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Tom Brokaw to Deliver UM Commencement Address

From Wire Reports:

OXFORD, Miss. – Tom Brokaw, one of the most respected people in broadcast news, is returning to Oxford May 14 to deliver the main address at the University of Mississippi’s 163rd Commencement.

Best known as the longtime anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” the journalist and author has visited the university several times over the past decade. He is the only person to host all three major NBC News programs: “Today,” “Nightly News” and “Meet the Press.”

Brokaw, who remains a special correspondent for NBC News, speaks to graduating students, their families and other guests at 9 a.