Game show host Bob Barker returns to his Alma Mater to deliver the commencement speech on graduation day at Drury University.

Barker attended Drury College (now Drury University) in Springfield, Missouri on a basketball scholarship. He was a member of the Epsilon Beta Chapter of Sigma Nu fraternity at Drury. His education was interrupted by World War II. Barker served in the Navy as a fighter pilot. However, the war ended before he was assigned to a seagoing squadron. After the war, he returned to Drury to finish his education, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in economics. While attending Drury, Barker worked his first "media job" at KTTS-FM Radio in Springfield.

The hos of The Price Is Right on CBS television will deliver the graduation speech in May 2007

Drury University, Springfield, Missouri

• The Princeton Review listed Drury University as a Best Midwestern College in 2007.
• Drury was ranked by U.S. News & World Report as No. 9 on the list of Best Master's Universities in the Midwest for 2006 (seventh consecutive year in the top 15).
• Drury’s GP21 core curriculum was nationally recognized by the Association of American Colleges & Universities.
• Drury hosted the Midwest Summit on the Sustainable Redevelopment of Contaminated Properties this past March in conjunction with the City of Springfield and U.S. EPA.