The University of Montana will award honorary doctorates to former U.S. Forest Service Chief Jack Ward Thomas and Academy Award-winning actor J.K. Simmons during its May 14 commencement ceremonies.
Missoulas own Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons urged everyone in his acceptance speech to call their parents and say thank you. And based on that you can guess he's a stand up kind of guy and this doesn't come as a big surprise.