Pat Sajak to Speak at Hillsdale College Commencement
May 10 2024 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Former game show host will address Hillsdale
College class of 2024
Hillsdale College will host its 172nd commencement ceremony on
May 11. Chairman of the Hillsdale College Board of Trustees and
former Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak will address the graduating
class.
WHEN
Saturday, May 11 2 p.m. EDT
WHERE
While the event is closed to media, a livestream is available
here. For additional coverage of the event, follow @HillsdalePR on
Twitter.
Photos will be made available at this link during and
immediately following the event. For photos from previous
commencements and a headshot of Pat Sajak, click here. For a
high-resolution copy of the Hillsdale College clocktower logo,
click here.
WHO
Pat Sajak has been the host of Wheel of Fortune longer than
anyone has hosted any program in the history of American
television. He joined the show in 1981 and has been at the helm for
more than 7,000 episodes. He began his broadcasting career as a
radio announcer in Chicago in 1967, while attending Columbia
College. He left school to join the Army in 1968 and served as the
morning disc jockey on the American Forces Vietnam Network in
Saigon. Following his military service, his career took him to
Washington, D.C., Kentucky, Tennessee, and, in 1977, to Los
Angeles. Less than five years later, he was named the host of Wheel
of Fortune. He previously served as a board member at the Claremont
Institute in California when it was headed by Dr. Arnn. Sajak has
served on Hillsdaleās Board of Trustees since 2002. He was the vice
chairman from 2003 to 2019 and was named chairman in 2019. He and
his wife Lesly have two grown children and split their time between
California and Maryland.
About Hillsdale College
Hillsdale College is an independent, nonsectarian, Christian
liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Founded in 1844,
the College has built a national reputation through its classical
liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept
federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of
student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort
promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly
speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 6.6
million. For more information, visit hillsdale.edu.
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Emily Stack Davis | 517-803-3745 | PR@hillsdale.edu