Eastern Michigan University alumnus and star of the television
show, "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit," Dann Florek
will be the keynote speaker for commencement scheduled
Dec. 14, at 2 p.m., in the Convocation Center.
Approximately 1,600 students will be eligible to participate
in Eastern Michigan University's winter commencement ceremony.
Approximately 1,100 undergraduates and 519 graduate students
(including nine doctoral candidates) are eligible to participate.
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GIVING THE KEYNOTE: Dann
Florek, an EMU
alumnus and
star of the television show,
"Law and
Order: Special Victims
Unit," will be the keynote
speaker at EMU's Dec. 14
commencement ceremonies. |
Doors open at 12:45 p.m. Tickets are limited to graduates
and their families and friends.
Susan W. Martin, EMU's new president, will preside over
her first commencement ceremony.
Serving as grand marshal for the ceremony will be Russ
Larson, professor of English language and literature. Faculty
marshals are Deanna Mihaly, world languages, and Jon Margerum-Leys,
teacher education.
The EMU Symphonic Band, conducted by John Zastoupil, will
provide music. The Army ROTC will provide the Color Guard.
Florek is a professional actor, director and current television
star of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." Trained
at EMU and Julliard, he has worked steadily as an actor
for 15 years in theatre, movies and television before garnering
attention on the popular television series "L.A. Law" and "Law & Order."
He has portrayed Captain Donald Cragen in both "Law & Order" (1990-93)
and in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (1999 to
present). An active member of the Directors Guild of America,
Florek also has directed several episodes of the hit show.
Florek has been with "Law & Order," one of the longest
running dramatic series in television history, for 17 years.
In addition to his success with "Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit," Florek has appeared in several feature films,
including Paul Mazursky's "Moon Over Parador," Alan Alda's "Sweet
Liberty," Alan Parker's "Angel Heart," as well as "The
Flintstones," "Hard Rain" and "Beautiful Joe." He also
appeared in HBO's "The Pentagon Wars" and the Emmy Award-winning "From
the Earth to the Moon."
