2010 Commencement Speakers

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<p>Harvard: Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter '61</p>

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<p>ROFL … we were just talking about him today at work & agreed that he seems like he would be excruciatingly boring. (Sandra Day O’Connor spoke at my place of work today, which is why the subject came up - and for the record, she was NOT boring!)</p>

<p>Vanderbilt’s graduation speaker is Khaled Hosseini (Kite Runner). Their speakers actually speak the day before at the senior assembly … graduation focuses on the grads. D is a junior but hopes she can get in to see him speak.</p>

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<p>Good choice by Vanderbilt! The Kite Runner was the summer reading for my freshman year, and Khaled Hosseini came to speak. I enjoyed it a great deal (unlike the book :().</p>

<p>Updating the list…</p>

<p>Amherst: Anthony W. Marx (President of the College)
Beloit College: David Axelrod
Caltech: Charles Bolden (head of NASA)
Cornell: Nancy Pelosi
Duke: Muhammad Yunus, economist and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Franklin & Marshall: Judy Woodruff
George Washington University: Michelle Obama (tentatively)
Harvard: Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter '61
Middlebury: married authors Nicholas Kristof (NYT columnist) and Sheryl WuDunn
Notre Dame: Brian Williams
Ohio Wesleyan: John McCain
Rice: Muhammad Yunus
Scripps: Sue Monk Kidd
Stanford: Ambassador Susan Rice, Eboo Patel, and Professor Debra Satz
Tulane: Anderson Cooper
UNC Chapel Hill: John Grisham
Vanderbilt: Khaled Hosseini
Vassar: Lisa Kudrow (Vassar Class of '85)</p>

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<p>woody- re Nancy Pelosi at Cornell… when I graduated and always before that, the President of the University gave the commencement address. Other speakers did other presentations during graduation weekend. There were also not any honorary degrees awarded. Has this changed also?</p>

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<p>jackief: I stand corrected. Pelosi will speak at Senior Convocation - not commencement. However, in the spirit of this thread, may I say she is the “Speaker” for graduation weekend? (Get it?, “Speaker” etc… HAHA!)
I don’t know about honorary degrees/awards…</p>

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<p>no problem woody, I am glad to hear that tradition continues! Hopefully the lack of honorary awards also.</p>

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<p>University of Michigan: President Barack Obama</p>

<p>[President</a> Obama to deliver U-M spring 2010 commencement address](<a href=“President Obama to deliver U-M spring 2010 commencement address | University of Michigan News”>President Obama to deliver U-M spring 2010 commencement address | University of Michigan News)</p>

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<p>Son of a B!TCH I transfer from Michigan, and the next mintute Obama is coming to Michigan.</p>

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<p>Pomona College - Janet Napolitano</p>

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<p>I am so disappointed Obama is coming this year and not next year.</p>

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<p>Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international correspondent, will address graduates of Harvard on Senior Class Day.</p>

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<p>Smith’s commencement speaker will be RACHEL MADDOW!!! Class of 2010 is lucky!</p>

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<p>^^S&P I was TOTALLY gonna post that
I’m so jealous I won’t be there…</p>

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<p>^^ Me too!</p>

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<p>I too am jealous of Smith. :frowning: I updated the list and added CWRU and RIT.</p>

<p>Amherst: Anthony W. Marx (President of the College)
Beloit College: David Axelrod
Caltech: Charles Bolden (head of NASA)
Case Western: Katie Couric
Cornell: Nancy Pelosi
Duke: Muhammad Yunus, economist and Nobel Peace Prize winner
Franklin & Marshall: Judy Woodruff
George Washington University: Michelle Obama (tentatively)
Harvard: Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter '61 + Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international correspondent
Michigan: Obama
Middlebury: married authors Nicholas Kristof (NYT columnist) and Sheryl WuDunn
Notre Dame: Brian Williams
Ohio Wesleyan: John McCain
Pomona: Janet Napolitano
Rice: Muhammad Yunus
RIT: Bob Schieffer, Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News
Scripps: Sue Monk Kidd
Smith: Rachel Maddow
Stanford: Ambassador Susan Rice, Eboo Patel, and Professor Debra Satz
Tulane: Anderson Cooper
UNC Chapel Hill: John Grisham
Vanderbilt: Khaled Hosseini
Vassar: Lisa Kudrow (Vassar Class of '85)</p>

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<p>WPI - Curt Schilling (who apparently owns a game design company)</p>

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<p>Barnard: Meryl Streep</p>

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<p>^ We were hoping for Meryl Streep at Vassar as she’s a grad (like Lisa Kudrow) but she’s already been the speaker there. They have a one time only policy. Enjoy!</p>

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<p>Emory: Arnold Schwarzenegger</p>

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<p>Wesleyan: John Hickenlooper, Denver Mayor and Colorado gubernatorial candidate, a
member of Wesleyan’s class of 1974</p>

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<p>Yale (Class Day speaker): Bill Clinton</p>