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Marymount Names Commencement Speaker The commencement speaker for the 2014 Marymount California University graduation ceremony is California State Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi. Graduation will be held on May 10 at the Oceanview campus in Rancho Palos Verdes. Learn more about this year’s Commencement events. The university is located within the 66th California Assembly district represented by Muratsuchi.One of Muratsuchi’s leadership priorities, which also align with the University’s mission, is to ensure access to a college education. Realizing that finding ways to pay for college can be daunting, he has worked to inform his constituency about state resources to make college…


Dr. Wayne and Peg Bemis have generously provided an annual scholarship to Marymount California University to help support an upper division student with financial need. Preference is given to a student who is working, since Dr. Bemis has worked from age 11 and appreciates the many students who work while attending Marymount.Dr. Bemis and his wife are longtime residents of Rolling Hills, where they raised their two sons. Dr. Bemis graduated in 1963 from USC, where he still teaches at the dental school, and opened his Torrance dental practice in 1969. The Bemis’ have a son and grandson who both…