2022 Commencement Speaker Dwyane Wade

[TallTitan34]

https://twitter.com/MarquetteU/status/1519406685437239299?s=20&t=rMm3eDgp-hey0-WVJ0VQBg

@MarquetteU
We can’t wait to announce this year’s undergraduate Commencement speaker tomorrow! Until then, here’s a clue… ⚡



EDIT: Question mark removed in title.

[BrewCity83]

Flash!

[rocky_warrior]

I don't think the ? is necessary.  It'll be cool for the kids to have Wade talking to them. 

[Shooter McGavin]

I don't think the ? is necessary.  It'll be cool for the kids to have Wade talking to them.

Honorary doctorate.  Pretty cool.  Now we can hang his banner.

[MUEng92]

I’m not sure, I think it’s 50-50 between Wade and Zachary Levi (Shazam!)

[Dr. Blackheart]

I’m not sure, I think it’s 50-50 between Wade and Zachary Levi (Shazam!)

Speaker selection tied to NIL fund?

[Newsdreams]

So, Ezra Miller....

[GoFastAndWin]

Are we sure it’s not the board member who proposed “Marquette Lightning” to replace Warriors? 😬

[Scoop Snoop]

It's Mark Emmert!

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Couldn’t even tell you who mine was as I only graduated 7 years ago.

Some nun

[brewcity77]

Couldn’t even tell you who mine was as I only graduated 7 years ago.

Some nun

All I really remember of mine was the speaker promising a $2,000,000 donation if Marquette changed the nickname back to Warriors.

[Hards Alumni]

All I really remember of mine was the speaker promising a $2,000,000 donation if Marquette changed the nickname back to Warriors.

Hello fellow 2004 graduate.

[PBRme]

I'm pretty sure mine was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Damn if I can remember the name.

[brewcity77]

I'm pretty sure mine was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Damn if I can remember the name.

Probably Milwaukee native William Rehnquist.

[PBRme]

That was him

I was a little hungover

[lawdog77]

here's the list. https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/uafaq-commencement.php

[warriorchick]

Honorary doctorate.  Pretty cool.  Now we can hang his banner.

He really should complete his Bachelor's degree.  Take a couple of classes online and let MU give him some credit his "internship" with the Boys and Girls Club. I think it would set a great example for the youngsters.

[4everwarriors]

Really? Nothin' butt a waste of his tyme, hey?

[Newsdreams]

Captain Kangaroo and we threw ping pong balls at him, really cool.

My son's Bill Cosby, sooo it was fun at the time, then....

[tower912]

I'm pretty sure mine was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Damn if I can remember the name.

Rehnquist.   You and me both, brother.   The student speaker at the School of Journalism ceremony crushed it, though.

[rocky_warrior]

He really should complete his Bachelor's degree.  Take a couple of classes online and let MU give him some credit his "internship" with the Boys and Girls Club. I think it would set a great example for the youngsters.

Why would a Harvard graduate (not really, but sorta) care about a Marquette diploma?

https://www.instagram.com/p/34H9FQlCCT/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=12de7055-d525-4e14-9dfd-94e8eb2211fb

[Newsdreams]

Why would a Harvard graduate (not really, but sorta) care about a Marquette diploma?

https://www.instagram.com/p/34H9FQlCCT/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=12de7055-d525-4e14-9dfd-94e8eb2211fb

Not wearing Harvard basketball shorts, #FakeNews

[Warrior of Law]

Steve Rushin and Mr. Rogers.  Those two speakers were phenomenal.

[TallTitan34]

I enjoyed Dick Enberg my year. Told Al stories obviously.

[lawdog77]

Graduation was on my 21st birthday. Don't remember one word of the speech from 1990.

[Billy Hoyle]

Why would a Harvard graduate (not really, but sorta) care about a Marquette diploma?

https://www.instagram.com/p/34H9FQlCCT/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=12de7055-d525-4e14-9dfd-94e8eb2211fb

Usually Harvard legacy/celebrity admits are on easy street for four years, how many millions will they threaten not to donate when they find out Wade only had to go to school for one week

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/13084666/dwyane-wade-miami-heat-attends-harvard-business-school-week-classes

[The Thing]

Anybody here graduate in 1990? Daniel Pilarczyk? All I remember is that our ceremony was in the Marcus Amphitheatre, it snowed the day before and it was like 40 degrees and windy. Truly miserable conditions.

[Dr. Blackheart]

My son's Bill Cosby, sooo it was fun at the time, then....

Your son is Bill Cosby? Man you are old.

[MUEng92]

Barbara Bush in 1992.  Only thing I remember about it was the cringe moment when she was trying to sound “local” mentioning beers at the “Lanche” but pronouncing it launch.

[Viper]

Marquette applauds Wade as a fine representative of Marquette values…yet Wade gets paid by a Chinese apparel company that uses slave labor. 🤫

Nothing to see here. Carry on. Set that example for the kids.

[Lennys Tap]

here's the list. https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/uafaq-commencement.php

Not a lot of A-listers. I had never heard of the woman who spoke at mine in 1970 and I haven’t heard anything about her since.

[Hards Alumni]

Marquette applauds Wade as a fine representative of Marquette values…yet Wade gets paid by a Chinese apparel company that uses slave labor. 🤫

Nothing to see here. Carry on. Set that example for the kids.

- sent from my iPhone

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Some guy in 1991.

