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Commencement addresses

<p align="left"> See also the <em><a href="http://news.stanford.edu/sr/">Stanford Report</a></em> for recent speeches. When available, links to online text and video of speeches are included.</p>

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<b>#</b></td>
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<b>Year</b></td>
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<b>Speaker</b></td>
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<b>Occupation</b></td>
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<b>Date</b></td>
<td>
<b>Title of Speech</b></td>
<td>
<b>Full Text</b></td>
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<b>Video</b></td></tr></thead>
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<td>1st</td>
<td>1892</td>
<td>Rev. Myron W. Reed</td>
<td>President, National Charities Association</td>
<td>June 15, 1892</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>2nd</td>
<td>1893</td>
<td>George E. Howard</td>
<td>Professor of History</td>
<td>May 31, 1893</td>
<td>"The American University and the American Man"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1893.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 2nd commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>3rd</td>
<td>1894</td>
<td>John Casper Branner</td>
<td>Professor of Geology</td>
<td>May 30, 1894</td>
<td>"The Education of the Scientific Man"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>4th</td>
<td>1895</td>
<td>John M. Stillman</td>
<td>Professor of Chemistry</td>
<td>May 29, 1895</td>
<td>"Specialization in Education"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1895.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 4th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>5th</td>
<td>1896</td>
<td>Melville B. Anderson</td>
<td>Professor of English Literature</td>
<td>May 27, 1896</td>
<td>"Hamlet: the Transition from the Contemplative to the Active Life"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>6th</td>
<td>1897</td>
<td>Oliver P. Jenkins</td>
<td>Professor of Physiology and Histology</td>
<td>May 26, 1897</td>
<td>"he Passing of Plato"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1897.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 6th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>7th</td>
<td>1898</td>
<td>Walter Miller</td>
<td>Professor of Classical Philology</td>
<td>May 25, 1898</td>
<td>"The Old and the New"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1898.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 7th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>8th</td>
<td>1899</td>
<td>Fernando Sanford</td>
<td>Professor of Physics</td>
<td>May 24, 1899</td>
<td>"The Scientific Method and its Limitations"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1899.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 8th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>9th</td>
<td>1900</td>
<td>William H. Hudson</td>
<td>Professor of English Literature</td>
<td>May 30, 1900</td>
<td>"The Culture of Today and the Literature of Tomorrow"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>10th</td>
<td>1901</td>
<td>George M. Richardson</td>
<td>Professor of Organic Chemistry</td>
<td>May 29, 1901</td>
<td>"The Gospel of Work"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1901.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 10th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>11th</td>
<td>1902</td>
<td>Augustus T. Murray</td>
<td>Professor of Greek</td>
<td>May 28, 1902</td>
<td>"A Parallel and a Lesson"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>12th</td>
<td>1903</td>
<td>Ewald Flugel</td>
<td>Professor of English Philology</td>
<td>May 25, 1903</td>
<td>"Our Anniversary is One of Hope"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>13th</td>
<td>1904</td>
<td>Orrin Leslie Elliot</td>
<td>Registrar</td>
<td>May 18, 1904</td>
<td>"The Higher Education and Progress"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1904.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 13th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>14th</td>
<td>1905</td>
<td>Charles D. Marx</td>
<td>Professor of Civil Engineering</td>
<td>May 24, 1905</td>
<td>"General Education of Engineers"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>15th</td>
<td>1906</td>
<td>Benjamin I. Wheeler</td>
<td>President, University of California</td>
<td>Sep 15, 1906</td>
<td>"Orthography"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1906.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 15th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>16th</td>
<td>1907</td>
<td>Harris Weinstock</td>
<td>Sacramento merchant &amp; Trustee, State of California</td>
<td>May 22, 1907</td>
<td>"The Nation's Greatest Need of the Hour"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1907.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 16th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>17th</td>
<td>1908</td>
<td>Ernest Carrol Moore</td>
<td>Superintendent of Schools, Los Angeles</td>
<td>May 20, 1908</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>18th</td>
<td>1909</td>
<td>James Parker Hall</td>
<td>Dean, University of Chicago Law School</td>
<td>May 19, 1909</td>
<td>"Business and the Nation"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>19th</td>
