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| + | Over its long history, Trinity College’s [[commencement| commencement ]] ceremonies have been highlighted by powerful speeches from a diverse array of speakers, each bringing unique perspectives and life experiences to the podium. Whether alumni, renowned educators, or distinguished figures from Connecticut’s public and civic life and beyond, these speakers have imparted words of resilience, leadership, and social responsibility, | ||
| - | Over the past years, Trinity College’s [[commencement| commencement ]] ceremonies have been highlighted by powerful speeches from a diverse array of speakers, each bringing unique perspectives and life experiences to the podium. Whether alumni, renowned educators, or distinguished figures from Connecticut’s public and civic life and beyond, these speakers have imparted words of resilience, leadership, and social responsibility, | + | Since 1918, the tradition of a single commencement speaker has been a hallmark of the ceremony, with the designated speaker receiving an [[honorary_degrees|honorary degree]] from the College. Prior to this change, there was not a singular speaker; instead, multiple addresses were delivered by members of the graduating class. While the single-speaker format has remained largely consistent, there have been a few exceptions. For example, the 1923 ceremony featured four speakers in celebration of the College' |
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| - | Since 1918, the tradition of a single commencement speaker has been a hallmark of the ceremony, with the designated speaker receiving an honorary degree from the College. Prior to this change, there was not a singular speaker; instead, multiple addresses were delivered by members of the graduating class. While the single-speaker format has remained largely consistent, there have been a few exceptions. For example, the 1923 ceremony featured four speakers in celebration of the College' | + | |
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| - | * 2024 - Danny Meyer ‘80, author, | + | * 2024 - Danny Meyer, Class of 1980, LHD, Leader, author, |
| - | * 2023 - Nicole Hockley | + | * 2023 - Nicole Hockley, Class of 1992, LHD, Advocate for gun violence prevention, co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise |
| - | * 2022 - Raja Changez Sultan | + | * 2022 - Raja Changez Sultan, Class of 1972, DFA, Painter, poet, journalist |
| - | * 2021 - Jeffrey A. Flaks, LHD, Hartford HealthCare | + | * 2021 - Jeffrey A. Flaks, LHD, President |
| - | * 2020 - Will McCormack | + | * 2020 - Will McCormack, Class of 1996, executive producer, director, screenwriter, |
| - | * 2019 - Samuel H. Kennedy | + | * 2019 - Samuel H. Kennedy, Class of 1995, LHD, President |
| * 2018 - Johnnetta Betsch Cole, president of Spelman College | * 2018 - Johnnetta Betsch Cole, president of Spelman College | ||
| - | * 2017 - Daniel C. Dennett, LHD, philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist | + | * 2017 - Daniel C. Dennett, LHD, Philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist |
| - | * 2016 - William K. Marimow | + | * 2016 - William K. Marimow, |
| - | * 2015 - James M. Lawson, Jr., Civil Rights | + | * 2015 - James Morris |
| - | * 2014 - Katherine A. Couric, journalist, | + | * 2014 - Katherine A. Couric, |
| - | * 2013 - Bridget Mary McCormack | + | * 2013 - Bridget Mary McCormack, |
| - | * 2012 - Anne Fadiman, | + | * 2012 - Anne Fadiman, |
| - | * 2011 - Patrick Joseph Wilson, | + | * 2011 - Patrick Joseph Wilson, |
