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John Lithgow, 2005
John Lithgow, 2005
Former Harvard Overseer, alumnus, founder of the Harvard Arts Medal, and acclaimed actor John Lithgow delivered the Comm... Read more
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Gertrude Stein, 1930s
Gertrude Stein, 1930s
Radcliffe graduate and celebrated American author, Gertrude Stein, read from her experimental literary work.
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Samuel Eliot Morison, 1936
Samuel Eliot Morison, 1936
Professor Samuel Eliot Morison, renowned historian of Harvard, also at the 300th Anniversary in 1936.
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Bill Gates, 2007
Bill Gates, 2007
Microsoft Founder and philanthropist Bill Gates delivered the 2007 Commencement Address upon receiving an honorary degre... Read more
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George C. Marshall, 1947
George C. Marshall, 1947
Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced The Marshall Plan on Commencement Day 1947 in Harvard Yard.
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Alan Greenspan, 1999
Alan Greenspan, 1999
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan spoke to graduates in 1999 on the value of personal character and education to t... Read more
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Nelson Mandela, 1998
Nelson Mandela, 1998
On September 18, 1998, at a rare, special convocation at which he was presented with an honorary degree, President Nelso... Read more
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Madeleine Albright, 1997
Madeleine Albright, 1997
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke to the class of 1997 on the 50th anniversary of the historic commencement ad... Read more
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Vaclav Havel, 1995
Vaclav Havel, 1995
At the 1995 Harvard Commencement, honorary degree recipient Vaclav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, spoke to grad... Read more
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Colin Powell, 1993
Colin Powell, 1993
General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in his commencement address in 1993, recalled the long trad... Read more
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Seamus Heaney, 1986
Seamus Heaney, 1986
Seamus Heaney, Boylston Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory, recited a celebratory poem for the occasion of Harvard’s 350t... Read more
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Mother Teresa, 1982
Mother Teresa, 1982
Another Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Mother Teresa, of The Society of the Missionaries of Charity, spoke in Harvard Yard ... Read more
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 1978
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 1978
In 1978, at the height of the Cold War, the exiled Nobel Prize-winning Russian novelist Alexander Solzhenitsyn, delivere... Read more
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Barbara Jordan, 1977
Barbara Jordan, 1977
In 1977, Congresswoman Barbara Jordan from Texas spoke to the Harvard Alumni Association.
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Sheldon Glashow, 1974 and Steven Weinberg, 1976
Sheldon Glashow, 1974 and Steven Weinberg, 1976
Two Harvard Nobel Prize Laureates talked about exciting developments in their scientific research: for Professor Sheldon... Read more
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