Commencement Archive

The complete index

361 addresses, catalogued

2026
Lisa T. Su · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2026.001 Sundar Pichai · Stanford University № 2026.002 Min Jin Lee · Yale University № 2026.003
2025
Hank Green · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2025.001 Katie Ledecky · Stanford University № 2025.002 Jacinda Ardern · Yale University № 2025.003
2024
Noubar Afeyan · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2024.001 Melinda French Gates · Stanford University № 2024.002 Vivek Murthy · Yale University № 2024.003
2023
Mark Rober · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2023.001 John McEnroe · Stanford University № 2023.002 Elizabeth Alexander · Yale University № 2023.003
2022
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2022.002 Kealoha Wong · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2022.001 Reed Hastings · Stanford University № 2022.003 Reshma Saujani · Yale University № 2022.004
2021
Bryan Stevenson · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2021.001 Issa Rae · Stanford University № 2021.003 Atul Gawande · Stanford University № 2021.002 Robert Lopez · Yale University № 2021.004
2020
William H. McRaven · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2020.001 France A. Córdova · Stanford University № 2020.002 Jean Bennett · Yale University № 2020.003
2019
Michael Bloomberg · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2019.001 Tim Cook · Stanford University № 2019.002 Chimamanda Adichie · Yale University № 2019.003
2018
Sheryl Sandberg · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2018.001 Sterling K. Brown · Stanford University № 2018.002 Hillary Rodham Clinton · Yale University № 2018.003
2017
Tim Cook · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2017.001 Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar · Stanford University № 2017.002 Theo Epstein · Yale University № 2017.003
2016
Matt Damon · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2016.001 Ken Burns · Stanford University № 2016.002 Samantha Power · Yale University № 2016.003
2015
John Seely Brown · Arizona State University № 2015.001 Denzel Washington · Dillard University № 2015.002 Natalie Portman · Harvard University № 2015.003 Ron Suskind · Lewis & Clark College № 2015.004 Kanye West · Los Angeles Trade Technical College № 2015.005 Megan Smith · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2015.006 Richard Engel · Stanford University № 2015.007 Mary Karr · Syracuse University № 2015.008 Maya Rudolph · Tulane University № 2015.009 Neil deGrasse Tyson · University of Massachusetts, Amherst № 2015.010 Ari Weinzweig and Paul Saginaw · University of Michigan № 2015.011 Jason Kilar · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill № 2015.012 Ed Helms · University of Virginia № 2015.013 Arianna Huffington · Vassar College № 2015.014 Stephen Colbert · Wake Forest University № 2015.015 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · Wellesley College № 2015.016 Bernard Harris · Worcester Polytechnic Institute № 2015.017 Joseph Biden · Yale University № 2015.018
2014
Katie Couric · American University № 2014.001 Victor Hwang · Austin Community College № 2014.002 Tory Burch · Babson College № 2014.003 Terry Gross · Bryn Mawr College № 2014.004 Alexis Ohanian · Carthage College № 2014.005 Sheryl Sandberg · City Colleges of Chicago № 2014.006 Ed Helms · Cornell University № 2014.007 Michelle Obama · Dillard University № 2014.008 Jay Leno · Emerson College № 2014.009 Mindy Kaling · Harvard Law School № 2014.010 Jim Carrey · Maharishi University of Management № 2014.011 Ellen Kullman · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2014.012 Diana Nyad · Middlebury College № 