Former General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, a graduate of Henrico’s J.R. Tucker High School, will give the commencement address at Virginia Commonwealth University’s May graduation ceremonies May 9.
VCU will hold the universitywide ceremony at 10 a.m. at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, 403 North Third Street. The university also will host an assortment of in-person graduation ceremonies at the department, school and college levels. VCU has more than 5,100 total graduates this spring representing 41 countries. The university’s approximately 3,300 undergraduates include more than 1,200 first-generation graduates.
Wagoner, 73, is a former member of the VCU Board of Visitors. He graduated from Tucker in 1971, then earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Duke University in 1975 and an MBA from Harvard University in 1977…