Famous Commencement Speakers

[ILoveToRun]

At the school I'm going to, Michelle Obama is going to be the commencement speaker I'm guessing because her brother is the basketball coach and she therefore visits often. It's not a super well known school, it's just a run of the mill state school, so it's fun when it's someone that people outside of Oregon have heard of. Unfortunately for me, I'm class of 2013.

Did you have any famous and/or interesting commencement speakers?

 

[pluto's fan]

I had Dr. Ruth speak for my undergrad and neil diamond sing a song for graduate commencement.
(he probably wrote the song on the way over to the graduation).
I was fortunate to see Maya Angelo speak at my cousin's graduation. I really enjoyed hearing her speak.

 

[Snowysmom]

My younger DS had Colin Powell as a commencement speaker. He was a wonderful speaker.

 

[Eeyore'sthebest]

I had John Amos (the father from Good Times) speak at ours. It was supposed to be Meryl Streep but she had to back out due to a movie commitment. Apparently Mr. Amos lived locally and agreed to step up at the last minute. He was actually quite well spoken and I remember enjoying his speech even if I can't remember it now.

 

[Deb & Bill]

At the school I'm going to, Michelle Obama is going to be the commencement speaker I'm guessing because her brother is the basketball coach and she therefore visits often. It's not a super well known school, it's just a run of the mill state school, so it's fun when it's someone that people outside of Oregon have heard of. Unfortunately for me, I'm class of 2013.

Did you have any famous and/or interesting commencement speakers?

I'd hardly call OSU a run of the mill state school. My son was considering going there, so he and I visited two years ago (from way out of state where we have very famous state run schools with big time athletics). We both loved it and it was high on his list. Go Beavers!! Beautiful campus and not that far from the ocean and the mountains.

When I graduated from the Univ of Texas many years ago, we had the head of the EPA as our speaker.