
Comedian, author, activist
Commencement speeches: 40

42nd U.S. President
Commencement speeches: 32

President and founder of the Children’s Defense Fund
Commencement speeches: 25

Former Secretary of State
Commencement speeches: 22

Former U.S. senator, Cabinet secretary, Red Cross director
Commencement speeches: 19

Broadcast journalist and former anchor of
NBC Nightly News
Commencement speeches: 19

Poet and author
Commencement speeches: 18

41st U.S. President
Commencement speeches: 17

Former basketball player, U.S. senator and 2000 Democratic presidential candidate
Commencement speeches: 16

U.S. Secretary of State
Commencement speeches: 16

Broadcast journalist; former anchor of
Nightline
Commencement speeches: 16

Creator of Doonesbury comic strip
Commencement speeches: 15

Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
Commencement speeches: 14

45th U.S. Vice President
Commencement speeches: 14

Former U.S. senator and U.N. ambassador
Commencement speeches: 13

43rd U.S. President
Commencement speeches: 13

Journalist and author
Commencement speeches: 13

U.S. Senator and 2008 Republican presidential candidate
Commencement speeches: 12

Former Atlanta mayor, U.S. congressman and U.N. ambassador
Commencement speeches: 12

U.S. President
Commencement speeches: 12

U.S. Secretary of Defense
Commencement speeches: 12

Former New York Governor
Commencement speeches: 11

Author
Commencement speeches: 11

Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town; Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Commencement speeches: 10

Political activist and journalist
Commencement speeches: 10

Director of Smithsonian National Museum of African Art; former president of Spellman College
Commencement speeches: 10

New York City Mayor; founder of Bloomberg, LP
Commencement speeches: 10

Former diplomat; former chairman of Xerox
Commencement speeches: 9

Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board; former chairman of the Federal Reserve
Commencement speeches: 9

Former president of Costa Rica; Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Commencement speeches: 9

Former U.S. Senator
Commencement speeches: 9

Journalist
Commencement speeches: 9

Actress; former director of the National Endowment for the Arts
Commencement speeches: 9

Former Secretary of State
Commencement speeches: 9

Former Mayor of New York
Commencement speeches: 8





