Clinton to receive honorary degree at Yale

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who graduated for Yale Law School in 1973, will receive an honorary degree from her alma mater on Monday, the Yale Daily News reports.

From the Daily News:

A spokeswoman for the Clinton Foundation confirmed Sunday that Clinton would receive the degree. University officials neither confirmed nor denied that the former first lady would receive the award or be on campus. Honorary degree recipients will be announced formally Monday.

A person familiar with Commencement proceedings said Clinton would not arrive on campus the day before Commencement exercises, as is customary for honorary degree recipients. Instead, she will arrive Monday morning.

State Department spokeswoman Julie Reside could not confirm or deny whether Clinton would attend the Commencement ceremony, adding that Clinton’s public schedule for Monday is open all day. Still, she said, a trip to New Haven could be deemed a personal event and thus be left off the schedule.

Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton, also graduated from Yale Law in 1973.

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