Dodgers Broadcaster Vin Scully Honored at Pepperdine University Graduation

MALIBU, Calif., April 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- He called Sandy
Koufax's perfect game in 1965, Hank Aaron's record-breaking home run in 1974,
and Kirk Gibson's World Series home run in 1988. And today Vin Scully, "Voice
of the Los Angeles Dodgers," answered the call as the 2008 Pepperdine
University Seaver College commencement speaker and recipient of Pepperdine's
highest distinction, the Honorary Doctorate degree.
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The commencement ceremony took place at Alumni Park on Pepperdine'sMalibu
campus. Jamie McCourt, president of the Los Angeles Dodgers, introduced
Scully.
About Vincent "Vin" Edward Scully
The accolade "Baseball's All-time Best Broadcaster" belongs to the "Voice
of the Los Angeles Dodgers," and Vin Scully is among the City of Angels' most
beloved radio and television announcers.
Just one year after college, Scully joined the legendary Brooklyn Dodgers
broadcast team of Red Barber and Connie Desmond in 1950. He assumed the lead
broadcasting role after colleague and mentor Barber retired in 1953 -- a post
Mr. Scully has held since, and his 59 years of consecutive service with the
Dodgers is the longest of any current sports broadcaster with one team. His
unique style of blending word imagery, history, players' biographies, and
down-to-earth storytelling has endeared him and his beloved sport to millions
worldwide.
Scully is universally recognized as one of the most accomplished
professionals in his field. His numerous awards include his induction into the
broadcast wing of the National Baseball Hall of Fame as the Ford C. Frick
Award recipient (1982), Top Sportscaster of the 20th Century by the American
Sportscasters Association (2000), and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Radio/Television News Association of Southern California (2007).
Scully, whose son Kevin is a 1985 Seaver College graduate, has been
embraced by millions of appreciative fans. In 1976 he was named the Most
Memorable Personality in L.A. Dodger History and in 1982 he had a star placed
on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was given the Voice of Vision Award for his
extraordinary ability to paint vivid word pictures for the blind, and has
supported the Jackie Robinson Foundation and the Paralysis Project of America.
Scully earned his bachelor's degree in 1949 from Fordham University. In 2000
he was honored by his alma mater with the honorary doctor of humane letters.
He resides with his wife Sandra in Thousand Oaks, California.
SOURCE Pepperdine University

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