ADVISORY/Chuck Barris '53 and Compaq CEO among Six to Receive Honorary Degrees at Drexel University's 114th Commencement.

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ADVISORY...for Saturday (June 9)

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2001

Drexel will celebrate its 114th Commencement with three ceremonies honoring some 2,500 graduates on Saturday, June 9, 2001, at the University's John A. Daskalakis Athletic Center (33rd and Market streets).

9:30 a.m.:     At the largest ceremony of the day, nearly 1,100
               graduates of the Bennett S. Lebow College of Business
               and the College of Information Science and Technology
               will receive their diplomas.

               Dimitris Avramopoulos, the Mayor of Athens, Greece,
               will receive an honorary degree and deliver a brief
               address. Twice elected mayor, Avramopoulos was
               instrumental in securing the 2004 Summer Olympics for
               Athens. Michael Capellas, Chairman and CEO of Compaq
               Computer Corporation, the world's largest supplier of
               computing systems will also receive an honorary degree
               and giving a brief address.

1:30 p.m.:     Six-hundred graduates of the College of
               Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health
               Systems and Environmental Science, Engineering and
               Policy will process in the day's second ceremony.

               Receiving honorary degrees and delivering brief remarks
               will be Brian Hawkins, President of Educause, an
               association of more than 1.600 colleges and
               universities that utilize information technology to
               improve higher education. Yuan-Cheng B. Fung, professor
               emeritus of bioengineering, University of California at
               San Diego, who made pioneering contributions to the
               fields of tissue engineering, aeroelasticity and
               biomechanics, will also receiving an honorary degree
               and offer remarks.

5:30 p.m.:     More than 800 students, including 30 doctoral
               candidates, from the Colleges of Media Arts & Design,
               Arts and Sciences, Richard C. Goodwin College of
               Evening and Professional Studies and the School of
               Education will receive their degrees. Two Drexel alumni
               will receive honorary degrees and deliver remarks.

               Chuck Barris, Drexel Class of '53, popular culture
               icon, is the originator of such popular television game
               shows as "The Gong Show," "The Dating Game" and "The
               Newlywed Game." Hon. Sandra Schultz Newman, Drexel
               Class of '59, the first woman to be elected to
               Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, has held a seat on
               Pennsylvania's highest court since 1995.