Apple CEO Tim Cook will deliver the George Washington University’s commencement address May 17 and will be awarded an honorary doctorate of public service, the university announced Wednesday night.
Mr. Cook, whose invitation was suggested by GW students during the nominating process, has led Apple since 2011.
“I am delighted that Tim Cook has accepted our invitation to give this year’s commencement address on the National Mall,” George Washington President Steven Knapp said. “I know our graduating students will be inspired and enlightened by his reflections on the lessons he has garnered from his distinguished career as a highly effective leader at the forefront of technological innovation.”
Mr. Cook was the Financial Times’ Person of the Year for 2014, and in 2012 was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine. He joined Apple in 1998, and served as chief operating officer prior to being named CEO. Previously, he was an executive at Compaq, now part of Hewlett-Packard Co., Intelligent Electronics and IBM.
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Source: The George Washington University
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Ruben G.” for the heads up.]
I hope Tim explains to the new graduates why he continues to hose his enterprise clients, system admins, and users with his IMAP email fail. Now broken for two OS releases despite his promises to fix it last year.
Working just fine here ion many, many different Apple computers and devices. Perhaps your IT department just needs to get a clue?
The influence of Steve Jobs and Tim Cook make them historical figures.
I hope Tim explains to the new graduates why even with their degrees, they will probably make less that 40K a year anyways.
Trondude, I will explain it to you. GW U. is not a vocational school.