Lehigh Ph.D. Graduates Honored at 2019 Hooding Ceremony

President John D. Simon urges doctoral candidates to ‘use your talents to the fullest.’

In the Doctoral Degree Hooding Ceremony Sunday at Baker Hall, more than 100 doctoral candidates from Lehigh’s four colleges were honored for having earned the highest degree in academics. Lehigh President John D. Simon congratulated them for “a job well done.”

Simon noted that some of the graduates will become educators and train the next generations of students, while others will go into public service, choose to build their own companies or work for national or international groups. He urged the graduates to take risks and find a way to make a difference in the world.

“Whichever path you choose,” he said, “I urge you to use your talents to the fullest. The world needs rigorous and independent thinkers.”