<td>1910</td>
<td>William F. Slocum</td>
<td>President, Colorado College</td>
<td>May 23, 1910</td>
<td>"The Nation's Guarantee of Personal Rights"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>20th</td>
<td>1911</td>
<td>Rev. Charles David Williams</td>
<td>Bishop of Michigan</td>
<td>May 22, 1911</td>
<td>"The New Patriotism and its Appeal to the College Graduate"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1911.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 20th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>21st</td>
<td>1912</td>
<td>David P. Barrows</td>
<td>Professor of Political Science, University of California</td>
<td>May 20, 1912</td>
<td>"Possible Influences of the Panama Canal on our National Characters"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>22nd</td>
<td>1913</td>
<td>David Starr Jordan</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>May 19, 1913</td>
<td>"The Conquest of Europe by America"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>23rd</td>
<td>1914</td>
<td>John Casper Branner</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>May 18, 1914</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>24th</td>
<td>1915</td>
<td>David Starr Jordan</td>
<td>University Chancellor</td>
<td>May 17, 1915</td>
<td>"The Visionary in History"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>25th</td>
<td>1916</td>
<td>David Starr Jordan</td>
<td>University Chancellor</td>
<td>May 22, 1916</td>
<td>"Twenty-Five Years of Stanford"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1916.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 25th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>26th</td>
<td>1917</td>
<td>John M. Stillman</td>
<td>University Vice President</td>
<td>May 21, 1917</td>
<td>"idealism and National Policy"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1917.pdf">PDF<span class="element-invisible">of 26th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>27th</td>
<td>1918</td>
<td>John L. McNab</td>
<td>U.S. District Attorney of San Francisco</td>
<td>Jun 17, 1918</td>
<td>"A Call to Arms"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>28th</td>
<td>1919</td>
<td>Paul Shorey</td>
<td>Professor of Greek, University of Chicago</td>
<td>Jun 16, 1919</td>
<td>"America First"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>29th</td>
<td>1920</td>
<td>Stephen S. Wise</td>
<td>American Reform Rabbi and Zionist Leader</td>
<td>Jun 21, 1920</td>
<td>"The University and the Nation: a Study in Relationships"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>30th</td>
<td><a name="1921" id="1921"></a>1921</td>
<td>Ray Lyman Wilbur, '96</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>Jun 20, 1921</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>31st</td>
<td>1922</td>
<td>Alonzo E. Taylor</td>
<td>Director, Food Research Institute</td>
<td>Jun 19, 1922</td>
<td>"Obligation of the University to the Student"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>32nd</td>
<td>1923</td>
<td>Robert A. Millikan</td>
<td>Director, Norman Bridge Laboratory, California Institute of Technology</td>
<td>Jun 19, 1923</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>33rd</td>
<td>1924</td>
<td>Henry Suzzallo, '99</td>
<td>President, University of Washington</td>
<td>Jun 23, 1924</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>34th</td>
<td>1925</td>
<td>Herbert C. Hoover, '95</td>
<td>U.S. Secretary of Commerce</td>
<td>Jun 22, 1925</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>35th</td>
<td>1926</td>
<td>Ray Lyman Wilbur, '96</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>Jun 21, 1926</td>
<td>"The Volunteer"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>36th</td>
<td>1927</td>
<td>Ray Lyman Wilbur, '96</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>Jun 20, 1927</td>
<td>"Pacific Neighbors"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>37th</td>
<td>1928</td>
<td>John H. Finley</td>
<td>Editor, New York Times</td>
<td>Jun 18, 1928</td>
<td>"Planetary Thinking"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>38th</td>
<td>1929</td>
<td>Ray Lyman Wilbur, '96</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>Jun 17, 1929</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>39th</td>
<td>1930</td>
<td>Robert Eckles Swain, '99</td>
<td>Acting University President</td>
<td>Jun 16, 1930</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>40th</td>
<td>1931</td>
<td>William W. Campbell</td>
<td>President Emeritus, University of California</td>
<td>Jun 15, 1931</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>41st</td>
<td>1932</td>
<td>James Thomson Shotwell</td>
<td>Professor of History, Columbia University</td>
<td>Jun 20, 1932</td>
<td>"Peace"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>42nd</td>
<td>1933</td>
<td>Ray Lyman Wilbur, '96</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>Jun 19, 1933</td>
<td>"Is this a new Renaissance?"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1933.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 42nd commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>43rd</td>
<td>1934</td>
<td>Ray Lyman Wilbur, '96</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>Jun 18, 1934</td>
<td>"Self Navigation"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>44th</td>
