Ursula M. Burns's Commencement address
Below is the prepared text of the Commencement address by Ursula M. Burns, chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox Corporation, for MIT's 145th Commencement held June 3, 2011.President Hockfield … fellow Trustees of MIT … members of the faculty … graduates, families and friends … thank you so much for this honor, for your warm reception and for the privilege of delivering the university’s 145th commencement address.This is a very special day for our family. Our son Malcolm is among the undergraduates receiving his Bachelor’s degree today.Malcolm will hate me for this, but I can’t begin to tell you how proud we are of him. Like many of you, Lloyd and I sent one of our two most precious possessions — the other precious possession is Melissa who is also with us today — off to MIT four years ago.We entrusted this wonderful institution with the education of Malcolm...