HOLY TOLEDO! MILO HAMILTON TO SPEAK
AT FALL COMMENCEMENT
HOUSTON, Nov. 27, 2006 – Fall graduates of the University
of Houston-Victoria can look forward to a unique reward for completing
their degrees this year. Houston Astros play-by-play announcer Milo
Hamilton, who has broadcast major league baseball for well over
40 years, will give the commencement address at the upcoming graduation
ceremony.
In an illustrious sports broadcasting career spanning nearly six
decades, Hamilton has been the announcer for the Cardinals, White
Sox, Braves, Pirates and Cubs. He is most famous for his coverage
of Hank Aaron’s 715th home run which broke the longstanding
record set by Babe Ruth. Hamilton received the Baseball Hall of
Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award in 1992, was inducted into the
National Radio Hall of Fame in 2000 and then into the Texas Radio
Hall of Fame in 2005. Hamilton is a well known community activist
in the greater Houston area.
Upon Hamilton’s acceptance of the invitation, UHV President
Tim Hudson said, “As someone who grew up listening to Milo
Hamilton on the radio, I am thrilled that he has agreed to bring
a message to our graduates on this special occasion. To quote Milo,
it’ll be a ‘Blue Star Day.’”
In 1996, the UHV administration adopted a fall commencement to
better serve the increasing number of graduates. This will be the
university’s first commencement to be held outside of Victoria,
a recognition of UHV’s growing role in meeting the educational
needs of the greater Houston area.
Commencement exercises will be held December 9 at 2 p.m. at the
Merrell Center in Katy, with a light reception to follow. For more
information, contact Nancy Love at (361) 570-4351.
About the University of Houston System at Cinco Ranch and University
of Houston System at Sugar Land
The UH System at Cinco Ranch and UH System at Sugar Land are collaborative
efforts of the four UH System
universities: University of Houston, UH-Clear Lake, UH-Downtown
and UH-Victoria. Students apply to the university that offers the
degree they are seeking and then take courses at either UH System
at Cinco Ranch or UH System at Sugar Land. For more information,
visit www.cincoranch.uh.edu
and www.sugarland.uh.edu.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM
The University of Houston System is the state’s only metropolitan
higher education system, encompassing four universities and two
multi-institution teaching centers. The universities are the University
of Houston, a nationally recognized doctoral degree-granting, comprehensive
research university; the University of Houston-Downtown, a four-year
undergraduate university beginning limited expansion into graduate
programs; and the University of Houston-Clear Lake and the University
of Houston-Victoria, both upper division and master’s-level
institutions. The centers are the UH System at Sugar Land in Fort
Bend and the UH System at Cinco Ranch. In addition, the UH System
includes KUHF-FM, Houston’s National Public Radio and classical
radio station, and KUHT-TV, the nation’s first educational
television station.
For more information about UH visit the universitys Newsroom
at www.uh.edu/admin/media/newsroom.
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