| - | * 2010 - John Clifton Bogle, | + | * 2010 - John Clifton Bogle, |
| - | * 2009 - Joanna Jeanne Scott ‘82, writer | + | * 2009 - Joanna Jeanne Scott, |
| - | * 2008 - James F. Jones, Trinity College | + | * 2008 - [[jones_james_f._jr|James F. Jones]], 21st President, Trinity College |
| - | * 2007 - Tom Wolfe P'07, author and journalist | + | * 2007 - Tom Wolfe, |
| - | * 2006 - John Herron | + | * 2006 - John Heron Biggs, |
| - | * 2005 - Henry Kaufman, | + | * 2005 - Henry Kaufman, |
| - | * 2004 - Ruth K. Westheimer, | + | * 2004 - Ruth K. Westheimer, |
| - | * 2003 - Garry B. Trudeau, Pulitzer | + | * 2003 - Garry B. Trudeau, LittD, Pulitzer |
| - | * 2002 - John G. Rowland, | + | * 2002 - John G. Rowland, |
| - | * 2001 - Joseph I. Lieberman, | + | * 2001 - Joseph I. Lieberman, |
| - | * 2000 - Richard C. Holbrooke, | + | * 2000 - Richard C. Holbrooke, |
| - | * 1999 - Lorraine Monroe, founding principal of the Frederick Douglass Academy | + | * 1999 - Lorraine Monroe, LHD, Educator, author, founding principal of the Frederick Douglass Academy, Harlem |
| - | * 1998 - Jimmy Carter, 39th US President, | + | * 1998 - Jimmy Carter, LHD, 39th President |
| - | * 1997 - Myrlie Evers-Williams, | + | * 1997 - Myrlie Evers-Williams, |
| - | * 1996 - Strobe Talbott, | + | * 1996 - Strobe Talbott, |
| - | * 1995 - Barbara B. Kennelly | + | * 1995 - Barbara B. Kennelly, |
| - | * 1994 - Madeleine May Kunin, | + | * 1994 - Madeleine May Kunin, |
| - | * 1993 - Mary D. Fisher, | + | * 1993 - Mary D. Fisher, |
| - | * 1992 - Brendan Kennelly, | + | * 1992 - Brendan Kennelly, |
| - | * 1991 - Charles Osgood, journalist | + | * 1991 - Charles Osgood, |
| - | * 1990 - Gwendolyn Brooks, | + | * 1990 - Gwendolyn Brooks, |
| - | * 1989 - James Fairfield English Jr, JD, Trinity College | + | * 1989 - [[english_james_fairfield_jr|James Fairfield English Jr.]], 16th President, Trinity College |
| - | * 1988 - Andrew Aitken Rooney, | + | * 1988 - Andrew Aitken Rooney, |
| - | * 1987 - Ellen Ash Peters, Chief Justice of Connecticut | + | * 1987 - Ellen Ash Peters, LLD, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Connecticut |
| - | * 1986 - Christopher John Dodd, US Senator, lobbyist, and lawyer | + | * 1986 - Christopher John Dodd, LLD, U.S. Senator from Connecticut |
| - | * 1985 - Ellen Goodman, | + | * 1985 - Ellen Goodman, |
| - | * 1984 - Brendan Gill, critic/ | + | * 1984 - Brendan Gill, LittD, Theatre |
| - | * 1983 - Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil, | + | * 1983 - Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil, |
| - | * 1982 - Gerald Holton, | + | * 1982 - Gerald Holton, |
| - | * 1981 - Juanita Morris Kreps, | + | * 1981 -Juanita Morris Kreps, |
| - | * 1980 - Lewis Thomas, | + | * 1980 - Lewis Thomas, |
| - | * 1979 - George Frederick Will ‘62, syndicated | + | * 1979 - George Frederick Will, Class of 1962, LHD, Syndicated |
| - | * 1978 - Hanna Holborn Gray, president | + | * 1978 - *Hanna Holborn Gray, LittD, Provost (Acting President) of Yale University, President-Designate |
| - | * 1977 - Harry Reasoner, ABC news correspondent | + | * 1977 - Harry Reasoner, LLD, ABC news correspondent |
| * 1976 - NO COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER | * 1976 - NO COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER | ||
| * 1975 - NO COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER | * 1975 - NO COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER | ||
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| * 1972 - NO COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER | * 1972 - NO COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER | ||