Thanks for whoever posted the link to the Marquette website with the official historical list of graduation speakers to remind me his last name was Coleman and he was an economist.

[Hards Alumni]

Not a lot of A-listers. I had never heard of the woman who spoke at mine in 1970 and I haven’t heard anything about her since.

2019    David Brooks
2018    Jeannie Gaffigan and Jim Gaffigan
2013    Bill Cosby (Marquette revoked Cosby's honorary degree in 2015)
2012    Henry L. Aaron
2011    David McCullough
2009    Dick Enberg
2006    Elaine Chao
2005    Cokie Roberts
2003    Timothy M. Dolan
2001    Fred "Mister" Rogers
1996    Tommy Thompson
1995    Mr. Edward Brennan
1992    Barbara Bush
1988    William Rehnquist
1985    C. Everett Koop

These were the folks I knew without having to look them up... Not a terrible list, but yes, there are some glaring spots.

[wadesworld]

- sent from my iPhone

Lol so good.

[LloydsLegs]

'86 was I think a Loyola philosophy prof.  Terrible.

I attended my sister's in '88- I do remember Renquist's theme--all about how "time" - limited resource, use it well, on your deathbed you won't regret spending time with your family etc

[Hards Alumni]

'86 was I think a Loyola philosophy prof.  Terrible.

I attended my sister's in '88- I do remember Renquist's theme--all about how "time" - limited resource, use it well, on your deathbed you won't regret spending time with your family etc

Ironic since he died on the bench.

[swoopem]

2010 we had the lady who started Teach for America. Don’t remember a single thing about it

[Skatastrophy]

Timmy Dolan was and is an embarrassment. His pink robes at the graduation ceremony were fly as hell though. Players wear pink

[SaveOD238]

2010 we had the lady who started Teach for America. Don’t remember a single thing about it

My now wife graduated that year.  It was basically a recruiting pitch.  TFA is a well-meaning but very flawed organization.

[BrewCity83]

Wait - where's Captain Kangaroo on the list? 

And I could swear '84 was C. Everett Koop (not '85), because that was my brother's class and Koop was greeted by a chorus of "Koooooooooop!!!" when he was introduced.

[swoopem]

My now wife graduated that year.  It was basically a recruiting pitch.  TFA is a well-meaning but very flawed organization.

I’m gonna guess a total of 0 people signed up for it after how exciting and worthwhile she made it seem

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Wait - where's Captain Kangaroo on the list? 

And I could swear '84 was C. Everett Koop (not '85), because that was my brother's class and Koop was greeted by a chorus of "Koooooooooop!!!" when he was introduced.

I hear C Everett Koop and think of the Simpson's episode where Homer was in a barbershop quartet and they sang a song about C Everett Koop.

[lawdog77]

Some guy in 1991.

Thanks for whoever posted the link to the Marquette website with the official historical list of graduation speakers to remind me his last name was Coleman and he was an economist.

you're welcome.  I went many years thinking John Sununu gave the commencement address. Apparently he was one of the honorary degrees that year.

https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/uafaq-hondegree.php

[Hards Alumni]

I hear C Everett Koop and think of the Simpson's episode where Homer was in a barbershop quartet and they sang a song about C Everett Koop.

Same.  Koop Koopa doop.

The B sharps!

[Warrior Code]

Timmy Dolan was and is an embarrassment. His pink robes at the graduation ceremony were fly as hell though. Players wear pink

Cam'ron da gawd

[warriorchick]

Wait - where's Captain Kangaroo on the list? 

And I could swear '84 was C. Everett Koop (not '85), because that was my brother's class and Koop was greeted by a chorus of "Koooooooooop!!!" when he was introduced.

Nope.  85 was Koop.  84 was Hannah Gray, president of University of Chicago, who during her entire speech was thinking about how none of us were smart enough to get into U of C.

[BrewCity83]

Nope.  85 was Koop.  84 was Hannah Gray, president of University of Chicago, who during her entire speech was thinking about how none of us were smart enough to get into U of C.

Huh.  I was at the Koop ceremony, but now I can't remember why I would've gone...

And when was Captain Kangaroo??

[warriorchick]

Huh.  I was at the Koop ceremony, but now I can't remember why I would've gone...

And when was Captain Kangaroo??

I crashed the 1985 ceremony to attend with some friends who were a year behind me in school.  I wore the cap and gown I had from the year before. 

[MU82]

I have no freakin’ idea who the graduation speaker was in 1982.

[4everwarriors]

Ma'll tell ya. She waz probably der two, hey?

[dgies9156]

'86 was I think a Loyola philosophy prof.  Terrible.

1978 was a philosophy professor so bad my Dad after the ceremony asked,”Am I going to be tested o any of this?”

[Macallan 18]

here's the list. https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/uafaq-commencement.php

The Scoop Wiki has transcripts of many of the commencement speeches including Rehnquist's - https://wiki.muscoop.com/doku.php/commencement/start

[Newsdreams]

Huh.  I was at the Koop ceremony, but now I can't remember why I would've gone...

And when was Captain Kangaroo??

You don't remember, hey

[Billy Hoyle]

I had a school choice advocate named Howard Fuller. He was a one-time Black Panther and his speaking style reflected that.

My wife had Mr. Rogers. An absolutely inspirational speech. She has it printed out and framed.

[MU82]

here's the list. https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/uafaq-commencement.php

Didn't see this when I posted I didn't know who spoke in '82.

Edmund Muskie ... no wonder I didn't remember.