DURHAM - Duke University held its annual university-wide commencement ceremony Sunday at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium to celebrate its graduating classes of the academic year as 227 student-athletes received degrees.
Duke welcomed Adam Silver ('84), Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), as the commencement speaker while Duke President Vincent Price also addressed the graduates.
As commissioner of the NBA since 2014, Silver has been named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People, Fortune's World's 50 Greatest Leaders and Bloomberg Businessweek's list of 50 people who defined global business. Additionally, Silver has earned Sports Executive of the Year honors at the Sports Business Awards, Sports Business Journal's Executive of the Decade and was named Sports Illustrated's Executive of the Year.