Army veteran and motivational speaker J.R. Martinez will be the keynote speaker at Clark College’s 2012 Commencement Ceremony on June 21, the college announced Thursday.
Martinez was the grand marshal in the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade and the winner of television’s “Dancing with the Stars” in 2011. He’s also known for his role as a military veteran on “All My Children.”
Clark’s commencement ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. at the Sleep Country USA Amphitheater, 17200 N.E. Delfel Road, Ridgefield.
In April 2003, a Humvee that Martinez was piloting in Iraq hit a land mine. Martinez was trapped inside the burning vehicle and sustained severe burns to more than 40 percent of his body.
