The LeMieux Center for Public Policy hosts Dr. Ben Carson's Commencement Address

While acknowledging that there is much “disunity” in the United States today, celebrated neurosurgeon and former presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson sounded a hopeful tone as he delivered the commencement address to more than 500 Palm Beach Atlantic University graduates and hundreds of guests at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in January 2014. He reminded them that as they go out into the world, “always remember God is in charge.” “Forget about science. It doesn’t matter what anatomical equipment you have, and it doesn’t matter what your genetics say. It only matters what you think you are,” Carson said. “This is the direction we are moving in as a nation. That doesn’t mean that we don’t feel compassion and we don’t try to do everything we can to accommodate everyone. But there is an actual reason that God gave us a brain, so that we can think,” he said. Carson has written nine books, four of which were coauthored with his wife of 40 years, Candy. The couple, who are Palm Beach County residents, also are cofounders of the Carson Scholars Fund, which recognizes young people of all backgrounds for exceptional academic and humanitarian accomplishments.