2014.013 Zadie Smith · New School № 2014.014 Janet Yellen · New York University № 2014.015 Martin Scorsese · New York University Tisch School of the Arts № 2014.016 Janet Napolitano · Northeastern University № 2014.017 Bill and Melinda Gates · Stanford University № 2014.018 David Remnick · Syracuse University № 2014.019 Anne-Marie Slaughter · Tufts University № 2014.020 David Carr · University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Journalism № 2014.021 Emir Kamenica · University of Chicago, Booth School of Business № 2014.022 Mary Barra · University of Michigan № 2014.023 Jennifer Lee · University of New Hampshire № 2014.024 Atul Gawande · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill № 2014.025 John Legend · University of Pennsylvania № 2014.026 Jill Abramson · Wake Forest University № 2014.027 John Kerry · Yale University № 2014.028
2013
John Green · Butler University № 2013.001 David Byrne · Columbia University № 2013.002 Vernon Jordan · Columbia University № 2013.003 Howard Gordon · Connecticut College № 2013.004 James Carville · Hobart and William Smith Colleges № 2013.005 Ed Helms · Knox College № 2013.006 Drew Houston · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2013.007 Jonathan Safran Foer · Middlebury College № 2013.008 Tracy Chevalier · Oberlin College № 2013.009 Jon Lovett · Pitzer College № 2013.010 Ben Bernanke · Princeton University № 2013.011 Neil deGrasse Tyson · Rice University № 2013.012 Greil Marcus · School of Visual Arts № 2013.013 David Brooks · Sewanee: The University of the South № 2013.014 Arianna Huffington · Smith College № 2013.015 Michael Bloomberg · Stanford University № 2013.016 George Saunders · Syracuse University № 2013.017 Dalai Lama · Tulane University № 2013.018 Lewis Black · University of California, San Diego № 2013.019 Richard Costolo · University of Michigan № 2013.020 Sharyn Alfonsi · University of Mississippi № 2013.021 Jimmy Iovine · University of Southern California № 2013.022 Wynton Marsalis · University of Vermont № 2013.023 Stephen Colbert · University of Virginia № 2013.024 Tim Minchin · University of Western Australia № 2013.025 Stephen R. Kellert · University of Western Sydney, Australia № 2013.026 Joss Whedon · Wesleyan University № 2013.027 Eric Idle · Whitman College № 2013.028 Cory Booker · Yale University № 2013.029
2012
Sutton Foster · Ball State University № 2012.001 Peter Dinklage · Bennington College № 2012.002 Abigail Washburn · Colorado College № 2012.003 Louis B. Susman · Connecticut College № 2012.004 Ronan Farrow · Dominican University of California № 2012.005 Lee Corso · Florida State University № 2012.006 Ira Glass · Goucher College № 2012.007 William Chiu · Halsey Junior High School № 2012.008 Andy Samberg · Harvard University № 2012.009 Barney Frank · Harvard University № 2012.010 Candy Crowley · Maharishi University № 2012.011 Hank Aaron · Marquette University № 2012.012 Salman Khan · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2012.013 Colin Powell · Northeastern University № 2012.014 Angela Davis · Pitzer College № 2012.015 Michael Lewis · Princeton University № 2012.016 Adam Savage · Sarah Lawrence College № 2012.017 Jane Lynch · Smith College № 2012.018 Cory Booker · Stanford University № 2012.019 Aaron Sorkin · Syracuse University № 2012.020 Neil Gaiman · The University of the Arts № 2012.021 Eric Greitens · Tufts University № 2012.022 Michael J. Burry · University of California, Los Angeles № 2012.023 Wesley Chan · University of California, San Diego № 2012.024 Soledad O’Brien · University of Delaware № 2012.026 Soledad O’Brien · University of Delaware № 2012.025 Neil Howe · University of Mary Washington № 2012.027 Sanjay Gupta · University of Michigan № 2012.028 Benno Schmidt Sr. · University of Missouri № 2012.029 Michael Bloomberg · University of North Carolina № 2012.030 Jefferson Smith · University of Oregon № 2012.031 Maria Shriver · USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism № 2012.032 Melissa Harris-Perry · Wellesley College № 2012.033 David McCullough Jr. · Wellesley High School № 2012.034 Atul Gawande · Williams College № 2012.035 Barbara Walters · Yale University № 2012.036
