<p>Attended nephew’s graduation ceremony at Marshall this past weekend and heard a very motivating speech from alum and CEO of Thomson Reuters, James C Smith.</p>
<p>Agnes Scott College - journalist Soledad O’Brien
Allegheny College - Douglas Brinkley
Bard College - Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly
Benedictine - Paul Ryan
Berklee College of Music - singer Annie Lennox
Bowie State - first lady Michelle Obama
Duke - philanthropist Melinda Gates
Elon – Brian Williams
Emory - poet and author Rita Dove
George Washington U - actress Kerry Washington (an alumna)
Gettysburg College - Political commentator David Gergen
Hampshire - Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!
Hartwick College - Deepak Chopra
Harvard - Oprah Winfrey
Howard University - former president Bill Clinton
Indiana University - Alecia DeCoudreaux, president of Mills College
Ithaca College - actor and director David Boreanaz
Kenyon College - NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Knox - actor Ed Helms
Lehigh - Bill Nye the Science Guy
Louisiana State University - journalist Cokie Roberts
Marquette – Bill Cosby
Marshall - James C. Smith, alum and CEO of Thomson Reuters
Middlebury - author Jonathan Safran Foer
MIT - Drew Houston, cofounder and CEO of Dropbox
Morehouse College - President Obama
Naval Academy - President Obama
Northwestern - dancer Mikhail Baryshinikov
Notre Dame - Cardinal Timothy Dolan
NYU - David Boies, prominent attorney
Oberlin College - novelist Tracy Chevalier
Ohio State University - President Obama
Philadelphia University - fashion celebrity Carson Kressley
Rice University - Neil deGrasse Tyson
Smith - Arianna Huffington
Stanford - Michael Bloomberg, mayor of NYC
Syracuse - journalist Nicholas Kristof
Tulane - Dalai Lama
University of Baltimore - comedian Bill Cosby
University of Colorado - actress Julie Andrews
University of Maryland - baseball great Cal Ripken Jr
University of Michigan - Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter
University of Pennsylvania - VP Joe Biden
University of South Carolina - singer Darius Rucker
University of Texas - Olympic sprinter Sonya Richards-Ross
University of Vermont - jazz musician Wynton Marsalis
University of Virginia - Stephen Colbert (Valediction) and Jim Webb (Final Exercises), former senator and Secretary of the Navy
University of Wisconsin - actor, writer and producer Anders Holm
Valparaiso University - John Nunes, President/CEO of Lutheran World Relief
Vanderbilt - author Toni MOrrison
Vassar College - Kirsten Gillibrand, U.S. Senator (NY)
Washington University in St. Louis - Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark
Wellesley - Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Obama & Chair of White House Council on Women & Girls
Wake Forest - Gwen Ifill
Wesleyan - director Joss Whedon
Westminster College (Utah) - actor and director Robert Redford
Whitman College - Eric Idle of Monty Python fame
William and Mary - FBI Director Robert Mueller
Williams - tennis great Billie Jean King</p>