| * 1971 - NO COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER | * 1971 - NO COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER | ||
| - | * 1970 - John Morton Blum, PhD, Historian, author, and educator | + | * 1970 - John Morton Blum, PhD, historian, author, and educator |
| - | * 1969 - William Bertalan Walsh, | + | * 1969 - William Bertalan Walsh, |
| - | * 1968 - Albert Charles Jacobs, Trinity College | + | * 1968 - [[jacobs_albert_c|Albert Charles Jacobs]], LittD, 14th President, Trinity College |
| - | * 1967 - Charles Harting Percy, | + | * 1967 - Charles Harting Percy, |
| - | * 1966 - Cyrus Roberts Vance, | + | * 1966 - Cyrus Roberts Vance, |
| - | * 1965 - Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, | + | * 1965 - Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, |
| - | * 1964 - Whitney North Seymour, | + | * 1964 - Whitney North Seymour, |
| - | * 1963 - Glenn Theodore Seaborg, | + | * 1963 - Glenn Theodore Seaborg, |
| - | * 1962 - George Keith Funston | + | * 1962 - [[funston_g._keith|George Keith Funston]], Class of 1932, LLD, President, New York Stock Exchange, |
| - | * 1961 - Howard Archibald Rusk, founder | + | * 1961 - Howard Archibald Rusk, ScD, Founder |
| - | * 1960 - Leonard Carmichael, | + | * 1960 - Leonard Carmichael, |
| - | * 1959 - John McKenney Mitchell ‘18, MD, University of Pennsylvania Dean of the School of Medicine, physician, and educator | + | * 1959 - Alfred Maximilian Gruenther, LLD, President, American National Red Cross |
| - | * 1958 - John Ray Dunning, | + | * 1958 - John Ray Dunning, |
| - | * 1957 - Albert Charles Jacobs, Trinity College | + | * 1957 - Albert Charles Jacobs, LLD, 14th President, Trinity College |
| - | * 1956 - Maxwell Davenport Taylor, Chief of Staff of the US Army, army officer, and diplomat | + | * 1956 - Maxwell Davenport Taylor, |
| - | * 1955 - Frank Diehl Fackenthal, | + | * 1955 - Frank Diehl Fackenthal, |
| - | * 1954 - Albert Charles Jacobs, Trinity College | + | * 1954 - Albert Charles Jacobs, LLD, 14th President, Trinity College |
| - | * 1953 - Irving Sands Olds, former Chairman and CEO of US Steel, lawyer, and philanthropist | + | * 1953 - Irving Sands Olds, LLD, Retired chairman |
| - | * 1952 - Lucius Dubignon Clay, former military governor of US zone in Germany, army officer, and war veteran | + | * 1952 - Lucius Dubignon Clay, LLD, Former commander-in chief, U.S. forces in Europe |
| - | * 1951 - John Davis Lodge, Governor of Connecticut, actor, lawyer, diplomat, and politician | + | * 1951 - John Davis Lodge, LLD, Governor of Connecticut |
| - | * 1950 - Harold Edward Stassen, University of Pennsylvania | + | * 1950 - Harold Edward Stassen, |
| - | * 1949 - John McKenney Mitchell | + | * 1949 - John McKenney Mitchell, |
| - | * 1948 - Allan Nevins, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, | + | * 1948 - Allan Nevins, LittD, Pulitzer Prize winning historian, |
| - | * 1947 - Everette Lee De Golyer, petroleum | + | * 1947 - Everette Lee DeGolyer, LLD, Oil company executive, petroleum |
| - | * 1946 - Vannevar Bush, director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, former president of the Carnegie | + | * 1946 - Vannevar Bush, ScD, President, Carnegie |
| - | * 1945 - Stanley Hart Osborn, | + | * 1945 - Stanley Hart Osborn, |
| - | * 1944 - James Fairfield English | + | |
| - | * 1943 - Robert Cutler, | + | * 1944 - James Fairfield English, |
| - | * 1942 - Michael Edward Coleman, | + | * 1943 - Robert Cutler, |
