Tom Hanks confirmed as graduation speaker at Yale
Actor Tom Hanks will speak to Yale University graduates this spring at the annual Class Day ceremony.
The Class Day speaker is a Yale tradition.
Graduation speakers typically don't speak at commencements. The major speech to seniors is instead given the previous day during Class Day festivities.
Yale spokesman Tom Conroy confirmed that students have invited Hanks and that he accepted.
Hanks has won Academy Awards for performances in the movies "Philadelphia," and "Forrest Gump," and also starred in "Apollo 13" and "Saving Private Ryan."
Former President Bill Clinton was the speaker last year. Class Day this year is May 22.
