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April 13, 2004

Keynote address, scholarly presentations to highlight Birmingham-Southern’s Honors Day

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Birmingham-Southern alumnus Todd Harris, an attorney with Cooley Godward in Reston, Va., will deliver the keynote address at the college’s annual Honors Day Tuesday, April 20. Honors Day is a celebration of the year’s academic accomplishments at Birmingham-Southern. A 1991 magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa BSC religion graduate, Harris will deliver the Honors Day Convocation address at 10 a.m. in Munger Hall Auditorium. The convocation will include a processional of faculty and graduating seniors in cap and gown.

Keynote Speaker Todd Harris

Prior to the convocation, the college’s six academic divisions will present awards to outstanding students. In the afternoon, students and faculty will present scholarship and creative works demonstrations.

A native of Birmingham, Harris is an associate in the technology transactions practice group and a member of the business department of Cooley Godward LLP Attorneys at Law. His practice focuses primarily on information technology licensing.

He is a graduate of Yale Law School and received a master’s degree in the study of ethics from the Yale Divinity School.