Commencement Speakers
2010
- Geoffrey Fletcher, Academy Award-winning screenwriter
- Thomas O. Ryder, publisher
- Bob Englehart, editorial cartoonist for The Hartford Courant
2009
- Connie Chung, investigative reporter, news anchor.
- Orlando L. Taylor, Vice Provost for Research, Dean of the Graduate School, and Professor of Communications, Howard University.
- Michael Bolton, singer, songwriter.
2007
- Mae C. Jemison, astronaut on space shuttle Endeavour
- Judith Kelman, award-winning mystery writer
- Dr. Curtis L. Patton, microbiologist and professor emeritus at Yale University
2006
- Marlee Matlin
2005
- Henry Winkler
2003
- Sigourney Weaver
2002
- James Carville
2000
- Danny Glover
1993
- Dan Lauria
1991
- Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
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