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Published by the
Greek Orthodox
Archdiocese of America, May 16, 2005
GREEK
AMBASSADOR GEORGE SAVVAIDES TO RECEIVE
HONORARY DOCTOR OF HUMANITIES DEGREE AT 63RD
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES OF HELLENIC
COLLEGE/HOLY CROSS |
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May 16, 2005
Brookline, MA - Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek
Orthodox School of Theology will honor Greek
Ambassador George Savvaides with an Honorary
Doctor of Humanities degree at the 63rd
commencement exercises to be held on the Brookline
campus on Saturday, May 21. Fr. Nicholas
Triantafilou, President of the College made the
announcement following a decision by the Board of
Trustees, stating "It is a great honor for our
school to present this Honorary Degree to such a
dedicated statesman and career diplomat who has
served his country with such distinction and who
has worked tirelessly to promote the virtues of
Hellenism wherever his career has taken him."
Ambassador Savvaides will deliver the Commencement
Address to graduates.
Mr. Savvaides was appointed Greek Ambassador to
the United States in 2002. Prior to that, he
served from 2000 to 2002 as the Secretary General
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, the
highest post at the Ministry for a career
official. From 1996 to 2000, Ambassador Savvaides
was the Permanent Representative of Greece to
NATO.
Born in Athens in 1945, Ambassador Savvaides
received both his Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of
Political and Economic Sciences from the
University of Athens. He then received a Master of
Laws degree from Harvard University Law School in
1978. Mr. Savvaides’ diplomatic career is
extensive and includes an early post as Boston’s
Consul from 1976 to 1979. Following a promotion to
Second Secretary, he served as Consul General of
Greece in Skopje, formerly Yugoslavia. For many
years, he served in the Greek Permanent Delegation
to NATO in Brussels, before receiving his first
ambassadorial promotion in 1991 as Head of the
Cyprus Section within the Department of Bilateral
Relations with Turkey and Cyprus.
Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School
of Theology is the only fully accredited Christian
Orthodox undergraduate liberal arts college,
graduate center for Orthodox higher education, and
Greek Orthodox seminary in America. Hellenic
College serves liberal arts minded students with
an undergraduate curriculum of professional
preparation grounded in Christian Orthodox values
as well as Religious Studies program designed to
prepare students who will continue their graduate
studies at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Theological
School. The schools are located at 50 Goddard
Avenue in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Contact: Greg Filias 207-363-4067
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