2011
Vernice Armour · Ashford University № 2011.001 Biz Stone · Babson College № 2011.002 Sheryl Sandberg · Barnard College № 2011.003 Makoto Fujimura · Belhaven University № 2011.004 Ahmed Zewail · Caltech № 2011.005 Kati Marton · Central European University № 2011.006 Joe Plumeri · College of William and Mary № 2011.007 Cynthia Enloe · Connecticut College № 2011.008 Conan O’Brien · Dartmouth College № 2011.010 Conan O’Brien · Dartmouth College № 2011.009 Gary Malkowski · Gallaudet University № 2011.011 Terry Teachout · Hamilton Holt School № 2011.012 Amy Poehler · Harvard University № 2011.013 Phil Rosenthal · Hofstra University № 2011.014 John Legend · Kean University № 2011.015 Jim Steen · Kenyon College № 2011.016 Ursula M. Burns · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2011.017 Chris Waddell · Middlebury College № 2011.018 Bill Clinton · New York University № 2011.019 Stephen Colbert · Northwestern University № 2011.020 Fred Armisen · Oregon Episcopal School № 2011.021 Steve Blank · Philadelphia University № 2011.022 David Brooks · Rice University № 2011.023 Arianna Huffington · Sarah Lawrence College № 2011.024 Whoopi Goldberg · Savannah College of Art and Design № 2011.025 Michelle Obama · Spelman College № 2011.026 Felipe Calderón · Stanford University № 2011.027 Tom Brinck · The Art Institute of California, Sunnyvale № 2011.028 Robert Krulwich · University of California, Berkeley № 2011.029 Chris Sacca · University of Minnesota № 2011.030 David Cote · University of New Hampshire № 2011.031 Edward O. Wilson · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill № 2011.032 Denzel Washington · University of Pennsylvania № 2011.033 Steve Ballmer · University of Southern California № 2011.034 Sergio Marchionne · University of Toledo № 2011.035 Mehmet Oz · West Chester University of Pennsylvania № 2011.036 Tom Hanks · Yale University № 2011.037
2010
Tim Cook · Auburn University № 2010.001 Meryl Streep · Barnard College № 2010.002 Michael Oren · Brandeis University № 2010.003 Wade Davis · Colorado College № 2010.004 Jeffrey Sachs · Connecticut College № 2010.005 Porochista Khakpour · Desert Academy № 2010.006 Douglas Smith · DeVry University № 2010.007 Julia Keller · Dominican University № 2010.008 Jimmy Tingle · Harvard University № 2010.009 Glenn Beck · Liberty University № 2010.010 Drew Brees · Loyola University № 2010.011 Raymond S. Stata · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2010.012 Cory Booker · Pitzer College № 2010.013 Jeff Bezos · Princeton University № 2010.014 John Jacob Scherer · Roanoke College № 2010.015 Kirk Schneider · San Francisco State University № 2010.016 Julianna Margulies · Sarah Lawrence College № 2010.017 Sue Monk Kidd · Scripps College № 2010.018 Rachel Maddow · Smith College № 2010.019 Susan Rice · Stanford University № 2010.020 Bobby Knight · Trine University № 2010.021 Anderson Cooper · Tulane University № 2010.022 Sandra Soto · University of Arizona № 2010.023 Tiffany Shlain · University of California, Berkeley № 2010.024 Roger Goodell · University of Massachusetts Lowell № 2010.025 Barack Obama · University of Michigan № 2010.026 Al Gore · University of Tennessee № 2010.027 Lisa Kudrow · Vassar College № 2010.028 Jamie Hyneman · Villanova University № 2010.029 Lynn Sherr · Wellesley College № 2010.030 William Jefferson Clinton · Yale University № 2010.031
