The Adler School of Professional Psychology is pleased to announce that it will have two distinguished guests and honorees at this year's commencement ceremonies for the Chicago Campus. Author Alex Kotlowitz and Congressman Danny K. Davis will receive honorary doctoral degrees from the Adler School for their work to promote social justice and social change.

The commencement speaker will be Alex Kotlowitz. Mr. Kotlowitz is the author of Never a City So Real, The Other Side of the River, and There Are No Children Here, as well as articles for the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, and the Atlantic. He is a frequent contributor to PBS and NPR's This American Life. He is a writer-in-residence at Northwestern University. He has also taught at the University of Chicago and at the University of Notre Dame. The New York Public Library selected There Are No Children Here as one of the 150 most important books of the century. The Other Side of the River was awarded The Chicago Tribune's Heartland Prize for Nonfiction. His journalism honors include the George Foster Peabody Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, the George Polk Award, and the Thurgood Marshall Award. He is also the recipient of the John LaFarge Memorial Award for Interracial Justice given by New York's Catholic Interracial Council. Mr. Kotlowitz grew up in New York City and is a graduate of Wesleyan University. He lives with his family just outside of Chicago.

Congressman Danny K. Davis was the School's commencement speaker in 2005 and will be our second honoree this year. He has been representative to the School's district in Congress for the past 12 years, and he has a long and distinguished history of activism in issues important to our community, including reforms related to poverty, health, diversity, and criminal justice. Congressman Davis was co-sponsor of the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act, the first legislation to address mental health needs initiated by the American Psychological Association. He is the author of the Ex-Offender Public Safety Self Sufficiency Act. He co-sponsored the Community Renewal Act, designed to bring investment and jobs to economically-impacted communities. Congressman Davis has developed a unique system of communication and interaction with his constituents through community advisory task forces. He was born in Arkansas, completed his undergraduate degree at Arkansas AM&N College, and moved to Chicago in 1961. He earned masters and doctoral degrees, respectively, from Chicago State University and the Union Institute. His masters degree is in psychology.

This year's Chicago Campus commencement exercises will occur on Sunday, October 26, 1:00 PM, at Chicago Symphony Center. Click here for more event information.