Peter Coors to receive degree at CSU College of Business commencement

FORT COLLINS – Brewing industry businessman Peter Coors will receive an honorary doctoral degree from Colorado State University on Saturday as part of CSU’s fall commencement ceremonies.

CSU System Chancellor Joe Blake will award the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, to Coors in recognition of his commitment to education, social responsibility and philanthropy.

Coors will receive the degree at the College of Business ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Saturday at CSU’s Moby Arena.

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Colorado native Coors is vice chairman of Molson Coors Brewing Co. and chairman of MillerCoors.

CSU’s commencement ceremonies this weekend will recognize 1,449 undergraduate and 495 graduate students.

The ceremonies will be webcast live at http://commencement.colostate.edu/. For a full schedule of CSU commencement ceremonies, visit http://www.colostate.edu/.