Ryan Gleason to give commencement speech

Franklin Graduation weekend at Caldwell College will culminate Sunday, May 16 at 11 a.m. with the commencement address by Caldwell College Student Government president and graduating senior Ryan Gleason. A history and English major, Gleason is from Franklin. An honorary degree will be presented to a New Jersey doctor who cares for the poor in Haiti, Dr. James Morgan an internist with a practice in Cedar Grove. Dr. Morgan has been caring for the poor in Haiti for several years and in the aftermath of the earthquake. He and a colleague founded Lamp for Haiti in 2006, which operates a medical clinic in Cite Soleil, a region near the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Caldwell College President Nancy H. Blattner, Ph.D., will confer degrees on the Caldwell College Class of 2010 in the Newman Center on campus. For more information about Caldwell College visit www.caldwell.edu.