Gov. Murphy Will Be Keynote Speaker At Stockton Graduation

ATLANTIC CITY - Governor Phil Murphy will be the keynote speaker at Stockton University’s 2018 Ceremony May 11 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

“We are honored that Governor Murphy has accepted our invitation to speak,” Stockton President Harvey Kesselman said. “As we prepare to open our Atlantic City campus in fall 2018, we are thrilled that the Governor will be here to share our enthusiasm for the city and its future.”

This will be the second year that Stockton holds its graduation ceremony at Boardwalk Hall. The class of 2018 has almost 2,000 graduates and more than 10,000 people are expected to attend.

Murphy was elected the 56th governor of New Jersey in November 2017. He came from a working class family. His father never graduated from high school and his mother worked as a secretary, according to a University release.

Murphy is a graduate of Harvard University and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. After retiring from Goldman Sachs, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 2009 to 2013.

He also served as New Jersey’s representative on the board of the NAACP, and finance Chair of the Democratic National Committee. He has led national task forces on education..

Photo: Courtesy of Stockton University