FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2002 CONTACT Lisa Lacher, (515) 271-3119 DRAKE TO AWARD TWO HONORARY DEGREES SUNDAY On Sunday, May 19, Drake University will award honorary Doctor of Public Service degrees to Doug Brown, longtime WOI Radio personality, and retired Gen. Wesley K. Clark, author of "Waging Modern War: Bosnia, Kosovo and the Future of Combat." The honorary degrees will be presented at Drake's 121st Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony, which will start at 10 a.m. in the Drake Knapp Center, 2601 Forest Ave. Approximately 620 graduates will be honored at the ceremony. The 121st Graduate Commencement Ceremony will follow at 2 p.m. in the Drake Knapp Center. Approximately 370 graduate degrees will be awarded, including 99 Doctor of Pharmacy degrees. Brown was known as the "Man of Many Voices" in his more than 35 years at WOI Radio. As host of "The Book Club" and "The Music Shop," a classical music show, he interpreted more than 250 complete books and numerous short pieces of fiction, poetry and nonfiction to thousands of central Iowa listeners. He is the only winner of the Governor's Award for the Best Arts Radio Program in Iowa and is known for making words "jump off the page and dance in the listener's brain." One fan recalls driving 75 miles out of his way just to listen to the rest of Brown's reading of "Huckleberry Finn." In addition to his work with WOI, Brown was the play-by-play commentator for Iowa Public Television's broadcasts of high school and college wrestling for 27 years. The National Wrestling Association honored Brown with the Most Outstanding Media Person award in March 1994 for his dedication to the sport. As a dedicated advocate of the arts, Brown continues to be a tireless volunteer for the Des Moines Symphony, Iowa Music Showcase, churches, public libraries and schools in central Iowa. Gen. Clark served 34 years in the U.S. Army before retiring to become an emerging-technologies corporate consultant at Stephens Group Inc. in his hometown of Little Rock, Ark. He also is a military analyst for CNN and gives speeches on strategic leadership, foreign and military policy and high technology. His career includes positions as director of strategic plans and policy under the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Clinton Administration and commander in chief of the United States Southern Command in Panama. As commander in chief of the U.S. European Command, Gen. Clark assumed responsibility for all U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Special Forces activities in 89 countries and territories. In addition to his work with the European Command, Gen. Clark served as Supreme Allied Commander beginning in 1997. As overall commander of NATO's military forces in Europe, he led approximately 75,000 troops from 37 NATO and other nations in ongoing operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. His awards include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Purple Heart and the Presidential Medal of Freedom - the nation's highest civilian honor.