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June 5, 2008

Sen. Kennedy getting honorary degree from Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy is being awarded an honorary degree by Harvard University.

The Massachusetts Democrat was to receive the degree as part of Harvard’s 357th commencement ceremonies today. But he is recuperating from brain tumor surgery earlier this week at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C.

In a statement, Kennedy, who graduated from Harvard in 1956, said he looked forward to accepting the honor in person very soon. He said that Harvard has long been a very special place for the Kennedy family.

Kennedy was expelled from Harvard in 1951 after he was caught cheating but eventually returned, earning his degree in 1956.

Harvard’s school of government is named for Kennedy’s brother, the late President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963.

The graduation also comes on the 40th anniversary of the assassination of another Kennedy brother, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who also graduated from Harvard.

Sen. Edward Kennedy is also the father of U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island, who graduated from Providence College.

-- The Associated Press, with projo.com reports

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