| - | * 1941 - Bernard Rosecrans Hubbard, | + | * 1942 - Michael Edward Coleman, |
| - | * 1940 - Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby, Trinity College | + | * 1941 - Bernard Rosecrans Hubbard, |
| - | * 1939 - Willard Cole Rappleye, | + | * 1940 - [[ogilby_remsen_brinckerhoff|Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby]], 12th President, Trinity College, Episcopal priest, and educator |
| + | * 1939 - Willard Cole Rappleye, | ||
| * 1938 - Gustav Anolph Kleene, PhD, professor of economics | * 1938 - Gustav Anolph Kleene, PhD, professor of economics | ||
| - | * 1937 - Wilbur Marshall Urban, | + | * 1937 - Wilbur Marshall Urban, |
| * 1936 - Henry Knox Sherrill, DD, Bishop of Massachusetts | * 1936 - Henry Knox Sherrill, DD, Bishop of Massachusetts | ||
| - | * 1935 - Samuel Eliot Morison, | + | * 1935 - Samuel Eliot Morison, |
| - | * 1934 - Theodore Leslie Shear, | + | * 1934 - Theodore Leslie Shear, |
| - | * 1933 - Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby, Trinity College | + | * 1933 - Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby, 12th President, Trinity College, Episcopal priest, and educator |
| - | * 1932 - Kenneth Ballard Murdock, | + | * 1932 - Kenneth Ballard Murdock, |
| - | * 1931 - Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby, Trinity College | + | * 1931 - Remsen Brinckerhoff Ogilby, 12th President, Trinity College, Episcopal priest, and educator |
| - | * 1930 - Andrew Keogh, LittD, | + | * 1930 - Andrew Keogh, LittD, |
| - | * 1929 - Charles McLean Andrews, LHD, former president | + | * 1929 - Charles McLean Andrews, LHD, Farnam Professor |
| - | * 1928 - George Daniel Olds, LLD, former president of Amherst College, mathematician, | + | * 1928 - George Daniel Olds, LLD, President emeritus, |
| - | * 1927 - Marshall Bowyer Stewart, | + | * 1927 - Marshall Bowyer Stewart, |
| - | * 1926 - Robert Ernest Vinson, DD, LLD, president | + | * 1926 - Robert Ernest Vinson, LLD, President |
| - | * 1925 - William Lawrence, DD, LLD, Bishop | + | * 1925 - William Lawrence, DD, Former |
| - | * 1924 - Winchell Smith, playwright | + | * 1924 - Winchell Smith, |
| - | * 1923 - Lawson Purdy ‘84, LLD, General Director of the Charity Organization Society, former president of the New York City Department of Taxes and Assessments, | + | * 1923 - Lawson Purdy, Class of 1884, LLD, General Director of the Charity Organization Society, former president of the New York City Department of Taxes and Assessments, |
| - | - James Rowland Angell, LLD, president of Yale University, psychologist, | + | -James Rowland Angell, LLD, president of Yale University, psychologist, |
| - | - Charles Harold Herford, LittD, English | + | -Charles Harold Herford, LittD, |
| - | - Charles Henry Brent, DD, LLD, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York | + | -Charles Henry Brent, DD, LLD, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York |
| - | * 1922 - Charles Seymour, | + | * 1922 - Charles Seymour, |
| - | * 1921 - Magnus | + | * 1921 - Magnus |
| - | - Vittorio Rolandi Ricci, Italian | + | -Vittorio Rolandi Ricci, LLD, Italian |
| - | * 1920 - John Marshall Holcombe, | + | * 1920 - John Marshall Holcombe, |
| - | * 1919 - Elbert Henry Gary LLD, ScD, co-founder of US Steel, lawyer, county judge, and business executive | + | * 1919 - Elbert Henry Gary, LLD, President, United States |
| - | * 1918 - George Wharton Pepper, lawyer | + | * 1918 - George Wharton Pepper, |
| - | - Former US President | + | -Theodore Roosevelt, ScD, 26th President of the United States |
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