Who spoke at your graduation?

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's graduation time (mine was Monday) and some big time dignitaries have spoken at your commencements. Which were yours?

At Emory's main commencement (with all the schools there) we had Tom Brokaw, who was actually the local anchor at Atlanta's NBC station before he became big time. It was a good speech. Brokaw knows how to speak and charged with the whole make a difference thing. Of course he had to sneak in a Greatest Generation at the end of his speech .

[JohnT]

I skipped mine. The ****ers wanted to charge me for cap/gown/diploma.

[chequita guevara]

Paul Simon (the senator)
that famous Guatemalan woman activist whose name I can't remember.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by JohnT
I skipped mine. The ****ers wanted to charge me for cap/gown/diploma.

Not an option at my school. No graduation without a valid excuse = no diploma. And my parents would have killed me if I didn't go and they didn't get their pictures.

[Provost Harrison]

I can't remember who was there...

[Boris Godunov]

College - Kweisi Mfume
High School - Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (and the airhead even said the name of the school wrong when speaking).

[Bereta_Eder]

some guy. i remember he told us that we should never forget that as graduates of academia we will always be "a special part of greece's youth". i didn't know at that time he meant "the unemployed"

[Imran Siddiqui]

said the name of the school wrong when speaking

[KrazyHorse]

Steven Weinberg

[Imran Siddiqui]

Don't just list names... tell us if they were any good without teleprompters .

[KrazyHorse]

Weinberg was pretty good.

He's also about 400 times smarter than anybody else listed so far...

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by JohnT
I skipped mine. The ****ers wanted to charge me for cap/gown/diploma.

I had to wear a tux to my high school graduation, and the girls had to wear white dresses.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Weinberg was pretty good.

He's also about 400 times smarter than anybody else listed so far...

You can add a few zeros to that against Townsend. I don't think I've seen such a bimbo in politics.

[cubbyphan1138]

Erin Moriarty. I was pissed. The year before us they got Bush then we get some second rate reporter. I was shocked actually. I was expecting Cheney or Condi or someone, especially in an election year. I had never even heard of her before graduation.

[asleepathewheel]

HS: Rush Limbaugh
College: erm...
Law School: erm..some state official, auditor or something. The year before was AG Ashcroft.

Yup, all downhill since HS for me