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Ed Asner
What former president of the Screen Actors Guild spoke at a Northeastern commencement?
Patty Duke
Melissa Gilbert
Ronald Reagan
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Ed Asner, best known for his roles as Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and the drama "Lou Grant," and for voicing Carl in Pixar's "Up," spoke at Northeastern’s commencement at the former Boston Garden on June 16, 1989.
What former president of the Screen Actors Guild spoke at a Northeastern commencement?
Ed Asner
Patty Duke
Melissa Gilbert
Ronald Reagan