Western Massachusetts native Kathryn Hayward, co-founder of International Integrators, to speak at 2017 Bay Path University commencement (original) (raw)

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LONGMEADOW -- A Western Massachusetts native and alumna of Bay Path University will deliver the commencement speech to about 800 students graduating from the Longmeadow institution this May.

Kathryn Hayward, who grew up in Springfield and graduated from Bay Path in 1976 before founding International Integrators, will address graduating students at the university's 2017 commencement ceremony at the MassMutual Center in Springfield on May 21.

"With her husband David Thomas, Hayward is the founder of International Integrators, an organization whose mission is to promote a more balanced approach to health care by focusing on the blending of the best of conventional medicine, whole food lifestyles, conscious movements, and mind/body/spirit connections," a press release from Bay Path University says.

Hayward, who received a medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine and held positions as associate physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School before retiring, will also receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Bay Path, the university said.

That honorary degree will also be presented to Susanne Churchill, who founded Institute for Circadian Physiology in Boston, and was appointed Associate Dean of Research at the Harvard Medical Center. Churchill has served on Bay Path's Board of Trustees for 15 years.

Those who cannot attend the commencement may watch a live online stream of the event at www.baypath.edu/commencement.

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