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2009 AJCU Commencement Speakers
May 15, 2009
It's that time of year again! The following is a list of commencement speakers for the 2009 graduation ceremonies of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States:
Boston College
5/18/2009 - Ken Burns (acclaimed filmmaker)
Canisius College
5/13/2009 (Graduate) - Robert M. Bennett (chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents)
5/16/2009 (Undergraduate) - Most Rev. Robert J. Cunningham (Bishop of Ogdensburg)
College of the Holy Cross
5/22/2009 - Sen. Robert P. Casey ’82 (D-Pennsylvania)
Creighton University
5/16/2009 (College of Arts & Sciences, College of Business, emergency medical services program, School of Law and the Graduate School) - Rev. Greg Boyle, S.J. (founder of Homeboy Industries)
5/16/2009 (Schools of Nursing, Pharmacy & Health Professions, Dentistry & Medicine) - Christopher J. Elias M.D., M.P.H., '83 (president and CEO of PATH, a health non-profit)
Fairfield University
5/17/2009 (Undergraduate) - Dr. Peter Pronovost, ’87 (recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant”)
5/17/2009 (Graduate) - Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN (professor and director of The Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing)
Fordham University
5/16/2009 (Undergraduate, Graduate) - Tom Brokaw (anchor/journalist, NBC News)
5/17/2009 (School of Law) - Joel Klein (chancellor, New York City School System)
5/19/2009 (GBA) - Joseph Moglia (CEO, TD Ameritrade)
5/21/2009 (GSS) - Mindy Fullilove, M.D. (professor, Columbia University)
Georgetown University
5/15/2009 (MBA) - Ana Palacio (Spain’s former foreign minister)
5/15/2009 (Grad) - Daniel Kahneman (winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics)
5/16/2009 (SFS) - Former U.S. Sen. Charles Hagel (R-Neb.)
5/16/2009 (SCS) - Freeman Hrabowski III (president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
5/16/2009 (School of Business) - Luis Alberto Moreno (president of the Inter-American Development Bank)
5/16/2009 (Georgetown College) - Gwen Ifill (moderator and managing editor of PBS’s “Washington Week”)
5/16/2009 (School of Nursing) - Laurie Garrett (Pulitzer Prize-winner, medical and science writer for Newsday)
5/17/2009 (School of Medicine) - Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
5/17/2009 (Law Center) - David Vladeck (co-director of the Institute for Public Representation)
Gonzaga University
5/9/2009 (Graduate) - Christopher Lowney (author and former Jesuit)
5/10/2009 (Undergraduate) - Rev. Robert Spitzer, S.J. (president of Gonzaga University)
5/16/2009 (School of Law) - The Honorable Ryan C. Crocker (U.S. ambassador)
John Carroll University
5/17/2009 - Robert Dickinson, '65 (retired president and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines)
Le Moyne College
5/17/2009 - Rev. Charles Currie, S.J. (president of AJCU)
Loyola College in Maryland
5/16/2009 - Ron Hansen (distinguished author and Santa Clara University professor)
Loyola Marymount University
5/9/2009 (Undergraduate) - Vicente Fox (former president of Mexico)
5/10/2009 (Graduate) - Ramon Cortines (superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District)
Loyola University Chicago
5/7/2009
School of Education - Dr. Christopher Koch (educator/state Superintendent, IL State Board of Education)
Graduate School - Dr. Juan Andrade, Jr. (community leader/exec. director, US Hispanic Leadership Institute)
5/8/2009
Arts & Sciences (Arts) - Paul Rusesabagina (humanitarian/president, Hotel Rwanda Rusesabagina Foundation)
Arts & Sciences (Sciences) - Rev. Terry Charlton, S.J. (educator/AIDS Activist/co-founder, St. Aloysius Gonzaga High School Nairobi, Kenya)
