Year |
University
Commencement |
Undergraduate Diploma
Ceremony
Schools of Arts & Sciences
and Engineering |
2008 |
William R. Brody
President
The Johns Hopkins University
Speech is online
here. |
William Nye ("Bill Nye the Science Guy") |
|
2007 |
William R. Brody
President
The Johns Hopkins University
Speech is online
here. |
Brian Billick, Head Coach of the Baltimore Ravens |
|
2006 |
William R. Brody
President
The Johns Hopkins University
Speech is online
here. |
Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D., Director, National
Institutes of Health
Speech is online
here. |
|
2005 |
William R. Brody
President
The Johns Hopkins University
Speech is online
here. |
Honorable Albert Gore, Jr.
Fomer vice president
United States of America
Speech is online
here. |
|
2004 |
William R. Brody
President
The Johns Hopkins University
Speech is online
here. |
William H. "Bill" Cosby Jr.
Actor, comedian |
|
2003 |
William R. Brody
President,
The Johns Hopkins University
Speech is online
here. |
Michael R. Bloomberg '64
Mayor
New York City
Speech is online
here. |
|
2002 |
William R. Brody
President,
The Johns Hopkins University
Speech is online
here. |
Tom Brokaw
Anchor
NBC Nightly News
Speech is online
here. |
|
2001 |
William R. Brody
President,
The Johns Hopkins University
Speech is online
here. |
Al Hunt
Executive Washington editor
The Wall Street Journal
Speech is online
here. |
|
2000 |
William R. Brody
President,
The Johns Hopkins University
Speech is online
here. |
George Tenet
Director of central intelligence
Speech is online
here. |
|
1999 |
William R. Brody
President,
The Johns Hopkins University
Speech is online
here. |
John McCain
U.S. senator, R-Ariz.
Speech is online
here. |
|
1998 |
William R. Brody
President,
The Johns Hopkins University |
Elizabeth Dole
President,
The American Red Cross |
|
1997 |
William R. Brody
President,
The Johns Hopkins University |
Timothy Johnson
Medical editor
ABC News |
|
1996 |
Sadako Ogata
U.N. high commissioner
for refugees |
George Bush
Former president
United States of America |
|
1995 |
Barbara Mikulski
U.S. senator, D-Md. |
Ted Koppel
Anchor
ABC News "Nightline" |
|
1994 |
Madeleine Albright
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations |
Benjamin Carson
Director, pediatric neurosurgery
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions |
|
1993 |
Richard von Weizsackerin
President
Federal Republic of Germany |
Barry Levinson
filmmaker |
|
1992 |
Brian Mulroney
Prime minister
Canada |
Lee Iaccocca
Chairman
Chrysler Corp. |
|
1991 |
Thomas R. Odhiambo
Founder and director
Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology |
Tom Clancy
Novelist |
|
1990 |
Sol Linowitz
Ambassador |
Garry Trudeau
Cartoonist |
|
1989 |
Javier Perez de Cuellar
Secretary general
United Nations |
Kenneth M. Duberstein
Former White House chief of staff
(Reagan administration) |
|
1988 |
J. William Fulbright
Former chairman
Foreign Relations Committee
U.S. Senate |
Mario Cuomo
Governor
New York |
|
1987 |
M. Vartan Gregorian
President
New York Public Library |
Howard Cosell
Sportscaster |
|
1986 |
Eric R. Kandel
Professor
Columbia University |
Roger Revelle
Professor
science and technology policy
University of California, San Diego |
|
1985 |
James W. Rouse
Developer |
John Houseman
Actor |
|
1984 |
Paul Volcker
Chairman
Federal Reserve Board |
William F. Buckley Jr.
Journalist and author |
|
1983 |
Harry Woolf
Director
Institute for Advanced Study |
Bill Bradley
U.S. senator, D-N.J. |
|
1982 |
Ralf G. Dahrendorf
Director
London School of Economics |
William Donald Schaefer
Mayor of Baltimore |
|
1981 |
Franklin D. Murphy
Chairman
Times-Mirror Co. |
no outside speaker |
|
1980 |
Leonard Bernstein
Composer and conductor |
Roger Stevens
Chairman of the board
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
|
1979 |
Rosalyn S. Yalow
Nobel Prize winner
Biomedical researcher
VA Hospital, The Bronx |
Dick Cavett
Talk show host |
|
1978 |
John R. Evans
President
University of Toronto |
Hyman Rickover
Admiral (retired)
U.S. Navy |
|
1977 |
William D. McElroy
chancellor
University of California, San Diego |
Isaac Asimov
author |
|
1976 |
Lewis Thomas
President
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute |
Tom Wicker
Columnist
The New York Times |
|
1975 |
William Scranton
Former governor
Pennsylvania |
no outside speaker |
|
1974 |
Rafael Hernandez Colon
Governor
Puerto Rico |
no outside speaker |