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Event Date
Spring 5-16-1992
Abstract
On May 16, 1992 Ralph Nader delivered the commencement address to the School of Law graduating class at 10 AM in a ceremony on the lawn of UGA's north campus quad just outside the front entrance of the law school's Hirsch Hall and Law Library.
This recording was originally captured to VHS at the event. The repository record in Digital Commons now includes audio and video streaming, a list of other noted speakers for the day's commencement program, and an attached photograph of Nader at the podium. This digitized video is a compilation of the day's events and not the complete address recording. The audio-only version of Nader's full speech is attached to this record.
Other speakers audible in the digitized audio recording of this commencement ceremony or named in the introduction include:
- Julius M. Hulsey (J.D. 1963), the 1992 president of the Law School Alumni Association and then special assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia
- UGA's 20th president Charles B. Knapp
- Former Law School Dean Ron Ellington
- 1992 Law School class president Stephanie Stuckey
- 1992 Law School class vice president Kelly Hollis
- 1992 Graduate Legal Studies director Frederick Hussack
- 1992 School of Law Marshall Dr. Mark Galvin
- Honorary Marshalls professors Larry Blount and Rebecca White
- Athens-Clarke County Sheriff Jerry L. Massey
Repository Citation
Nader, Ralph, "Class of 1992 Commencement" (1992). Graduation Addresses. 36.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/lectures_pre_arch_lectures_grad/36
Still image of Ralph Nader delivering commencemnet address, 1992
1992_advocate_events-list.jpg (134 kB)
Page of calendar listings from Spring 1992 Advocate Magazine issue showing May 16th graduation event times, locations, and and speaker
A recording of this speech from the University of Georgia Law Library archival collection was digitally preserved from audio cassette tape to digital in 2023 and made publicly available in 2024. Digitization, metadata creation, and increased discoverability of this record was made possible thanks to a grant from the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council. The primary archival object is a digitized VHS recording of Nader's speech.