May 3, 2013
It's that time of year again! The following is a list of speakers and dates for the 2013 commencement ceremonies at the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States*:
Boston College: 5/20: Enda Kenny (Prime Minister of Ireland)
Canisius College: Grad: 5/15, Undergrad: 5/18
Undergraduate: Bishop Richard J. Malone (Bishop of Buffaclo, NY Archdiocese), Graduate: Laura Pedersen (best-selling author, journalist and former TV host)
College of the Holy Cross: 5/24: Anne Fadiman (acclaimed author, essayist, and teacher)
Creighton University: 5/18: Mary Lou Quinlan (internationally known marketing executive, best-selling author, actress and speaker)
Fairfield University: 5/19
Undergrad: Rev. Michael J. Garanzini, SJ (president of Loyola University Chicago and Secretary of Higher Education for the Society of Jesus), Graduate: Dr. Patrick W. Kelley '76, P'12 (director with the U.S. National Academies' Institute of Medicine)
Fordham University: 5/18: Richard Engel (NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent)
Georgetown University: Grad, Foreign Service Master's, Arts & Science Master's, Biomedical, Publicy Policy, Grad Business, School of Continuing Studies: 5/17; Georgetown College, Foreign Service, Business, Nursing: 5/18; Medical, Law: 5/19
Grad Arts & Science: Eric Maskin (Nobel Prize-winning Harvard economist), Public Policy Institute: Arne Duncan (U.S. Secretary of Education), Grad Business: Mauro L. I. Vieira (Ambassador of Brazil to the U.S.), School of Continuing Studies: Gerald M. “Jerry” DeFrancisco (President, Humanitarian Services for the American Red Cross), Foreign Service Master's: Erin Lyall ’02 (Producer, CBS Evening News), Georgetown College: Lisa J. Shannon (Founder of Run for Congo Women and a Thousand Sisters Campaign), Nursing: Dr. Lisa Simpson (President and CEO, AcademyHealth), Foreign Service: H.E. Dalia Grybauskaite (President of the Republic of Lithuania), Business: Sen. William M. Cowan (D-MA), Medicine: Sir Michael Rawlins (Chair, National Institute of Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE) in London), Law: Greta Van Susteren ’79, ’83 (Commentator, Fox News)
Gonzaga University: Grad, Law: 5/11, Undergrad: 5/12
Grad: Rev. Peter Balleis, SJ (international director of Jesuit Refugee Service), Law: Judy Clarke (famed defense attorney), Undergrad: Thayne M. McCulloh, D.Phil. (President of Gonzaga University)
John Carroll University: 5/19: General Carter F. Ham '76 (Four-Star U.S. Army General)
Le Moyne College: Grad: 5/17, Undergrad: 5/19
Undergrad: Dr. Nancy Cantor (chancellor and president of Syracuse University), Grad: Joan McDonald '77 (New York State Department of Transportation Commissioner)
Loyola Marymount University: Undergrad: 5/11, Grad: 5/12, Law: 5/19
Undergrad: Doris Kearns Goodwin (world-renowned author and historian), Grad: Tom Mueller '92 (world-renowned rocket engine designer), Law: Patrick Kelly, JD '69 (senior managing partner and director of litigation at Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP)
Loyola University Chicago
Graduate School & Institute of Pastoral Studies, School of Education: 5/9; Arts & Sciences, Communication: 5/10; Quinlan School of Business, Continuing & Professional Studies, Niehoff School of Nursing, School of Social Work: 5/11; Law: 5/18; Stritch School of Medicine: 6/2
