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Photos: Stony Brook University's 57th Commencement

Congratulations to all 6,991 graduates !

Stony Brook University held its 57th commencement on Friday and awarded some 4,292 bachelor's degrees, 1,999 master's, 449 doctoral degrees, 226 certificates, 129 M.D., and 40 D.D.S. degrees, to students from 42 states and 71 countries.

Honorary degrees were conferred to actor and Parkinson’s Disease advocate Michael J. Fox, and Stony Brook alumnus Jonathan Oringer, founder and CEO of Shutterstock, a billion-dollar stock photography provider.

The national anthem was sung by soprano Ju Hyeon Han, a Stony Brook graduate student and the first blind singer to be cast in a leading role in a university opera production.

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Guests included Senator Chuck Schumer, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, and NY State Senator Kenneth LaValle.

Photo gallery by Frank L. Fumelli (Stony Brook '73)

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