May 9, 2008

 

It's that time of year again!  The following is a list of commencement speakers for the 2008 graduation ceremonies of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States:

 

5/19/2008 - David McCullough (Award-winning author of John Adams and 1776)

 

 

5/17/2008 (Undergraduate) - Calvin Darden (retired senior vice president of UPS and Canisius graduate)

 

5/14/2008 (Graduate) - Daniel W. Stanton (founding principal of Samson Capital Advisors LLC; former general partner and managing director of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.)

 

College of the Holy Cross

 

5/23/2008 - Kevin M. Cahill, M.D. (director of the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs at Fordham University; leading specialist in tropical

medicine)

 

 

5/10/2008 - Colleges of Arts and Sciences, College of Businesss, School of Law and Graduate School Speaker: Ken Bird, Ph.D. (superintendent of Omaha Westside School District)

 

5/10/2008 - Health Sciences Professional Schools, School of Nursing Speaker: Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J. (president of Creighton University)

 

 

5/18/2008 - Rev. Jeffrey P. von Arx, S.J. (president of Fairfield University)

 

 

5/17/2008 (Undergraduate, Graduate) - Charlie Rose (award-winning television host/journalist)

 

5/18/2008 (Law School) 

 

 

5/16/2008 (MBA Program) Kenneth I. Chenault - (Chairman and CEO, American Express Company)

 

5/16/2008 (Graduate School) - Jane Lubchenco (Distinguished Professor of Zoology, Oregon State University)

 

5/17/2008 (McDonough School of Business) - Hon. Carlos M. Gutierrez (United States Secretary of Commerce)

 

5/17/2008 (School for Continuing Studies)

 

5/17/2008 (Georgetown College) - Wendy S. Kopp (CEO and Founder, Teach for America)

 

5/17/2008 (School of Nursing & Health Studies) - Carolyn M. Clancy (Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)

 

5/17/2008 (Walsh School of Foreign Service) - H.H. Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser al Missned (Chairperson, The Qatar Foundation)

 

5/18/2008 (Medical School) - Ambassador Mark Dybul (U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator)

 

5/18/2008 (Law Center) Joel I. Klein, Chancellor (New York City Department of Education)

 

Additionally, Ana P. Botin (Executive Chairman of Banesto) will speak at the Senior Convocation on 5/15/08

 

 

5/10/2008 (Law School) - Chief Justice Mary M. Schroeder (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)

 

5/10/2008 (Graduate School) - Debra Stephens (Washington state Supreme Court Justice)

 

5/11/2008 (Undergraduate) - Rev. Gary Smith, S.J. (former street priest, who served the homeless and disadvantaged of Portland, OR)

 

 

5/18/2008 - Dr. Patrick Rombalski (JCU Vice President for Student Affairs)

 

 

5/18/2008 - Rep. James Walsh (representative of the 25th Congressional District for 10 terms; member of the House Appropriations Committee, where he chaired four different subcommittees)

 

 

5/17/2008- Lesley Stahl (correspondent for CBS' 60 Minutes news magazine program)

 

 

5/10/2008 (Undergraduate speaker) - Margaret "Peg" Mary Dolan, RHSM ( LMU Chaplain since 1974 )

 

5/10/2008 (Graduate speaker) - Albert Koppes, O. Carm (associate chancellor at LMU)

 

5/10/2008 (Law school speaker) - David W. Burcham '84 (executive vice president and provost of LMU)

 

 

5/8/2008 (The Graduate School) - Minnijean Brown Trickey (Social Activist, Member-Little Rock Nine)

 

5/9/2008 (College of Arts and Sciences) - Arts: Ramsey Lewis (Composer, Pianist/Jazz Musician - Council of Regents (current))

 

5/9/2008 (College of Arts and Sciences) - Sciences: Susana Raimondi, M.D. (Director of Cytogenetics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital)

 

5/9/2008 (School of Social Work) - Velma Williams (Assistant Director, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services - Alum (MSW '86))

 

5/10/2008 (School of Business) - Carol A. McCarthy (CEO, Remedy Chicago, Inc. - Alum (MBA '85))

 

