Commencements
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GRADUATION SPEECHES ARCHIVE

Sorted by: Date | Profession | Alphabetical

Arts

J.K. Rowling , writer

▫ Bradley Whitford, actor

Michael Uslan, movie producer

David Foster Wallace, novelist

Doug Marlette, Pulitzer Prize winner editorial cartoonist

Paul Glaser, actor and director

Jerry Zucker, movie director and producer

Yvonne Thorton, Pulitzer Prize nominated author

Suzan-Lori Parks, playwright

Anna Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize winner author

Alan Alda, actor

Bill Watterson, cartoonist

John Walsh, author and art historian

Jessica Lange, actress


Business

Paul Hawken, entrepreneur

David L. Calhoun, businessman

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers

Larry Lucchino , businessman

John Mackey , businessman

Ray Sidney, businessman

Earl Bakken, businessman

David Woddle, businessman

Guy Kawasaki, businesman

Muriel Siebert, businesswoman

Larry Bock, businessman

Media

Katie Couric , TV journalist

Brian Kenny, sportscaster

Chris Matthews, journalist

Oprah Winfrey, talk show host


Academia

Ruth Westheimers, professor and media psychologist

Jean Andrews, marine scientist and artist

Marc S. Lewis, professor of clinical psychology


Politics

Margaret Spellings, politician


Sports

Billie Jean King, tennis player

Woody Hayes, college football coach