List of Commencement Speakers (1957-2009)

• 2009 (Speaker: Vice President Joe Biden)
• 2008 (Speaker: Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr.)
• 2007 (Speaker: New York Times columnist David Brooks)
• 2006 (Speaker: Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner)
• 2005 (Speaker: Professional Golfer Arnold Palmer, '51)
• 2004 (Speaker: Secretary of State Colin Powell)
• 2003 (Speaker: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg)
• 2002 (Speaker: U.S. Senator John McCain)
• 2001 (Speaker: Former First Lady Barbara Bush)
• 2000 (Speaker: Cisco CEO John Chambers)
• 1999 (Speaker: Cardinal Francis Arinze)
• 1998 (Speaker: White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles)
• 1997 (Speaker: IBM CEO Lou Gerstner)
• 1996 (Speaker: U.S. Senator Sam Nunn)
• 1995 (Speaker: CNN News Anchor Judy Woodruff)
• 1994 (Speaker: Former Congressman Jack Kemp)
• 1993 (Speaker: Notre Dame President Emeritus Theodore Hesburgh)