2009
Barack Obama · Arizona State University № 2009.001 Bo Jackson · Auburn University № 2009.002 Fareed Zakaria · Bates College № 2009.003 Anthony Corvino · Binghamton University № 2009.004 Martha Nussbaum · Connecticut College № 2009.005 Jonathon Youshaei · Deerfield High School № 2009.006 Rahm Emanuel · George Washington University № 2009.007 Marissa Mayer · Illinois Institute of Technology № 2009.008 Eugene Mirman · Lexington High School № 2009.009 Deval Patrick · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2009.010 Gabrielle Giffords · Scripps College № 2009.011 Anthony Kennedy · Stanford University № 2009.012 Ellen DeGeneres · Tulane University № 2009.013 Chris Gardner · University of California, Berkeley № 2009.014 Mike Judge · University of California, San Diego № 2009.015 Robert M. Gates · University of Georgia № 2009.016 Jerry Yang · University of Hawaii № 2009.017 Carl Schramm · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign № 2009.018 Larry Page · University of Michigan № 2009.019 Paul Hawken · University of Portland № 2009.020 Arnold Schwarzenegger · University of Southern California № 2009.021 Dolly Parton · University of Tennessee № 2009.022 Robert Rodriguez · University of Texas, Austin № 2009.023 Jarl Mohn · USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism № 2009.024 Christopher Buckley · Yale University № 2009.025
2008
Angela Ahrendts · Ball State University № 2008.001 John Mackey · Bentley College № 2008.002 Larry Lucchino · Boston University № 2008.003 Randy Pausch · Carnegie Mellon University № 2008.004 Billy Collins · Colorado College № 2008.005 Carl Icahn · Drexel University № 2008.006 Barbara Kingsolver · Duke University № 2008.007 J.K. Rowling · Harvard University № 2008.008 Chuck Norris · Liberty University № 2008.009 Muhammad Yunus · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2008.010 Clayborne Carson · Niagara University № 2008.011 Jaclyn Rossi · Niagara University № 2008.012 Rev. David O’Connell · Niagara University № 2008.014 Rev. David O’Connell · Niagara University № 2008.013 Marvin Bell · Northwest Institute of Literary Arts № 2008.015 Mike Tomlin · Saint Vincent College № 2008.016 Jessica Lange · Sarah Lawrence College № 2008.017 Oprah Winfrey · Stanford University № 2008.018 Meredith Vieira · Tufts University № 2008.019 Tony Blair · Yale University № 2008.020
2007
Robert Ballard · Connecticut College № 2007.001 Ray Sidney · Edwin O. Smith High School № 2007.002 Bill Gates · Harvard University № 2007.003 Oprah Winfrey · Howard University № 2007.004 Charles Vest · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2007.005 Jennie Cyran · Niagara University № 2007.006 Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider · Niagara University № 2007.007 Rev. Joseph L. Levesque · Niagara University № 2007.008 Brian Kenny · Ohio Northern University № 2007.009 John Doerr · Rice University № 2007.010 Omid Kordestani · San Jose State University № 2007.011 Alice Greenwald · Sarah Lawrence College № 2007.012 Dana Gioia · Stanford University № 2007.013 Frank McCourt · Syracuse University № 2007.014 Tony Snow · The Catholic University of America № 2007.015 Larry Bock · University of California, Berkeley № 2007.016 David Brooks · Wake Forest University № 2007.017 Madeleine Albright · Wellesley College № 2007.018 Marlee Matlin · Wilkes University № 2007.019 Katie Couric · Williams College № 2007.020 Fareed Zakaria · Yale University № 2007.021
2006