5/10/2008 (School of Continuing & Professional Studies) - Frances Kao (Partner, Skadden, LLP)

 

5/10/2008 (School of Education) - Blondean Y. Davis (Deputy Chief Education Officer, Chicago Public Schools - Alum (BA '70, MEd '75, EdD '83))

 

5/10/2008 (School of Nursing) - Helen K. Grace, Ph.D. (former Dean, School of Nursing at University of Illinois-Chicago, former VP for Programs at

W.K. Kellogg Foundation - Alum (BSN '63))

 

5/17/2008 (School of Law) - Justice Anne M. Burke (Illinois Supreme Court)

 

 

5/10/2008 - Undergraduate speaker: Cathie Black (president of Hearst Magazines)

 

5/10/2008 - Law School speaker: Scott Turow (legal-thriller bestseller and attorney)

 

5/18/2008 - Andrew Natsios (distinguished professor in the practice of diplomacy at Georgetown University; former administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development)

 

5/3/2008 (Graduate students, College for Professional Studies undergraduates)

 

5/4/2008 (Regis College and Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions undergraduates)

 

5/10/2008 (Colorado Springs campus students)

 

Speaker at all ceremonies: Rev. Michael Sheeran, S.J. (president of Regis University)

 

 

5/17/2008 - Ashley Shrader (Rockhurst U. communication studies and theology major)

 

Saint Joseph's University

 

5/10/2008 - Undergraduate speaker: Brian Duperreault '69 (president and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Co., Inc.)

 

5/10/2008 - Graduate speaker: James Nevels (founder and chairman of the Swarthmore Group)

 

Saint Louis University

 

5/17/2008 - Joe Buck (noted sports broadcaster)

 

Saint Peter's College

 

5/18/2008 - Thomas D. Carver (SPC Alum; Executive Director of the NJ Casino Reinvestment Development Authority)

 

Santa Clara University

 

5/17/2008 (School of Law) - Hon. Phyllis Hamilton (U.S. District Court Judge; SCU School of Law alumna)

 

6/13/2008 (Graduate) - B.J. Cassin (chairman and president of Cassin Educational Initiative Foundation (CEIF))

 

6/14/2008 (Undergraduate) Paul Locatelli, S.J. (president of Santa Clara University)

 

 

6/15/2008 (Undergraduate) Margaret Botch, SP - (Provincial Superior of the Sisters of Providence)

6/15/2008 (Graduate) Charles Mitchell - (chancellor of Seattle Community Colleges)

 

Spring Hill College 

 

5/11/2008 - Rev. Stephen Sundborg, S.J. (president of Seattle University)

 

University of Detroit Mercy

 

5/10/2008 - Beth Ann Dalrymple (UDM mechanical engineering major/Class Valedictorian)

 

University of San Francisco

 

5/16/2008 (Undergraduate-Humanities and Sciences) - Ambassador Mark R. Dybul, M.D. (United States Global AIDS Coordinator)

 

5/16/2008 (Undergraduate-Visual & Performing Arts and Social Sciences) - Rev. Paul L. Locatelli, S.J. (president of Santa Clara University)

 

5/16/2008 (McLaren College of Business) - John Wood (Director of Room to Read)

 

5/16/2008 (Grad. College of Arts & Sciences & Masagung Grad. School of Management) - Kevin Starr (Retired State of California Librarian)

 

5/17/2008 (School of Education and School of Nursing)

 

5/17/2008 (College of Professional Studies) - Charlotte Mailliard Shultz (Chief of Protocol, State of California)

 

5/17/2008 (School of Law) - Bryan Stevenson (Equal Justice Initiative)

 

University of Scranton

 

5/25/2008 - Rev. Thomas E. Roach, S.J. (secretary for education for the Society of Jesus)

 

Wheeling Jesuit University

 

5/10/2008 - Most Reverend George V. Murry, S.J, Ph.D. (Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio)

 

Xavier University

 

5/17/2008 (Undergraduate) Erich Kunzel (principal conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, DC)

 

5/17/2008 (Graduate) Rev. Howard Gray, S.J. (assistant to the president for special projects at Georgetown University)