2006 College Graduation Speeches
Notable spring 2006 commencement speakers at U.S. colleges
Feb 14, 2007
Ever wonder what colleges and universities get the best graduation speakers? Here's a list of the most notable commencement speakers from Spring Semester 2006.
What U.S. colleges and universities get the best graduations speakers? Here's list of some of the most notable speakers to give commencement addresses at U.S. colleges and universities during the Spring Semester 2006 commencement ceremonies. And who's on deck for graduation 2007? Check out this ongoing list of upcoming speakers for 2007 commencement ceremonies.
Notable 2006 graduation speakers at U.S. colleges and universities:
- Aldephi College-- U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Ball State University-- Washington Post columnist David S. Broder
- Baruch College-- U.S. Representative Charles Rangel
- Bentley College-- David Halberstram, noted journalist
- Berklee College of Music-- Melissa Etheridge, pop musician
- Boston College-- Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
- Buffalo State College-- U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer
- Catholic University of America-- Wolf Blitzer, noted journalist
- City University of New York, Honors College-- Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York
- Colby College-- Anna Quindlen, writerr
- Colgate University-- Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York
- College of Notre Dame of maryland-- Bob Schieffer, news correspondent for CBS News
- Cornell University-- Martin Luther King III
- Dartmouth College-- Elie Wiesel, novelist, activist, and noted Holocaust survivor
- Emory College-- Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund
- Francis Marion University-- U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham
- Flordia State University-- Tom Brokaw, former NBC Nightly News anchor
- George Washington University-- Former President George H.W. Bush and Former First Lady Barbara Bush
- Green Mountain College-- Sam Waterston, actor
- Hamilton College-- Anna Quindlen, writer
- Harvard University-- Jim Lehrer, PBS news anchor and writer
- Hunter College-- Fareed Zakaria, international editor for Newsweek magazine
- James Madison University-- U.S. Senator George Allen
- Kean University-- Spike Lee, actor, director, and producer
- Kenyon College-- U.S. Senator John Kerry
- Knox College-- Stephen Colbert, political comedian
- Liberty University-- U.S. Senator John McCain
- Long Island University-C. W. Post Campus-- U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
- Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge-- Vice President Dick Cheney
- Loyola College in Maryland-- Bob Costas, sportcaster
- Marquette University-- Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor
- Marshall University-- U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd
- Marymount Manhattan College-- Henry Louis Gates, Jr., public intellectual
- Marymount University-- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts-- U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy
- Mercy College-- Soledad O'Brien, journalist
- Millersville University of Pennsylvania-- Soledad O'Brien, journalist
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College at Perkinston-- President George W. Bush
- Mississippi State University-- U.S. Senator Trent Lott and U.S. Representative Roger Wicker
- Monmouth University-- Charles Gibson, ABC News anchor
- Mount Holyoke College-- Joyce Carol Oates, writer
- National-Louis University-- U.S. Senator Richard Durbin
- New England College-- New York Governor George Pataki
- New Jersey Institute of Technology-- New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine
- Northwestern University-- U.S. Senator Barack Obama
- Nova Southeastern University-- Salman Rushdie, writer
- Ohio State University at Columbus-- U.S. Senator John McCain
- Ohio Wesleyan University-- Byron Pitts, journalist
- Oklahoma State University-- President George W. Bush
- Patrick Henry College-- Brit Hume, managing editor of the Fox News Network
- Rider University-- New York Yankee manager Joe Torre
- Roger Williams University-- First Lady Laura Bush
- Rutgers University-- Former New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean
- St. Edwards University-- Enrique Iglesias, musician
- St. Joseph's College-- U.S. Senator Richard Lugar
- Southern Methodist University-- H. Ross Perot, entrepeneur
- St. Lawrence University-- Viggo Mortenson, actor
- St. Mary's College of Maryland-- Ted Koppel, journalist
- Stanford University-- Tom Brokaw, NBC Nightly News anchor
- Suffolk University Law School-- Rudy Guiliani, former mayor of New York City
- Syracuse University-- Billy Joel, pop musician
- Texas A & M-- Former President George H.W. Bush and Panamian President Martin Torrijos Espino
- Tufts University-- Lance Armstrong, astronaut
- United States Merchant Marine Academy-- President George W. Bush
- United States Military Academy-- President George W. Bush
- University of Maryland-- U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes
- University of Massachusettes at Boston-- U.S. Senator Barack Obama
- University of Miami-- Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright
- University of Michigan-- Christiane Amanpour, journalist
- University of Oklahoma-- Katie Couric, journalist
- University of Pennsylvania-- Jodie Foster, actress
- Vanderbilt University-- First Lady Laura Bush
- Virginia Military Institute-- Donald Rumsfeld, Former Secretary of Defense
- Wagner College-- General Wesley Clark
- Widener University-- U.S. Senator Joseph Biden
- York College-- Kenneth Starr, Former Special Prosecuter
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