BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 20 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news:

Commencement events on Friday honored students who completed their academic degrees during the summer and fall terms. Margie Lee '82, DVM '86, who transformed poultry health research and broke barriers in veterinary medicine and is now associate dean for research and graduate studies at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, delivered the keynote address at the university ceremony.