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Several Maine colleges and campuses of the University of Maine System will hold graduation ceremonies on Saturday, May 18.
Gov. Angus King will deliver the address at the University of Maine's 200th commencement at 10:30 a.m. at Harold Alfond Sports Stadium.
Approximately 1,666 people are expected to receive degrees, including valedictorian James Leonard of Orono, a Rockland native who majored in journalism and will enroll in the University of Maine School of Law in the fall.
The salutatorian is Benjamin Herzog of LaGrange, who will graduate with a major in forestry.
Receiving honorary degrees will be D. Allan Butterfield, a 1968 alumnus and a leader in research into the causes and treatments of Alzheimer's disease; H. Allen Fernald, a 1954 graduate who is a former vice chair of the Maine Tourism Commission and has been publisher of Down East magazine for more than 30...