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GRADUATION SPEECHES ARCHIVE

Sorted by: Graduation Date | Profession | Alphabetical | Date Added

Alan Alda, actor

Jean Andrews, marine scientist and artist

Earl Bakken, businessman

Larry Bock, businessman

David Brooks, journalist

David L. Calhoun, businessman

Ellen Degeneres, actress and comedian

Michael Dell , businessman

Katie Couric , TV journalist

Paul Glaser, actor and director

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers

Woody Hayes, college football coach

Paul Hawken, entrepreneur

Guy Kawasaki, businesman

Brian Kenny, sportscaster

Billie Jean King, tennis player

Anne Lamott, author

Jessica Lange, actress

Marc S. Lewis, professor of clinical psychology

Larry Lucchino , businessman

John Mackey , businessman

Chris Matthews, journalist

Marissa Mayer, VP at Google

Joe Paterno, college football coach

Suzan-Lori Parks, playwright

Randy Pausch, computer science professor

Anna Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize winner author

J.K. Rowling , writer

Ray Sidney, businessman

Meryl Streep, actress

Doug Marlette, Pulitzer Prize winner editorial cartoonist

Carl Sagan, astronomer

Muriel Siebert, businesswoman

Margaret Spellings, politician

John Stewart, comedian

Yvonne Thorton, Pulitzer Prize nominated author

Michael Uslan, movie producer

David Foster Wallace, novelist

John Walsh, author and art historian

Bill Watterson, cartoonist

Ruth Westheimers, professor and media psychologist

▫ Bradley Whitford, actor

Oprah Winfrey, talk show host

David Woddle, businessman

Jonathan Youshaei, high school graduation speaker

Jerry Zucker, movie director and producer

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