Commencement Speakers
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The following is a list of Mount Holyoke College Commencement Speakers by year.
| Date | Name | Speeches and links |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Azar Nafisi | |
| 2011 | Martha Nussbaum | |
| 2010 | Gail Collins | |
| 2009 | Mary McAleese | |
| 2008 | Carol Gilligan | |
| 2007 | Wendy Kopp | |
| 2006 | Joyce Carol Oates | |
| 2005 | Nina Totenberg | |
| 2004 | Kim Campbell | |
| 2003 | Judy Blume | |
| 2002 | Queen Noor of Jordan | |
| 2001 | Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 | |
| 2000 | Mary Patterson McPherson | |
| 1999 | Anna Quindlen | |
| 1998 | Johnnetta B. Cole | |
| 1997 | Madeleine Albright | |
| 1996 | Donna Shalala | |
| 1995 | Ann Richards | |
| 1994 | Nita Lowey ’59 | |
| 1993 | Judith Kurland ’67 | |
| 1992 | Pat Schroeder | |
| 1991 | Evelyn Fox Keller | |
| 1990 | Wendy Wasserstein ’71 | (quotes) |
| 1989 | Glenn Close | (quotes) |
| 1988 | Joseph Brodsky | |
| 1987 | Maya Angelou | |
| 1984 | Barbara B. Kennelly | |
| 1981 | Shirley Chisholm | |
| 1976 | Lillian Hellman | |
| 1975 | Ella T. Grasso '40 | |
| 1963 | U Thant | |
| 1912 | The Rev. Edward F. Sanderson | |
| 1899 | William McKinley |
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