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Commencement at Knox College

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix

Published May 31, 2019 at 8:01 AM CDT

A graduate of Knox College will be the commencement speaker at her alma mater in Galesburg this weekend. Bridget Coughlin, class of 1994 is the president and CEO of the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

She will receive an honorary degree, along with jazz musician Matt Wilson, who's a native of Knoxville, Illinois.

Bachelor's degrees will be awarded to 300 graduating seniors.

The ceremony begins at 10 am Sunday.

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Herb Trix

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.

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