Luis Beltran Lacouture of Medellin graduates from Lake Forest College

2015 Aug 10

Luis Beltran Lacouture of Medellin, Colombia , graduated cum laude from Lake Forest College with a bachelor of arts degree in Biology and Environmental Studies. Beltran was awarded the David W. Towle Award for Excellence in Biological Research and the Grace Elizabeth Groner Foundation Internation Service Award. His senior thesis, "Post-Dispersal Seed Fate of Ocotea floribunda (Lauraceae) in Monteverde, Costa Rica" was awarded distinction.

Beltran Lacouture was among more than 350 students to graduate from Lake Forest College at Ravinia Festival Park on May 9, 2015. Roberto Salem, the Class of 2015's senior class speaker, delivered an inspiring message to his fellow graduates. You can read his address online here. Celebrated American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad '73 gave the Commencement address, but she spoke from the heart, so there's no transcript of her speech. You can watch it online here.

Beltran Lacouture is a graduate of Nido De Aguiles International School.

Lake Forest College is a national liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,600 students representing 47 states and 81 countries. For more information visit www.lakeforest.edu.