<td>1935</td>
<td>Herbert C. Hoover, '95</td>
<td>Former U.S. President</td>
<td>Jun 16, 1935</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>45th</td>
<td>1936</td>
<td>William F. Durand</td>
<td>Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering</td>
<td>Jun 14, 1936</td>
<td>"Problems"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>46th</td>
<td>1937</td>
<td>Ray Lyman Wilbur, '96</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>Jun 13, 1937</td>
<td>"Coasting"</td>
<td></td>
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<td>47th</td>
<td>1938</td>
<td>Arthur Howland Young</td>
<td>Consulting Professor of Industrial Relations</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>48th</td>
<td>1939</td>
<td>Ray Lyman Wilbur, '96</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>June 18, 1939</td>
<td>"Human Hopes"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1939.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 48th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>49th</td>
<td>1940</td>
<td>Ray Lyman Wilbur, '96</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>June 16, 1940</td>
<td>"Wheels"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1940.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 49th commencement speech</span> </a></td>
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<td>50th</td>
<td><a name="1941" id="1941"></a>1941</td>
<td>Charles A. Beardsley, '06</td>
<td>Former President, American Bar Association</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>51st</td>
<td>1941</td>
<td>Lou Henry Hoover, '98</td>
<td>Former First Lady</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>51st</td>
<td>1942</td>
<td>Monroe E. Deutsch</td>
<td>Vice President and Provost, University of California</td>
<td>June 14, 1942</td>
<td></td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1942.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 51st commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>52nd</td>
<td>1943</td>
<td>Ray Lyman Wilbur, '96</td>
<td>University Chancellor</td>
<td>June 13, 1943</td>
<td>"The Human Family, Inc."</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1943.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 52nd commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>53rd</td>
<td>1944</td>
<td>Henry R. Luce</td>
<td>Editor, Time, Life, and Fortune magazines</td>
<td>July 2, 1944</td>
<td>"The Human Situation"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1944.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 53rd commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>54th</td>
<td>1945</td>
<td>Isaiah Bowman</td>
<td>President, Johns Hopkins University</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>55th</td>
<td>1946</td>
<td>Ordway Tread</td>
<td>Editor &amp; Director, Harper &amp; Brothers; Chairman, New York City Board of Higher
Education</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>56th</td>
<td>1947</td>
<td>Lee A. DuBridge</td>
<td>President, California Institute of Technology</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>57th</td>
<td>1948</td>
<td>O.C. Carmichael</td>
<td>President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching</td>
<td>June 13, 1948</td>
<td>"The Role of the Educated"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1948.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 2nd commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>58th</td>
<td>1949</td>
<td>J.E. Wallace Sterling, '38</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>59th</td>
<td>1950</td>
<td>Lester Bowles Pearson</td>
<td>Secretary of State for External Affairs, Canada</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>60th</td>
<td><a name="1951" id="1951"></a>1951</td>
<td>Eugene Meyer</td>
<td>Chairman of the Board, Washington Post</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>61st</td>
<td>1952</td>
<td>Clark Kerr</td>
<td>Chancellor Designate, University of California</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>62nd</td>
<td>1953</td>
<td>Sir Percy Spender</td>
<td>Australian Ambassador to the United States</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>63rd</td>
<td>1954</td>
<td>Robert C. Swain, '28</td>
<td>Vice President, American Cynamid Co.</td>
<td>June 13, 1954</td>
<td>"The Human Tortoise and the Scientific Hare"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1954.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 63rd commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>64th</td>
<td>1955</td>
<td>Dag Hammarskjold</td>
<td>Secretary General, United Nations</td>
<td>June 19, 1955</td>
<td>"The Nation and the World"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1955.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 64th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>65th</td>
<td>1956</td>
<td>N.A.M. Mackenzie</td>
<td>President, University of British Columbia</td>
<td>June 17, 1956</td>
<td>"A Vision of Greatness"</td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1956.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 65th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>66th</td>
<td>1957</td>
<td>J.E. Wallace Sterling, '38</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>67th</td>
<td>1958</td>
<td>J.E. Wallace Sterling, '38</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td>June 15, 1958</td>
