The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

BABSON PARK, Mass. - This Saturday, May 17, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President Myles Brand will receive an honorary degree at the 89th awarding of B.S. degrees during Babson's commencement exercises on the Upper Athletic Fields. For those who wish to view President Brand's remarks, live streaming video of the entire ceremony will be available.

Brand assumed his duties as president of the NCAA on January 1, 2003. He is the fourth chief executive officer of the Association. During his presidency, Brand has presided over the passage of the most comprehensive academic reform package for intercollegiate athletics in recent history - a package that refocuses the attention of student-athletes, coaches and administrators on the education of student-athletes. Brand has also changed the national dialog on college sports to emphasize the educational value of athletics participation and the integration of intercollegiate athletics with the academic mission of higher education.

Brand was himself president of two major universities -- from 1994 through 2002, he was president of Indiana University; from 1989 to 1994, he served as president at the University of Oregon. Brand earned his BS in philosophy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1964, and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Rochester in 1967.

NCAA President Myles Brand To Receive Honorary Degree At Babson's Commencement