Former Energy Secretary Hazel O'leary to Speak At UB

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Hazel O'Leary, former U.S. secretary of energy, will speak at the first ALANA Convocation at the University at Buffalo, to be held from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, May 16, in the Student Union Theatre on the North (Amherst) Campus.

The event will honor graduating students -- both undergraduates and graduates -- who are of African, Latino, Asian and Native-American (ALANA) descent.

A reception for O'Leary and the students and their families and friends will be held from 10-11 a.m. in the Student Union lobby prior to the program.

The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by UB's Office of Student Multicultural Affairs and supported by the Student Association.

O'Leary graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Fisk University in Nashville and received her law degree from Rutgers University.

As secretary of energy, she led several major international trade missions to India, Pakistan and China, promoting U.S. energy proposals that resulted in international partnerships in sustainable energy development.