Wednesday, May 26, 2021 - 9:28 am
POTSDAM -- Nagi G. Naganathan MS‘81, president of Oregon Institute of Technology, was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree at Clarkson University's spring 2020 Commencement on Saturday, May 22.
The degree was awarded for "his influential leadership and steadfast dedication to our next generation of global leaders as a higher education executive, and for his dedication to the research of smart material systems and structures."
Naganathan spoke about how one never quite knows what lies ahead in their lives, as seen by the events of 2020. “I didn’t know where I was going, and all of the sudden, I applied, because my friend was attending Clarkson. I got a scholarship to come here for a master’s degree,” he said.