Ken Burns Commencement Address

Ken Burns, the esteemed documentarian, devoted a significant fraction of his commencement remarks to an indictment of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Photo by Sam Girvin.
Ken Burns, the esteemed documentarian, devoted a significant fraction of his commencement remarks to an indictment of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Photo by Sam Girvin.
By Sam Girvin
June 12, 2016, 12:14 p.m.

In his commencement address to the graduating class of 2016, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns dropped his self-described habit of neutrality in order to attack presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

 

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Sam Girvin '16 MS '17 was a Daily photographer and coterm in electrical engineering. He served as managing editor of photography for five consecutive volumes and is now enjoying his retirement. He spends his newfound free time at Amazon Lab126, where they pay better than The Daily. Sam grew up in southern California and Tokyo, but currently resides in San Francisco.

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