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Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

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beautyq115
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Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Undergrad from Marist...Mr Rogers...for me this was like a dream come true...I watched his show with my mom when I was young. At graduation he played "It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood" OMG I was in tears...it was like life came full circle.

Grad School from CW Post...Then Att General Elliot Spitzer...I liked seeing him

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Posted 3/14/07 9:28 PM
 
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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

I AM SO JEALOUS MR. ROGERS spoke at yours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Chat Icon


At my graduation, Mayor Buddy Cianci spoke. He is now in jail.Chat Icon

Posted 3/14/07 9:32 PM
 

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Ann Compton

Posted 3/14/07 9:33 PM
 

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

undergrad from Hofstra - we had Brian Dennehy and I was up close to him and I actually heard him complain about having to stick around longer than he anticipated - Tommy Boy is not the same anymoreChat Icon

Posted 3/14/07 9:34 PM
 

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Wendy Kopp - Founder of Teach for America. She had just started the program. She was boring as hell - so much so that the star wrestler, broke out his Game Boy and played right int he middle.

Posted 3/14/07 9:34 PM
 

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Suppose to be Anna Quindlan - but that fell through

so it was some priest - he was a good speaker but I wanted someone famous!

My friend had James Earl Jones , who at the end of his speech,

said "May the Force Be With You"

Posted 3/14/07 9:38 PM
 

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Posted 3/14/07 9:38 PM
 

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Chuck Schumer

Posted 3/14/07 9:39 PM
 

Arieschick29
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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

I dont remember- I had a Dec graduation so the speaker was probably local

DH had Jon Favreau for HS and Michael Badalucco for Undergrad

Posted 3/14/07 9:40 PM
 

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Posted by kbeana24

from SUNY Binghamton, class of 2000, Paul Reiser was the speaker.
ed: he was an alumni and gave a great speech



He was an alum of my HS!

My graduation speaker was *yawn* Chuck Schumer. Oddly enough, I went to HS with his daughter and had heard him speak before AND I knew some people who had friends at other local colleges (fordham), and he gave the EXACT same speech, and it was basically a capaign speech and had nothing to do with us. It blew.

In HS my freshman year they had Frank McCourt, he used to teach at my HS, and that was awesome. I'm pretty sure we had the Manhattan Boro Pres. or something. I don't even remember. Hilary Clinton said yes to us, but her entourage would have taken up too much of our seating!

ETA: My Fh had BONO as his graduation speaker. It was even on Best Week Ever! And I have some great close up shotrs of him in his cap and gown (they gave him an honorary degree)

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Posted 3/14/07 9:40 PM
 

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Undergrad - Tom Wolfe - he sounded drunk

Grad - Christiane Amanpour and Ray Kelly - it was the first graduation after 9/11 and right in Washington Square Park so it was very emotional and powerful. Also, Neil Diamond performed. We had a sunny day and it was awesome, definitely worth attending.

Posted 3/14/07 9:47 PM
 

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

UG: Chat Icon I can't remeber. My best friend had Marisa Tomei. She graduated from BU.

GR: Hillary Rodham Clinton Chat Icon

Posted 3/14/07 9:54 PM
 

Samlove

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

I have no clue - I rally dont remember. I was so hung over that day anyway

Posted 3/14/07 9:57 PM
 

NewlyMrs
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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

i don't remember who was my undergrad, but my graduate was H. Clinton

Posted 3/14/07 9:57 PM
 

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We had Jimmy Carter.

Posted 3/14/07 9:58 PM
 

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Undergrad: Hofstra Business May 1997 was the CEO of KLM airlines. No idea what his name was. That year the Libral Arts school had Billy Joel.

Grad: NYU SCPS Dec 2001 No idea.

DH's undergrad speaker was Bill Cosby, but his son had been murdered right before that and DH said it was a very strange speech.

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Posted 3/14/07 10:10 PM
 

CaMacho
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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

SUNY Oneonta - we had a firefighter who was a hero from 9/11. He was a GREAT speaker.

Posted 3/14/07 10:11 PM
 

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Posted by MrsMadness

Grad - Christiane Amanpour and Ray Kelly - it was the first graduation after 9/11 and right in Washington Square Park so it was very emotional and powerful. Also, Neil Diamond performed. We had a sunny day and it was awesome, definitely worth attending.



I went to my school one, not the overall NYU one. Wish I'd gone to this one instead.

Posted 3/14/07 10:12 PM
 

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Andrew Card, Bush's last Press Secretary spoke at my graduation.

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Posted 3/14/07 10:12 PM
 

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Undergrad at URI..Ed Begley Jr.

Posted 3/14/07 10:13 PM
 

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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

undergrad- the new pres of our college- boring

grad- chuck rangel

Posted 3/14/07 10:13 PM
 

klingklang77
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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Chuck Schumer. I didnt go to my other undergard ceremony, or my MA ceremony.

Posted 3/14/07 10:14 PM
 

beautyq115
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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Posted by MrsMadness

Undergrad - Tom Wolfe - he sounded drunk

Grad - Christiane Amanpour and Ray Kelly - it was the first graduation after 9/11 and right in Washington Square Park so it was very emotional and powerful. Also, Neil Diamond performed. We had a sunny day and it was awesome, definitely worth attending.



WOW that sounds awesome

Posted 3/14/07 10:29 PM
 

Nicole728
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Re: Graduation SPINOFF...Commencement Speakers...Who was yours?

Molloy College: Father Tom Hartman..(The God Squad).he has Parkinson's Disease and it was starting to affect his speech...he was just so inspiring...not a dry eye in that place
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