Francine du Plessix Gray · Barnard College № 2006.001 Wangari Maathai · Connecticut College № 2006.002 Elie Wiesel · Dartmouth College № 2006.003 Chris Matthews · Fordham University № 2006.004 Ken Burns · Georgetown University № 2006.005 Michael Uslan · Indiana University № 2006.006 John McCain · Liberty University № 2006.007 Ben Bernanke · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2006.008 Marian Fontana · Massachusetts School of Law № 2006.009 Margaret Spellings · Montgomery College № 2006.010 Michael Ignatieff · Niagara University № 2006.011 Tom Brokaw · Stanford University № 2006.012 Jodie Foster · University of Pennsylvania № 2006.013 Anderson Cooper · Yale University № 2006.014
2005
George W. Bush · Calvin College № 2005.001 Estelle Parsons · Connecticut College № 2005.002 Doug Marlette · Durham Academy № 2005.003 David Foster Wallace · Kenyon College № 2005.004 Irwin Jacobs · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2005.005 John Roberts · Niagara University № 2005.006 Kofi Annan · Penn State № 2005.007 Steve Jobs · Stanford University № 2005.008 David L. Calhoun · Virginia Tech № 2005.009 Thomas L. Friedman · Williams College № 2005.010 Eleanor Holmes Norton · Yale University № 2005.011
2004
Sean Lebowitz · Binghamton University № 2004.001 Richard Russo · Colby College № 2004.002 Jon Stewart · College of William and Mary № 2004.003 Anita L. DeFrantz · Connecticut College № 2004.004 Martin Marty · Eastern Mennonite University № 2004.005 Dennis Lehane · Eckerd College № 2004.006 Ali G · Harvard University № 2004.007 Seth MacFarlane · Harvard University № 2004.008 Elias Zerhouni · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2004.009 Sandra Day O’Connor · Stanford University № 2004.011 Paul Glaser · Stanford University № 2004.010 Ruth Westheimer · Trinity College № 2004.012 Earl Bakken · University of Hawaii № 2004.013 Bono · University of Pennsylvania № 2004.014 Bradley Whitford · University of Wisconsin № 2004.015 Toni Morrison · Wellesley College № 2004.016 Njabulo S. Ndebele · Wesleyan University № 2004.017 Ken Burns · Yale University № 2004.018
2003
Wally Lamb · Connecticut College № 2003.001 Will Ferrell · Harvard University № 2003.002 Yoko Ono · Maine College of Art № 2003.003 George Mitchell · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2003.004 Benjamin Carson Jr. · Niagara University № 2003.005 Lewis Lapham · St. John’s College № 2003.006 Lewis Lapham · St. John’s College № 2003.007 Alejandro Toledo · Stanford University № 2003.008 Yvonne Thornton · Tuskegee University № 2003.009 Anne Lamott · University of California, Berkeley № 2003.010 Jean Andrews · University of Texas, Austin № 2003.011 Michael Dell · University of Texas, Austin № 2003.012 Jerry Zucker · University of Wisconsin № 2003.013 Susan Sontag · Vassar College № 2003.014 Tom Friedman · Yale University № 2003.015
2002
Fred Rogers · Dartmouth College № 2002.001 James Wolfensohn · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2002.002 Sumner Redstone · Northwestern University № 2002.003 Condoleezza Rice · Stanford University № 2002.004 George Pataki · Yale University № 2002.005
2001
Wynton Marsalis · Connecticut College № 2001.001 Daniel Goldin · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2001.002 Suzan-Lori Parks · Mount Holyoke College № 2001.003 David Woodle · Penn State № 2001.004 Carly Fiorina · Stanford University № 2001.005 Stephen King · Vassar College № 2001.006 Hillary Rodham Clinton · Yale University № 2001.007
2000
Guy Kawasaki · Babson College № 2000.001 Ray Bradbury · Caltech № 2000.002 Carleton Fiorina · Massachusetts Institute of Technology № 2000.003 Tim Russert · Niagara University № 2000.004 Kofi Annan · Stanford University № 2000.005 Billie Jean King · University of Massachusetts № 2000.006 Seamus Heaney · University of Pennsylvania № 2000.007 Mark S. Lewis · University of Texas, Austin № 2000.008 Anna Quindlen · Villanova University № 2000.009 John Walsh · Wheaton College № 2000.010 Robert Woodward · Yale University № 2000.011