after that, curtis carlson.ban league president delivers his commencement address to students at howard university in washington, d.c. he talked about his family bought the legacy at the school. -- his family's legacy at the school. you can hear that speech tonight at 11:00 p.m.. we go now to an order michigan to hear the commencement address from republican governor rick snyder. he talked about professional goals he set for himself. this is 20 minutes. >> what is the university of michigan the world's leader at and what does it mean to all of us? to begin, this is a personal opinion. let me make that clear. but let me start with my experience as a student at the university of michigan. i had only had one other opportunity to come to the university of michigan for a football game. the next time i came was thanksgiving week of 1975. i came up to go to the office of admissions and to tell my story. i had a meeting with the associate director and told him my story of going home in a small town in a 900 foot square

curtis carlson. you may not have thought of this, but every time you turn on your tv to watch the super bowl, your mother's favorite soap opera, or the season finale in high-definition, if you need to think one man for the high- quality image on your screen. trust me, it is not charlie sheen. the man you are to think is dr. curtis carlson. he won emmy awards for leading the development of the american h.d. tv broadcast standard and optimizing qualities. as an expert on innovation and competitiveness, he has founded more than 12 companies. he is currently chairman, ceo, of sriesident p international, an independent, nonprofit research institute. president barack obama appointed him to the presidential task force on research and development of the institute. dr. cross and advises government leaders around the world on innovation, competitiveness, and educational reform. his book of " innovation: the five disciplines for creating what customers want" was published in 2006. it made the top 10 books of th

curtis carlson.now, you might have not thought of this, but every time you turn on your tv to watch the super bowl, your mom's favorite soap oprah or the season finale of "two and a half men," in high-definition that is, you need to tank a one man for the high-quality image on your screen. and trust me, it is not charlie sheen. [laughter] them and you ought thank is dr. curtis carlson. dr. carlson won emmy awards for leading the development of the american hdtv broadcast center and optimizing satellite broadcast image quality. as an expert on innovation and competitiveness, dr. carlson has found that more than 12 companies and is currently chairman, ceo and president of sri international, an independent nonprofit research institute. in fact, president barack obama appointed dr. carlson to the presidential task force on the research and development of the institute. dr. carlson advises government leaders around the world on innovation, competitiveness and educational reform. his book, with william wil