<td></td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1958.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 67th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>68th</td>
<td>1959</td>
<td>J.E. Wallace Sterling, '38</td>
<td>University President</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>69th</td>
<td>1960</td>
<td>Barnaby C. Keeney</td>
<td>President, Brown University</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>70th</td>
<td></a>1961</td>
<td>James D. Zellerbach</td>
<td>Former U.S. Ambassador to Italy</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>71st</td>
<td>1962</td>
<td>Edwin H. Land</td>
<td>President and Director of Research, Polaroid Corp.</td>
<td>June 16, 1962</td>
<td></td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1962.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 71st commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>72nd</td>
<td>1963</td>
<td>Lauris Norstad</td>
<td>Retired General, U.S. Air Force; President, Owens-Corning</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>73rd</td>
<td>1964</td>
<td>Earl Warren</td>
<td>Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
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<td>74th</td>
<td>1965</td>
<td>David Elliot Bell</td>
<td>Administrator, Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of State</td>
<td>June 13, 1965</td>
<td></td>
<td>
<a href="http://www.stanford.edu/dept/spec_coll/uarch/commencement/SC1020_1965.pdf">PDF <span class="element-invisible">of 74th commencement speech</span></a></td>
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<td>75th</td>
<td>1966</td>
<td>Monroe E. Spaght, '29, AM '31, PhD '33</td>
<td>Managing Director, Royal Dutch Shell International</td>
<td>June 12, 1966</td>
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<td>76th</td>
<td>1967</td>
<td>John Fischer</td>
<td>Editor in Chief, <em>Harper's</em> Magazine</td>
<td>June 18, 1967</td>
<td>"Four Choices for Young People"</td>
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<td>77th</td>
<td>1968</td>
<td>J.E. Wallace Sterling, '38</td>
<td>University President</td>
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<td>78th</td>
<td>1969</td>
<td>W. Willard Wirtz</td>
<td>Former U.S. Secretary of Labor</td>
<td>June 15, 1969</td>
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<td>79th</td>
<td>1970</td>
<td>Charles H. Percy</td>
<td>Illinois Senator</td>
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<td>80th</td>
<td><a name="1971" id="1971"></a>1971</td>
<td>Eric Sevareid</td>
<td>CBS Washington Correspondent</td>
<td>June 13, 1971</td>
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<td>81st</td>
<td>1972</td>
<td>James Reston</td>
<td>Vice President, New York Times</td>
<td>June 11, 1972</td>
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<td>82nd</td>
<td>1973</td>
<td>John Usher Monro</td>
<td>Director of Freshman Studies, Miles College; Former Dean, Harvard College</td>
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<td>83rd</td>
<td>1974</td>
<td>Archibald Cox</td>
<td>Professor of Law, Harvard; Former Watergate Special Prosecutor</td>
<td>June 16, 1974</td>
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<td>84th</td>
<td>1975</td>
<td>Daniel P. Moynihan</td>
<td>Professor of Government, Harvard</td>
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<td>"Can the System Work?"</td>
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<td>85th</td>
<td>1976</td>
<td>Carla A. Hills, '55</td>
<td>U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development</td>
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<td>86th</td>
<td>1977</td>
<td>John Hope Franklin</td>
<td>Professor of History, University of Chicago</td>
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<td>87th</td>
<td>1978</td>
<td>Donald Kennedy</td>
<td>Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Professor of Biological Sciences</td>
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<td>88th</td>
<td>1979</td>
<td>Andrew Young</td>
<td>U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations</td>
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<td>89th</td>
<td>1980</td>
<td>Lewis Thomas</td>
<td>President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center</td>
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<td>90th</td>
<td>1981</td>
<td>Warren Christoper, '49</td>
<td>Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State</td>
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<td>91st</td>
<td>1982</td>
<td>Sandray Day O'Connor, '50</td>
<td>U.S. Supreme Court Justice</td>
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<td>92nd</td>
<td>1983</td>
<td>George P. Shultz</td>
<td>U.S. Secretary of State; Professor of Public Policy</td>
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<td>93rd</td>
<td>1984</td>
<td>Richard W. Lyman</td>
<td>President, Rockefeller Foundation</td>
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<td>94th</td>
<td>1985</td>
<td>Mario Cuomo</td>
<td>Governor, New York</td>
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<td>95th</td>
<td>1986</td>
<td>Ted Koppel, '62</td>
<td>ABC-TV "Nightline" host</td>
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<td>96th</td>
<td>1987</td>
<td>Thomas "Tip" O'Neill</td>
