OT: Who was your commencement speaker?
Undergrad at Cornell: Soledad O'Brien (one week after she was demoted from her regular position at CNN)
Masters Degree: Obama today
Law Degree: Valerie Jarrett (all Obama administration all the time)
Is your last name "Tits" by any chance?
I'm sure he was fine, but the big deal was the hundreds of students who wore 'Free Nelson Mandela" bumper stickers on the backs of their gowns, some of whom stood and turned their backs to Mike Wallace. I have no idea why.
...and refused to let him out until Madela brought him the World Cup of Rugby.
True story
I had Bill Cosby as my commencement speaker, and my brother's class had Bill Nye the Science Guy. Both were very good speakers, but Bill Nye was more entertaining.
rpi! i went to hs across the street. season tix for hockey from 82-92
Perhaps not a great speaker but that was almost certainly the most famous and significant commencement speech ever given
had jean kirkpatrick in 88, while i had gloria steinem the same tear down in toledo. steinen's was better.
nb: steinen was from toledo, thus, the pick.
...graduated in '89 and had James (Not The Dude) Duderstadt. Very disappointing, but you learn to get over these things. I think our class was somewhat consoled by the fact that during our senior year MBB won the national championship and football won the Big 10 and Rose Bowl.
My NROTC class was commisioned at Rackham following commencement, and that was great. But, I was really happy to see that this year's crop of Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps Second Lieutenants/Ensigns were commissioned by the Commander-in-Chief. The president speaks at one of the service academies each year (this year it's USMA), so for ROTC students to have this kind of experience is absolutely golden.
We had Bill Clinton, very good speaker, while he was still in office. Got to shake his had after getting my diploma, which i can't seem to find.