Relive The Year You Miss Most

Class of 2012

On the morning of Thursday, May 24, 2012 graduates and their guests celebrated the close of the 136th academic year at the Johns Hopkins University Commencement ceremony at Homewood Field on Homewood campus.

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Honorary Degree Recipients

Six honorary degrees were conferred at the 2012 universitywide commencement ceremony.

Rita R. Colwell
Aung San Suu Kyi
Stephen H. Lewis
John C. Malone
Samuel J. Palmisano
Amartya Sen

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Johns Hopkins celebrates the Class of 2012

Summer 2012

About 7,500 degrees were awarded on Commencement day. Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman of the board of IBM and chair of IBM’s Executive Committee, and Johns Hopkins alum, was the Commencement speaker.

Class of 2012 Facts

Commencement Speaker
Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman of the Board at IBM and a former Johns Hopkins University trustee

Honorary Degree Recipients
6

Number of Graduates

Undergraduate: 1,647
Master’s: 4,785
Doctoral: 609
Total Graduates: 7,041