Elder M. Russell Ballard to speak at BYU commencement

PROVO, Utah — Elder M. Russell

Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus

Christ of Latter-day Saints will be the speaker and presiding authority

at the Brigham Young University commencement exercises Thursday, Aug.

13, at 4 p.m. in the Marriott Center.Elder Cecil O. Samuelson, a

member of the Quorum of the Seventy of the church and BYU president,

will conduct the service, and representatives from the BYU board of trustees and administration will also be present. The exercises will be

broadcast live on the BYU Broadcasting channels.Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, will be speaking at the commissioning ceremonies for the BYU

Air Force ROTC. Two cadets will be commissioned in the Memorial Hall of

the Wilkinson Student Center at 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 14. Col. David C.

Cordin and Col. Greg Lee Morgan also will be speaking.The Army

ROTC will commission nine cadets during a ceremony Thursday at 11

a.m. in the Moot Courtroom of the J. Reuben Clark Building.

Col. Robert Dunton, commander of Army garrison at Camp Williams, will

be the speaker.Speaking for the graduates at Thursday's exercises will be Jesse Egbert from Holladay, Utah, who is

receiving his degree in linguistics. He is graduating with university

honors with a 4.0 GPA. The graduates will be welcomed into the BYU

Alumni Association by Alumni President Dee Allsop.