Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, whose background as a geophysicist was instrumental in leading the cleanup of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, will deliver the 146th Commencement address on Sunday, May 19 to the class of #BU2019. At this morning's senior breakfast, President Brown also announced this year's Honorary Degree Recipients: Journalist and community advocate Karen Holmes Ward (COM’77), global health activist John P. Howe III (MED’69), and Hollywood mega-producer Lauren Shuler Donner (COM’71).