Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: SATURDAY, May 8, 1993 TAG: 9305080237 SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B3 EDITION: STATE SOURCE: DATELINE: EMORY LENGTH: Short
The William and Martha DeFriece Award, conferred by the Board of Trustees for service to humankind, will go to Elizabeth Bowie Brown of Johnson City, Tenn. A 1964 graduate, Brown is the author of "Sun Rise Tomorrow: Coping with a Child's Death," written following the death in 1985 of her six-year-old daughter.
David Farmer of Abingdon was chosen by his fellow students to give the senior oration.
Ognian Pishev, ambassador to the United States from Bulgaria, will give the keynote address. Bishop Leontine T.C. Kelly, the first black woman elected as a United Methodist Church bishop, will give the baccalaureate sermon at 4 p.m. Friday in the King Center. - Southwest bureau
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