Prominent speakers at college graduations in Ohio

Associated Press

DAYTON

A longtime civil-rights leader, retired U.S. Supreme Court clerk, a TV talk show host and Ohio’s governor are among the speakers this weekend for the state’s newest college graduates.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson took part in commencement services at Wilberforce University in western Ohio on Saturday. A social-justice activist since the 1960s, Jackson also twice ran for president.

Retired U.S. Supreme Court clerk Gen. William Suter spoke Saturday morning to the University of Dayton Law School commencement. The career judge-advocate who had joined the Army in 1962 became Supreme Court clerk in 1991. He retired last year.

MSNBC’s “Hardball” politics talk-show host Chris Matthews speaks today at Ohio State University.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is at Sinclair Community College in Dayton.