Posted 02/01/07 Jim Lehrer P85, anchor of Public Broadcasting Service's The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, will be the featured speaker at Wesleyan's 175th Commencement ceremony, which will be held on May 27, 2007. Lehrer began his career at PBS in 1972 and partnered with Robert MacNeil in 1973 to cover the Watergate hearings. In 1975, the two men began anchoring The MacNeil/Lehrer Report In 1983 the show became the nations first 60-minute television evening news program and was re-titled The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour. Lehrer has been honored with numerous journalism awards, including a Presidential National Humanities medal in 1999. During the…