Commencements
Inspiration





GRADUATION SPEECHES ARCHIVE

Sorted by: Date | Profession | Alphabetical

2009

Paul Hawken , entrepreneur


2008


Larry Lucchino , businessman

J.K. Rowling , writer

John Mackey , businessman

Jessica Lange , actress


2007

Katie Couric , TV journalist

Brian Kenny, sportscaster

Ray Sidney, businessman

Oprah Winfrey, talk show host

Larry Bock, businessman


2006

▫ Bradley Whitford, actor

Chris Matthews, journalist

Michael Uslan, movie producer

Margaret Spellings, politician


2005

David Foster Wallace, novelist

Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers

David L. Calhoun, businessman

Doug Marlette, Pulitzer Prize winner editorial cartoonist


2004

Paul Glaser, actor and director

Ruth Westheimers, professor and media psychologist

Earl Bakken, businessman


2003

Jean Andrews, marine scientist and artist

Jerry Zucker, movie director and producer

Yvonne Thorton, Pulitzer Prize nominated author


2001

Suzan-Lori Parks, playwright

David Woddle, businessman


2000

Guy Kawasaki, businesman

Marc S. Lewis, professor of clinical psychology

Billie Jean King, tennis player

John Walsh, author and art historian

Anna Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize winner author


1990s

Muriel Siebert, businesswoman - 1998

Bill Watterson, cartoonist - 1990


1980s

Woody Hayes, college football coach - 1986

Alan Alda, actor - 1980