School of Communication - E. J. Dionne, Jr. (Washington Post columnist/prof., Georgetown's Public Policy Institute/Sr. Fellow, Brookings Institution)
5/9/2009
School of Business - Mary Tolan (founder/CEO, Accretive Health)
School of Nursing - Dr. Jean C. McSweeney (prof./assoc. dean for Research College of Nursing, U. Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
School of Continuing & Professional Studies - Dr. Jona Goldschmidt (assoc. prof., LUC's Dept. of Criminal Justice)
School of Social Work - Dr. Annamaria Campanini (prof. of Social Work, University of Milan/Pres., European Assoc. of Schools of Social Work)
5/16/2009
School of Law - John Cullerton (Senator, IL 6th District/President, IL Senate)
6/7/2009
School of Medicine - Dr. Regina Benjamin (2008 MacArthur Fellow/Founder & CEO, Bayou La Batre, AL Rural Health Clinic)
Loyola University New Orleans
5/9/2009 (Undergraduate, Graduate) - Bobby Jindal (Governor of Louisiana)
5/10/2009 (Law School) - Neal K. Katyal (Georgetown Law professor/former national security advisor in U.S. Dept. of Justice)
Marquette University
5/17/2009 - Dick Enberg (Award-winning sports journalist)
Regis University
5/2/2009 (Graduate, Doctoral, Undergraduate-College for Professional Studies)
5/3/2009 (Undergraduate-Regis College, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions)
5/9/2009 (College of Professional Studies-Graduate, Undergraduate at Colorado Springs campus)
Speaker at all ceremonies: Rev. Michael Sheeran, S.J. (president of Regis University)
Rockhurst University
5/16/2009 - Christopher Shaver (Rockhurst graduating senior)
Saint Joseph's University
5/16/2009 - Chris Matthews (TV broadcast journalist)
Saint Louis University
5/16/2009 - Greg Mortenson (author of the best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace")
Saint Peter's College
5/17/2009 - Michael Beschloss (Best-selling author and NBC News Presidential Historian)
Santa Clara University
5/23/2009 (Law) - Bryan Stevenson (founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative in AL)
6/12/2009 (Graduate) - Jeffrey Skoll (founding president of eBay)
6/13/2009 (Undergraduate) - John Chambers (Chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems)
Seattle University
6/14/200 - James C. Pigott (President of Pigott Enterprises and Chairman of the Rural Development Institute)
Spring Hill College
5/9/2009 - Dr. Regina Benjamin (founder of the Bayou La Batre, Rural Health Clinic)
University of Detroit Mercy
5/9/2009 - Valedictory Address: Windy Lee Monroe (liberal arts graduate in the UDM Legal Administration program)
University of San Francisco
5/22/2009
Undergraduate: Humanities and Sciences - Kevin Dowling, C.Ss.R., Bishop (Diocese of Rustenburg, South Africa)
Undergraduate: Visual & Performing Arts and Social Sciences - Dan Schutte (Liturgical Music and Composer)
School of Education and School of Nursing - Robert A. Corrigan (President, San Francisco State University)
College of Professional Studies - Heather Fong (San Francisco Chief of Police)
5/23/2009
McLaren College of Business - James D. Sinegal (President and Chief Executive Officer, Costco)
Graduate - Kamala D. Harris (San Francisco District Attorney)
School of Law - Marian Wright Edelman (Founder and President, Children's Defense Fund)
University of Scranton
5/31/2009 - Rob Kapilow (award-winning classical music conductor, composer, educator, commentator and author)
Wheeling Jesuit University
5/16/2009 - Suzanne W. “Suzy” Broadhurst (director of corporate giving for Pittsburgh-based Eat'n Park Hospitality Group)
Xavier University
5/16/2009 (Undergraduate) - James Morris (executive director of the World Food Program)
5/16/2009 (Graduate) - Rabbi Abie Ingber (Founding Director of Xavier’s Interfaith Community Engagement)
Updated: 5/15/2009
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