Tuesday, December 15, 2009

UC Davis News & Information :: Tears, Pride as Honorary Degrees Conferred



UC Davis News & Information :: Tears, Pride as Honorary Degrees Conferred: "Editor's note: Photos of the ceremony and recipients are available.


'Talk about Kleenex. My daddy getting his degree, it just makes you want to cry.'

Christine Pooley swelled with emotion after a University of California honorary degree was conferred on her late father, who had been forced from his studies at what is now UC Davis during World War II. 'This is like closure,' she said.

Pooley's father, Henry Satoru Marubashi, was one of 47 former Japanese American students honored amid the pomp and circumstance of a graduation ceremony at UC Davis on Dec. 12."