Virginia Tech commencement speakers
- 2015
- Spring: Eric Schmidt, Executive chairman, Google.
- 2014
- Spring: Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe
- 2013
- Spring: Charles Steger, VIrginia Tech President
- Fall: Gerhardt Schurig, professor of biomedical sciences and pathobiology and former dean, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine[1]
- 2012 Michelle Obama and Senator Mark Warner
- 2011 Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the 9/11 Victims Fund[2]
- 2010 Bob McDonnell, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia [3]
- 2009, Gen. Lance Smith, former NATO supreme allied commander for transformation from 2005 to 2007.[4]
- 2008, Hoda Kotb, "Dateline NBC" correspondent, co-anchor of NBC's "Today" show, and 1986 Virginia Tech graduate
- 2007
- Spring, General John Abizaid, U.S. Army (Ret.), former Commander of the United States Central Command (spring): Read | Listen.
- Fall, E. Scott Geller, Alumni Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems in the Department of Psychology in the College of Science (fall):
- 2006
- Spring, Timothy M. Kaine, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
- Fall, Henry J. Dekker, retired founder and president of North American operations for French couturier Louis Feraud, and past member of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors (fall).
- 2005
- Spring, David Calhoun, president and CEO of GE Transportation Systems (spring)
- Fall, Minnis E. Ridenour, former executive vice president and chief operating officer at Virginia Tech and Senior Fellow and director of the Office of Government and Non-Profit Organization Management, Virginia Tech
- 2004
- Spring, Pierre Thomas, ABC News U.S. Justice Department correspondent and 1984 graduate of Virginia Tech (spring)
- Fall, Dr. Diane Zahm, associate professor of urban affairs and planning in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Tech
- 2003
- Spring, Leroy Rountree Hassell Sr., chief justice, Virginia Supreme Court (spring)
- Fall, Dr. Ezra A. "Bud" Brown, professor of mathematics, Virginia Tech
- 2002
- Spring, Mark Warner, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia (spring)
- Fall, Dr. L.A. "Andy" Swiger, dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech
- 2001
- Spring, Rick Boucher, congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (spring)
- Fall, Dr. Charles J. Dudley, professor of sociology and director of the University Honors Program, Virginia Tech
- 2000
- Spring, John Warner, senator, Commonwealth of Virginia
- Fall, Arthur L. Buikema Jr., Alumni Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, Virginia Tech
- 1999
- Spring, Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive officer, Novell Inc.
- Fall, Paul Torgersen, president, Virginia Tech, and John W. Hancock Jr., Chair of Engineering
- 1998
- Spring, James S. Gilmore III, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
- Fall, James R. Craig, professor of geological sciences, Virginia Tech
- 1997
- Spring, Raymond J. Lane, president and chief operating officer, Oracle Corporation
- Fall, Charles "Jack" Dudley, director, University Honors Program, Virginia Tech
- 1996
- Spring, John Wilson, retired president, Washington and Lee University
- Fall, Lucinda Roy, Gloria D. Smith Professor of Black Studies, Virginia Tech
- 1995
- Spring, Beverly H. Sgro, secretary of education, Commonwealth of Virginia
- Fall, James I. Robertson, Jr., Alumni Distinguished Professor of History, Virginia Tech (fall).
- 1994
- Spring, George F. Allen, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
- Fall, Paul Antonie "Tony" Distler, Alumni Distinguished Professor and director of the Division of Performing Arts, Virginia Tech (fall).
- 1993
- Spring, John M. Ashworth, director, London School of Economics and Political Science
- Fall, John Kelly, registrar (provost), University College Dublin (Ireland)
- 1992
- Spring, Jack Nelson, Washington Bureau chief, Los Angeles Times
- Fall, Samuel D. Proctor, professor emeritus, Rutgers University and pastor emeritus, Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York (fall).
- 1991
- Spring, Shaikh Saud Nasir Al-Sabah, ambassador to Kuwait
- Fall, W. Ann Reynolds, chancellor, City University of New York
- 1990
- Spring, L. Douglas Wilder, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia
- Fall, Mark O. Hatfield, U.S. senator
- 1989, Mary Sue Terry, attorney general, Commonwealth of Virginia.
- 1988, David Roselle, president, University of Kentucky.
- 1987, Gerald Baliles, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia.
- 1986, Neil Armstrong, astronaut
- 1985, Alexander F. Giacco, rector, Virginia Tech Board of Visitors and chairman of the board, Hercules Inc.
- 1984, Charles Robb, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia.
- 1983, Clifton C. Garvin, Jr., chairman of the board, Exxon Corp. (and Virginia Tech alumnus).
- 1982, Christopher C. Kraft, Jr., director, Lyndon B. Johnson Space and Virginia Tech alumnus.
- 1981, William Edward Lavery, president, Virginia Tech.
- 1980, Jean Harris, secretary of human resources, Commonwealth of Virginia.
- 1979, Eric Severied, CBS News Correspondent.
- 1978, John N. Dalton, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia.
- 1977, Milton Friedman, recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
- 1976, E. F. Shannon, former president, University of Virginia.
- 1975, Sam J. Ervin, former N.C. senator.
- 1974, G. Burke Johnston, C. P. Miles Professor of English, Virginia Tech.
- 1973, Bill Moyers, former press secretary to President L. B. Johnson.
- 1972, David Brinkley, NBC news correspondent.
- 1971, Linwood Holton, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia.
- 1970, T. Marshall Hahn, president, Virginia Tech.
- 1969, Warren W. Brandt, first president of Virginia Commonwealth University and former executive vice president, Virginia Tech.
- 1968, T. Marshall Hahn, president, Virginia Tech.
- 1967, Mills E. Godwin, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia.
- 1966, T. Marshall Hahn, president, Virginia Tech.
- 1965, Albertis S. Harrison, governor, Commonwealth of Virginia.
- 1964, J. G. Farrar, president, Rockefeller Foundation.
- 1963, Mills E. Goodwin, lieutenant governor, Commonwealth of Virginia.
- 1962, Colgate W. Darden, former governor, Commonwealth of Virginia.
- 1961, John M. Devine, commandant of cadets, Virginia Tech.
- 1960, Albertis S. Harrison, attorney general, Commonwealth of Virginia.
- 1959, John N. Thomas, professor of systematic theology, Union Theological Seminary
References
- "University Commencement Speakers (1959 to 2008)". Virginia Tech News Service.
- ↑ "Previous speakers".
- ↑ "2011 Commencement Speaker". Virginia Tech News Service.
- ↑ "Va. Tech graduates urged to 'work hard, dream big'". Roanoke Times.
- ↑ "Virginia Tech names retired Air Force general as commencement speaker". April 2, 2009.
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