Pace Announces Ambassador Andrew Young and Rabbi Philip Kranz as 2013 Graduation Speakers

Pace Academy recently announced to parents, students, and their extended Pace family, that both Ambassador Andrew Young and Rabbi Philip Kranz will speak during the 2013 Pace Academy graduation ceremonies.

The Pace Academy graduation will be held on May 18 at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, 4 p.m.

In the letter to parents, Pace Academy boasted that "when we bid farewell to the Class of 2013, we’ll send them off with words of wisdom from two of our city’s most outstanding speakers." 

Ambassador Andrew Young will serve as Commencement speaker, while Rabbi Philip Kranz was chosen to address students and families at Baccalaureate.

Below are the two short biographies that Pace Academy listed on their website of their prized 2013 speakers.

Andrew Young - A true public servant and a leader on the national and global stage, Ambassador Young has served as a minister, a Congressman, United Nations Ambassador and Mayor of Atlanta. His leadership of the Atlanta Olympic Games, his advocacy of investment in Africa through GoodWorks International and the establishment of the Andrew J. Young Foundation are all a response to his call to serve. He confronted segregation with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and was a key strategist and negotiator during the Civil Rights Movement. We are thrilled Ambassador Young will join us for this important event in the life of our school.

Philip Kranz - Rabbi Kranz served as Temple Sinai’s Senior Rabbi from 1980 until his retirement in 2006 when he became Rabbi Emeritus. He remains active at Temple Sinai, teaching, writing and overseeing collection building in the Rabbi Philip N. Kranz Learning Center. Kranz was also influential in authoring the Lower School Holiday Program.