Last week, the university announced that former Navy SEAL and humanitarian worker Eric Greitens will be this year’s commencement speaker. Here’s an overview of announced speakers at other schools:
Smith College: Jane Lynch, award-winning actress from Glee
Colby College: Tony Blair, former British prime minister
Oregon State University: Michelle Obama, first lady
Cornell University: Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City
Babson College: Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn executive chairman
Rochester Institute of Technology: Billy Nye the Science Guy
University of Virginia: Katie Couric, TV journalist
New York University: Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court justice
Duke and Harvard Universities: Fareed Zakaria, author and political analyst
Barnard College: Barack Obama, president
University of Southern California: Christiane Amanpour, journalist
Northeastern University: Colin Powell, former secretary of state
Wellesley: Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC pundit
George Washington University: Brian Williams, NBC Nightly News anchor
Princeton University: Steve Carell, actor
Rutgers University: Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Southern Methodist University: Condoleeza Rice, former secretary of state
University of Pennsylvania: Geoffrey Canada, Harlem Children’s Zone CEO
Yale University: Barbara Walters, ABC news anchor
Bentley University: Larry Lucchino, president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox
Columbia University: Rick MacArthur, president and publisher of Harper’s magazine