2022 Commencement Speaker Dwyane Wade

[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.

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[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]

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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.