Chris Matthews to deliver commencement speech at Case May 15
Matthews, host of "Hardball with Chris Matthews" and "The
Chris Matthews Show," broadcasted live from campus during the Race
at Case
February 25, 2005 | For more information: Kimyette
Finley 216-368-0521
 Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” will
deliver the keynote address at Case Western Reserve University’s
Commencement Convocation on Sunday, May 15, at Veale Convocation Center,
2128 Adelbert Road. Commencement activities begin at 9:30 a.m.
Millions of viewers watch “Hardball with Chris Matthews,” a
nightly hour of in-depth political analysis and fiery debate that airs
Monday through Friday on MSNBC, and those viewers saw Case take center
stage last October when Matthews reported from the university when Case
hosted the vice-presidential debate – the Race at Case.
“When Chris Matthews brought his show to campus, he involved
our students and faculty in the broadcast, and it heightened the excitement
of the Race at Case activities even further,” said Edward M. Hundert,
M.D., president of Case. “We’ll be pleased to welcome him
back on commencement day to share his perspective with our graduates
and their families.”
In addition to his work on MSNBC, Matthews hosts “The Chris Matthews
Show,” a syndicated weekly news program produced by NBC News,
and also is a frequent commentator on the NBC news shows “Today” and “Dateline.”
Matthews has distinguished himself as a broadcast journalist, newspaper
bureau chief, presidential speechwriter and best-selling author. He
covered the opening of the Berlin Wall, the first all-races election
in South Africa and the historic peace referendum in Northern Ireland
and the Republic of Ireland. In 1997 and 1998, his digging in the National
Archives produced a series of San Francisco Examiner scoops on the Nixon
presidential tapes. He received the David Brinkley Award for Excellence
in Broadcast Journalism from Barry University in 2004.
Matthews worked for 15 years as a print journalist, 13 of them as Washington
Bureau Chief for The San Francisco Examiner and two years as a national
columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle. His columns were syndicated
to 200 newspapers.
Prior to that, he spent 15 years in politics and government, working
in the White House for four years under President Jimmy Carter as a
presidential speechwriter, and on the Government Reorganization Project
in the U.S. Senate for five years on the staffs of Senator Frank Moss
(Utah) and Senator Edmund Muskie (Maine) and as the top aide to Speaker
of the House Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill Jr. for six years.
He also worked for two years as a trade development advisor with the
U.S. Peace Corps in Swaziland.
Matthews is the author of four best-selling books, including “American:
Beyond Our Grandest Notions,” a New York Times best seller. His
first book, “Hardball,” is required reading in many college-level
political science courses, and “Kennedy & Nixon” served
as the basis of a documentary on the History Channel. “Now, Let
me Tell What I Really Think” was another New York Times best seller.
A graduate of Holy Cross College, Matthews did graduate work in economics
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was a visiting
fellow at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government
Institute of Politics. He holds 13 honorary Ph.D.s.
For more information about Case’s commencement ceremony, go to
http://www.case.edu/commencement.
About Case Western Reserve University
Case is among the nation's leading research institutions. Founded in 1826
and shaped by the unique merger of the Case Institute of Technology and Western
Reserve University, Case is distinguished by its strengths in education, research,
service, and experiential learning. Located in Cleveland, Case offers nationally
recognized programs in the Arts and Sciences, Dental Medicine, Engineering,
Law, Management, Medicine, Nursing, and Social Work. http://www.case.edu.
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