<td>Retired Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives</td>
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<td>97th</td>
<td>1988</td>
<td>Robert C. Maynard</td>
<td>Editor and President, Oakland Tribune</td>
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<td>98th</td>
<td>1989</td>
<td>Garry Trudeau</td>
<td>Cartoonist, Doonesbury</td>
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<td>99th</td>
<td>1990</td>
<td>Marion Wright Edelman</td>
<td>President, Children's Defense Fund</td>
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<td>100th</td>
<td><a name="1991" id="1991"></a>1991</td>
<td>John W. Gardner, '35, AM '36</td>
<td>Haas Centennial Professor of Public Service; Founder, Common Cause; Former U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare</td>
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<td>101st</td>
<td>1992</td>
<td>Kirk Varnedoe, AM '70, PhD '72</td>
<td>Director, Department of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art</td>
<td>June 14, 1992</td>
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<td>102nd</td>
<td>1993</td>
<td>Dianne Feinstein, '55</td>
<td>United States Senator</td>
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<td>103rd</td>
<td>1994</td>
<td>Stephen Carter, '76</td>
<td>Professor of Law, Yale University</td>
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<td>104th</td>
<td>1995</td>
<td>William Perry, '49</td>
<td>U.S. Secretary of Defense</td>
<td>June 18, 1995</td>
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<td>105th</td>
<td>1996</td>
<td>Mae Jemison, '77</td>
<td>Founder and Director, Jemison Institute for Advanced Technology in Developing Countries
at Dartmouth College</td>

<td>June 19, 1996</td>
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<td>106th</td>
<td>1997</td>
<td>Stephen Breyer, '59</td>
<td>U.S. Supreme Court Justice</td>
<td>June 18, 1997</td>
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<td>107th</td>
<td>1998</td>
<td>Ted Koppel, AM '62</td>
<td>Anchor of ABC's "Nightline"</td>
<td>June 14, 1998</td>
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<td>108th</td>
<td>1999</td>
<td>Robert Pinsky, AM '67</td>
<td>Poet</td>
<td>June 13, 1999</td>
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<td>109th</td>
<td>2000</td>
<td>Kofi Annan</td>
<td>Secretary General, United Nations</td>
<td>June 14, 2000</td>
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<td>110th</td>
<td><a name="2001" id="2001"></a>2001</td>
<td>Carleton (Carly) S. Fiorina, '76</td>
<td>Chairman and CEO, Hewlett Packard Co.</td>
<td>June 17, 2001</td>
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<td>111th</td>
<td>2002</td>
<td>Condoleeza Rice</td>
<td>National Security Advisor</td>
<td>June 16, 2002</td>
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<td>112th</td>
<td>2003</td>
<td>Alejandro Toledo, AM '72, AM '74, PhD '92</td>
<td>President of Peru</td>
<td>June 15, 2003</td>
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<td>113th</td>
<td>2004</td>
<td>Sandra Day O'Connor, '50</td>
<td>U.S. Supreme Court Justice</td>
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<td>114th</td>
<td>2005</td>
<td>Steve Jobs</td>
<td>Co-Founder and CEO, Apple Inc.</td>
<td>June 12, 2005</td>
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<td>115th</td>
<td>2006</td>
<td>Tom Brokaw (undergraduate)</td>
<td>Anchor, NBC Nightly News</td>
<td>June 18, 2006</td>
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<td>115th</td>
<td>2006</td>
<td>Vartan Gregorian, '58, PhD '64 (graduate)</td>
<td>President of the Carnegie Corporation, former president of the New York Public Library
and Brown University</td>
<td>June 17, 2006</td>
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<td>116th</td>
<td>2007</td>
<td>Dana Gioia</td>
<td>Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts</td>
<td>June 17, 2007</td>
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<td>117th</td>
<td>2008</td>
<td>Oprah Winfrey</td>
<td>Global media leader and philanthropist</td>
<td>June 15, 2008</td>
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<td>118th</td>
<td>2009</td>
<td>Anthony M. Kennedy</td>
<td>Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court</td>
<td>June 14, 2009</td>
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<td>119th</td>
<td>2010</td>
<td>Susan E. Rice, '86</td>
<td>U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations</td>
<td>June 13, 2010</td>
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<td>120th</td>
<td><a name="2011" id="2011"></a>2011</td>
<td>Felipe Calderon Hinojosa</td>
<td>President of Mexico</td>
<td>June 12, 2011</td>
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<td>2012</td>
<td>Cory Booker, '91, AM '92</td>
<td>Mayor of Newark, NJ</td>
<td>June 17, 2012</td>
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<td>122nd</td>
<td>2013</td>
<td>Michael Bloomberg</td>
<td>Mayor of New York, NY</td>
<td>June 16, 2013</td>
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<td>123rd</td>
<td>2014</td>
<td>Bill and Melinda Gates</td>
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<td>Jun 15, 2014</td>
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<td>124th</td>
<td>2015</td>
<td>Richard Engel</td>
<td>Chief foreign correspondent for NBC News</td>
<td>Jun 14, 2015</td>
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