2003 Commencement Speakers• Biola University (Calif.)
Dr. Wesley K. Stafford
President of Christian relief agency
Compassion International • Case Western Reserve
University (Ohio)
Geraldine A. Ferraro
First female vice presidential
candidate • Claremont Graduate
University (Calif.)
Dr. Paul J. Zak
Co-chair of the university’s depart-
ment of economics; and founding
director of the Center for Neuro-
economics Studies • Clark University (Mass.)
Mark Shields
Columnist, commentator, moder-
ator of “The Capital Gang” • Cleveland State Univ. (Ohio)
Antwone Fisher
Author, producer and screenwriter
Scott Hamilton
Olympic champion ice skater and
humanitarian • Colgate University (N.Y.)
Anna Quindlen
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
and best-selling novelist •Colorado College (Colo.)
Andrew Shue
Actor, activist, athlete and
entrepreneur •DePauw University (Ind.)
John McWethy
Chief national security
correspondent, ABC News and
1969 DePauw graduate •Drew University (N.J.)
James McGreevey
Governor of New Jersey
•Elon University (N.C.)
Deborah Yow-Bowden
Athletics director, University of
Maryland-College Park, (first woman
to hold such position at a Div. I school) •Emerson College (Mass.)
(Undergraduate Ceremony)
Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del.
U.S. Senator•Emory University (Ga.)
(Oxford College)
Seamus Heaney
1995 Nobel Prize-winning poet, author,
and professor at Oxford and Harvard
Cynthia Tucker
Editorial page editor,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
•Florida A&M University
Tom Joyner
Syndicated radio DJ & philanthropist •George Washington
University (D.C.)
Mark R. Warner
Governor of Virginia•Hampton University (Va.)
Bill Cosby
Actor, comedian and philanthropist•Harvard University (Mass.)
Ernesto Zedillo
Former president of Mexico and
economist
•Huston-Tillotson College
(Texas)
Hon. Samuel T. Biscoe
Travis County Judge •Indiana University,
Bloomington
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.
U.S. Senator•Iowa State University
(Undergraduate Ceremony)
Tom Vilsack
Governor of Iowa•Johnson C. Smith University
(N.C.)
Christopher P. Gardner
President & CEO,
Gardner Rich
& Co. Inc. (brokerage firm) •Kean University (N.J.)
(Undergraduate Ceremony)
Dr. Frank J. Esposito
Interim president of the university•Lycoming College (Pa.)
Dr. Robert Krueger
Former U.S. Congressman,
Senator and ambassador •Medgar Evers College (N.Y.)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
U.S. Senator •Middlebury College (Vt.)
Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico •Morehouse College (Ga.)
Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Senior Managing Director, Lazard
Freres & Co. and former presidential adviser •Mt. San Antonio College (Calif.)
Dr. Bob Suzuki
President, California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona
•New York University
Michael R. Bloomberg
Mayor of New York City •Norfolk State University (Va.)
Earl Graves
Founder & publisher,
Black Enterprise magazine •Ohio Wesleyan University
Dr. Paul Farmer
World-renowned authority
on tuberculosis,
medical co-director of
Clinique Bon Sauveur,
a charity hospital in Haiti •Old Dominion University (Va.)
(Morning Ceremony)
David R. Goode
Chairman/President/CEO of
Norfolk Southern Corporation •Pennsylvania State University
(College of Liberal Arts for
Undergraduate and Associate
Degrees)
Jonathan Kozol
Author of works focusing on race,
poverty and education•Regent University (Va.)
Elaine L. Chao
U.S. Secretary of Labor •Rice University (Texas)
Shannon Lucid
NASA’s senior female astronaut •Rollins College-Brevard
(Fla.)
Duane DeFreese
Vice president, Florida Research,
Hubbs-SeaWorld Research
Institute •Roosevelt University (Ill.)
Dr. Freeman Hrabowski III
President, University of Maryland
Baltimore County
•Sarah Lawrence College (N.Y.)
Dr. Shirley Tilghman
President, Princeton University •Smith College (Mass.)
Madeleine Albright
Former U.S. Secretary of State •Southern Methodist
University (Texas)
Herb D. Kelleher
Founder & Chairman,
Southwest Airlines •Spelman College (Ga.)
Suzan-Lori Parks
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright •St. Bonaventure University
(N.Y.)
Bob Schieffer
CBS News reporter, moderator of
“Face the Nation” •Stanford University (Calif.)
Alejandro Toledo
President of Peru &
Stanford alumnus •Stetson College of Law (Fla.)
Mel Martinez
U.S. Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development •SUNY Cortland (N.Y.)
(Undergraduate Ceremony)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.
U.S. Senator •Syracuse University &
SUNY College of Environmental
(N.Y.) Science and Forestry
(joint exercises)
The Honorable William J. Clinton
42nd President of the United States
•Tennessee State University
Shirley Cunningham
Managing partner, Cunningham &
Grundy Law Group,
1976 TSU graduate
Dr. Jean Flagg-Newton
Director of Research, Office of
Health Disparities Research,
National Center on Minority Health
and Health Disparities, TSU graduate •Tougaloo College (Miss.)
The Honorable William J. Clinton
42nd President of the United States •Tulane University (La.)
David Halberstam
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and
renowned political social commentator •Tuskegee University (Ala.)
Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton
Physician and author of the
Pulitzer Prize-nominated book
The Ditchdigger’s Daughters •University of California-
Berkeley
Jim Gray
Database and transaction
processing specialist at Microsoft •University of Colorado
at Boulder
Jim Voss
Astronaut and graduate of CU-Boulder •University of Denver (Colo.)
(Graduate Ceremony)
Brian Lamb
President & CEO of C-SPAN
(Undergraduate Ceremony)
Gale Norton
Secretary,
U.S. Department of the Interior
•University of Laverne
(Calif.)
(Undergraduate Ceremony)
Gaddi H. Vasquez
The 16th Director of the Peace Corps•University of Maryland-
Baltimore
Dr. Anthony Fauci
Director, National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases, National
Institutes of Health •University of Maryland-
College Park
Franklin D. Raines
Chairman & CEO, Fannie Mae•University of Michigan
Jennifer Granholm
Governor of Michigan •University of Pennsylvania
Desmond Tutu
Archbishop and Nobel laureate •University of Southern
California
Dr. Ruth J. Simmons
President, Brown University •University of Southern
Colorado
U.S. Rep. Scott McInnis, R-Colo.
U.S. Representative •University of Texas-Austin
Michael S. Dell Chairman & CEO,
Dell Computer •Ursinus College (Pa.)
Lisa Najeeb Halaby
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan
•Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University
(University Ceremony)
Leroy Hassell Sr.
Virginia Supreme Court Justice•Wake Forest University (N.C.)
Hon. Michael R. Bloomberg
Mayor of New York City •Wellesley College (Mass.)
Linda Wertheimer
Veteran broadcast journalist,
National Public Radio •West Virginia University
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan
West Virginia 1st District Congressman •Wiley College (Texas)
Tony Brown
Television journalist &
radio talk show host •The College of William & Mary (Va.)
Lisa Najeeb Halaby
Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan •Wingate University (N.C.)
Rep. Robin Hayes
8th Congressional District
of North Carolina •Winston-Salem State
University (N.C.)
Alexis Herman
Former and first African American
Secretary of Labor •Xavier University (La.)
The Rev. Andrew Young
Veteran politician and civil rights
activist, former Ambassador to the
United Nations
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