A Degree of Compassion

This year’s Spring Commencement, held on Sunday, May 21, 2017 at the

John Primm accepted a posthumous degree, a Bachelor of Science in Theatre Arts, for his son Brendan. Brendan Primm ’17 died July 24, 2013, when he was struck by a car while riding his bike in Madison. He was 22 years old.
Brendan is the son of John Primm and Pat Hallinan, a member of the faculty in the School of Business.
He's pictured here onstage in the Diane Ballweg Theatre in the 2012 production of The COR Stories.