The U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney F. Slater will be Hampton University's commencement speaker on May 9, 1999. Commencement exercises will be held at 10 a.m. in the Convocation Center. A satellite site will be the Holland Hall gymnasium.
Admission is by ticket only.
Slater was sworn in as the 13th U.S. Secretary of Transportation in a private ceremony with President Clinton on Feb. 14, 1997. An Arkansas native, Slater was confirmed by the U.S. Senate by a vote of 98-0. Secretary Slater is also working to ensure former welfare recipients have public transportation to get to their new jobs. He also launched the Garrett A. Morgan Technology and Transportation Futures Program, aimed at attracting a million youth into transportation careers, and mentoring and tutoring them to make sure they have needed skills. Before his current appointment, Slater served as the nation's top highway official, the Federal Highway Administrator, from 1993 to 1997.