ATLANTA - Jack Guynn, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, will speak at Oglethorpe University’s 2005 commencement ceremony, to be held Saturday, May 7, 2005, on the Academic Quadrangle at 9:00 a.m.

Guynn will deliver the commencement address and will be presented with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Previous recipients at Oglethorpe commencements have included Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Lehman, Tom J. Watson, T. Woodrow Wilson, and more recently Andrew Young, Anne Rivers Siddons, Billy Payne, Yoel Levi, Zell Miller, S. Truett Cathy, Max Cleland, Miles Brand, and Samuel F. Pickering.

Named one of the “Most Influential Atlantans” by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in 2003, Guynn has been president and CEO of the Federal Reserve and a member of Oglethorpe’s Board of Trustees since 1996. Guynn also serves on the Advisory Boards of Furman University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Virginia Institute of Technology as well as the Carter Center’s board of councilors. His community involvement includes the Girl Scouts Council, Boy Scouts Council, Atlanta Rotary Club, the United Way, and the Chamber of Commerce.

Guynn, who completed the Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development, holds a master’s in Industrial Management from Georgia Tech and a bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering from Virginia Tech. He has been with the Federal Reserve since 1964, having responsibility for monetary policy, bank supervision and regulation over a six-state area.

Oglethorpe University promises a classic education in a contemporary city. Oglethorpe students learn to make a life, make a living and make a difference. Our graduates become community leaders who are distinctive in their ability to think, communicate and contribute. Oglethorpe University, located in the heart of Brookhaven, is a highly selective, independent, co-educational institution that enrolls approximately 1,000 students each year. Oglethorpe's students represent the best of their graduating classes, with an average GPA above 3.6, and average SAT above 1,200. Following graduation, students often go on to the best graduate schools in the nation. Recent placements include Cambridge University, Columbia University, University of North Carolina, Duke University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Princeton University and Yale University.