Architect Victor Legorreta to Speak at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Summer Commencement on Saturday, Aug. 7 at Memorial Coliseum
 
Internationally recognized architect Victor Legorreta, a partner and lead designer with the Mexico-based architectural firm that designed the addition to the Art Museum of South Texas, will be the keynote speaker at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s Summer 2004 Commencement ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 7 at 4:30 p.m. in the Memorial Coliseum. This summer’s ceremony will see more than 430 graduates cross the stage from the College of Arts and Humanities, the College of Business, the College of Education, and the College of Science and Technology.

After graduating from the Universidad Ibero Americana in Mexico City in 1990, Legorreta joined the firm founded by his father Ricardo Legorreta as project manager. Since becoming a partner in 1991, he has been highly involved with all phases of every project and is dedicated to transforming characteristics of indigenous Mexican architecture into buildings of practical use and beauty.

Projects designed by Legorreta + Legorreta include the San Antonio Public Library; the Chula Vista Library in Calif.; the Schwab Residential Center at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.; the College of Santa Fe Visual Arts Center in Santa Fe, N. M.; the UCLA International Student Center in Los Angeles; the Children’s Museum and the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, Calif.; the Mexican Museum in San Francisco; and the Monterrey Library and the Marco Museum in Monterrey, Mexico.

The graduation ceremony will be broadcast live on KXPX Channel 14. It will also be aired simultaneously on Grande Channel 14, Charter Channel 14, CMA Channel 51 and Cable One Channel 10.