Quinlan School of Business: J.C. Gonzalez-Mendez (Sr. Vice President, McDonald’s Corporation; President and CEO, Ronald McDonald House Charities), College of Arts and Sciences-Arts: Luis Alberto Urrea (Author and Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago), College of Arts and Sciences-Sciences: Diann Jordan, Ph.D. (Author and Educational Consultant), School of Communication: Claire Díaz-Ortiz (Author, Speaker, and Technology Innovator) School of Education: Timothy D. Kanold, Ph.D. ‘02 (Educator, Author, and Consultant), The Graduate School and Institute of Pastoral Studies: Debra W. Stewart, Ph.D. (President, Council of Graduate Schools), School of Law: Gino L. DiVito, JD ‘63 (Partner, Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC), Stritch School of Medicine: Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada, MD (Executive Vice President, Takeda Pharmaceutical Corporation) Niehoff School of Nursing: Sharon L. O’Keefe ‘76 (President, University of Chicago Medical Center), School of Continuing and Professional Studies: Alicia T. Vega, '96, '99 (Public Service Leader), School of Social Work: Khadija Khaja, Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Indiana University)
Loyola University Maryland: 5/18: Carolyn Y. Woo, Ph.D. (president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services)
Loyola University New Orleans: 5/11
Undergrad, Grad: Tom Brokaw (legendary TV journalist and long-time anchor of “NBC Nightly News"), Law: Mary Matalin and James Carville (married authors and TV pundits)
Marquette University: 5/19: Bill Cosby (legendary TV actor and comedian)
Regis University: College for Professional Studies (CPS) & Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions (RHCHP) Undergrad; CPS, RHCHP, Regis College, RHCHP DNP grad: 5/4, Regis College; RHCHP undergrad; RHCHP doctor of physical therapy and doctor of pharmacy: 5/5
Rockhurst University: 5/11
Undergrad: Katie Marie Birkenfeld (Rockhurst '13), Grad: Andrew Christopher Kurz (Rockhurst '13)
Saint Joseph's University: 5/11
Undergrad: Elisabeth A. Hagen, M.D. ’91 (under secretary for food safety for the U.S. Department of Agriculture), Grad: Rev. John W. O’Malley, SJ (historian and theologian)
Saint Louis University: 5/18: John Foppe '92, '01 (author and motivational speaker)
Saint Peter's University: 5/20: Rev. James Martin, SJ (best-selling author and editor of America)
Santa Clara University: Law: 5/25, Undergrad: 6/15, Grad: 6/14
Undergrad: Leon Panetta '60, '63 (former U.S. Defense Secretary and CIA Director), Grad: Pamela Eibeck (first woman president of University of the Pacific), Law: David Drummond '85 (Chief Legal Officer for Google)
Seattle University: 6/16
Undergrad: Erik Larson (best-selling author), Grad: Dr. John Koster (CEO Emeritus of Providence Health & Services)
Spring Hill College: 5/4: George E. Barrett '52 (founding partner of Barrett Johnston, LLC in Nashville, TN)
University of Detroit Mercy: Dentistry, Law: 5/10, Undergrad, Grad: 5/11
University of San Francisco: Education: 5/16; Undergrad/Grad Humanities/Arts/Sciences, Nursing: 5/17; Law, Undergrad/Grad Business: 5/18
Education: Joseph White, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry, UC Irvine), Undergrad Humanities: Rabbi Stephen A. Pearce (Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco), Undergrad A&S: Gary White (CEO and Co-Founder, Water.Org), Grad A&S: Bishop Stephen E. Blaire (Stockton Diocese), Nursing: Barbara A. Garcia (Director of Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health), Law: Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong (Senior District Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of CA), Undergrad Business Admin: John S. Hardin, OFM (Provincial Minister, Franciscan Friars of San Francisco), Undergrad Public Admin/Business: James Lazarus (Senior Vice President, San Francisco Chamber of Commerce), Grad Business: Margaret Trost (Founder, What If? Foundation)
University of Scranton: Grad: 5/25, Undergrad: 5/26
Undergrad: Sandra Postel (Author, Scholar and Director of the Global Water Policy Project)
Wheeling Jesuit University: 5/18: Rev. Greg Boyle, SJ (Founder & Director of Homeboy Industries)
Xavier University: 5/11
Undergrad: Anthony Muñoz (NFL Pro Football Hall of Fame Member), Grad: Yousuf Ahmad, DrPH, FACHE (senior vice president and chief network transformation officer with Mercy Health)
*Please note that this list will continue to be updated in days to come.
