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AEROSMITH Frontman Receives Honorary Doctorate From UMASS-BOSTON

June 4, 2005

According to the Boston Globe, more than 2,600 students collected degrees Friday (June 3) from the University of Massachusetts at Boston, where commencement day advice was delivered by Steven Tyler of AEROSMITH, broadcast journalist Emily Rooney, and the president of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernandez.

Tyler, a Boston-based rock 'n' roll icon, received an honorary doctorate from UMass-Boston for his music and his support for philanthropic causes, from literacy and homelessness to rehabilitation for alcoholism and support for families of soldiers killed in Iraq. "Remember, today is the first day of the rest of your life," the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member told graduates.

Then he raised a tin of licorice Altoids to the microphone, shook it like a maraca, and thrilled the crowd. "Sweeet grad-uation," he sang to the tune of the AEROSMITH hit "Sweet Emotion".

Check out a photo of Steven Tyler of AEROSMITH being congratulated by the president of the University of Massachusetts at Boston, Jack M. Wilson, and interim Chancellor J. Keith Motley after receiving an honorary doctorate yesterday.

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