Former President Bill Clinton delivered the commencement address at Loyola Marymount University's graduation ceremony Saturday.
Clinton spoke to graduates exactly one month before the California primary election, in which his wife Hillary will be looking for a boost in her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In announcing the former president as the commencement speaker, LMU President Timothy Law Snyder last month called him "one of the great statesmen of our time.''
"His commitment to improving the lives of other people, during and beyond his career in U.S. politics, embodies the ethos of becoming women and men with and for others,'' Snyder said.
"President Clinton will inspire our graduates as they seek to lead lives of meaning, purpose and global impact.''
More than 1,400 bachelor of science and bachelor of arts degrees conferred during the ceremony. Among the graduates was a nephew of Clinton, according to the university.
About 700 graduate degrees were conferred during a separate ceremony on Sunday.
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Founded in 1911, LMU is the largest Jesuit Catholic university for undergraduates in the Southwest, with more than 6,000 undergraduate students and 3,000-plus graduate and law students.
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