Fine Arts. A global university, Carnegie Mellon has campuses in Silicon Valley, Calif., and Qatar, and programs in Asia, Australia and Europe.
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For more information about Carnegie Mellon, please visit: www.cmu.edu.
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