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
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