Brandeis University, at commencement exercises Friday, will present honorary degrees to Dr. Rene Cassin, a principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and a Nobel Peace Prize Winner; Jacob S. Potofsky, general president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America; Meyer W. Weisgal, former president of the Weizmann Institute of Science; and Sir Isaac Wolfson, British businessman-philanthropist and founder and trustee of the Wolfson Foundation.
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