Frank Wolf

GROVE CITY — Frank Wolf, a veteran lawmaker known as a champion of human rights and religious liberty, will speak at Grove City College’s 135th commencement at 10 a.m. May 16 on the Quad between Harbison Chapel and Crawford Hall.

Wolf represented northern Virginia in the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years before retiring this year to pursue humanitarian work. During his decades in office, Wolf was a supporter of international human rights, traveling the world to witness the plight of the poor and oppressed and advocate for their causes.

Most recently, Wolf has championed the cause of Christians in the Middle East, who he says face “genocide” at the hands of Islamic State militants.

World magazine selected him as the winner of its 2014 Daniel of the Year award, citing his “decades of courageous public service” and “commitment to Christ-centered compassion.”

In Congress, Wolf was the driving force behind legislation that created the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom and the International Religious Freedom Office at the State Department. He founded and served as co-chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, a bipartisan group of lawmakers dedicated to international human rights.