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Actor Martin Sheen to Deliver La Roche College Commencement Address This Weekend
The award-winning actor will also receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.
Martin Sheen, award-winning actor, social activist and humanitarian, will deliver the commencement address this spring at La Roche College.
Sheen will also receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.
The 48th commencement ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 4.
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La Roche, founded in 1963 by the Sisters of Divine Providence, invited Sheen to the campus as part of the college’s 50th anniversary celebration.
For decades, Sheen has been an activist on peace and social justice issues such as the alleviation of poverty and homelessness, the fair treatment of immigrants, the eradication of nuclear weapons and the end of the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars. In 1982, he donated his entire salary for his work in the film “Gandhi” to various charities.
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Sheen is best known for his role as President Josiah Bartlet in the TV series “The West Wing” and for his roles in more than 100 movies, including “Apocalypse Now,” “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “The Way.”
Born Ramon Estevez to immigrant parents in Dayton, Ohio, he chose the stage name Martin Sheen in honor of the late Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, a charismatic archbishop and pioneer in television evangelism.
Sister Candace Introcaso, president of La Roche College, said in a news release that the causes that Martin Sheen has been dedicated to, mirror the long-established mission of La Roche, which is “educating future leaders who work for mercy, compassion, generosity and justice.”
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