Globetrotters chairman to address UI graduates
By Julie Wurth
Monday May 5, 2008
John Dixon
Illinois alumni Mannie Jackson acknowledges the crowd after being given a plaque during a time out in first half of the Illinois-Purdue basketball game Feb. 2 at the Assembly Hall in Champaign. Jackson, chairman and owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, will be the keynote speaker at Sunday's commencement ceremony.
Mannie Jackson, chairman and owner of the Harlem Globetrotters, will be keynote speaker at the 137th University of Illinois commencement Sunday.
Jackson, a 1960 UI graduate, will speak at both the 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. ceremonies at the UI Assembly Hall.
Jackson served as the first black team captain of the Illini basketball team, and, along with fellow Edwardsville graduate Govoner Vaughn, was one of the first two blacks to earn varsity letters. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in education.
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