Bobby Scott '73 to Speak at VCU Commencement

Rep. Scott (D-Va)Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott ‘73 (bio) of Virginia’s Third Congressional District will be the featured speaker at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Fall Commencement.

Scott currently serves on the House’s Committee on the Judiciary, where he is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security.

A Democrat, Scott is currently serving his eighth term in the U.S. Congress after 15 years as a member of the Virginia General Assembly. Scott was elected to his congressional seat in 1992, then becoming the first African-American elected to Congress from Virginia since reconstruction.