SMU announced Tuesday that SMU trustee and Dallas businessman Carl Sewell will deliver the keynote address for the Dec. 2011 commencement ceremony.
The ceremony will be held on Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. in Moody Coliseum.
Sewell has been a member of the board since 1996 and served as chairman of the SMU Board of Trustees for four years. He stepped down as chairman in May 2010.
Sewell is a 1966 graduate of SMU. He is also the chair of Sewell Automotive Companies.