Past Commencements and Speakers

Visit the Miami Commencement page for details on this year's and future commencements.


May 16-17, 2020

Gov Mike DeWineMike DeWine ’69 embarked on a career of public service after graduation from Miami. Part of a Miami Merger with his wife, Frances ’71, DeWine has served as Ohio governor since 2018. Prior to that, he spent time as Ohio’s attorney general, Ohio U.S. Senator, Ohio’s Lieutenant Governor, U.S. Representative from Ohio’s 7th Congressional District, county prosecutor and assistant prosecuting attorney in Greene County, Ohio.

Governor DeWine also was a political science instructor at Miami from 2007-09.

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  • No photo gallery is available for 2020

 



May 18, 2019

Jeff PeguesJeff Pegues ’92 is the CBS News chief justice and homeland security correspondent. He is a three-time Emmy Award winner with more than two decades of reporting experience covering stories of national and international importance. Considered one of the most informed voices on the conflict between the Black community and police, in 2017 he wrote the book, Black and Blue: Inside the Divide Between Police and Black America. He has reported on presidential conventions, Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Rita.

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May 19, 2018

Brandon BrooksBrandon Brooks '11, Philadelphia Eagles and Miami University alumnus. Brooks, an integral part of the team that won the 2018 Super Bowl, was named to the NFL’s Pro Bowl this season. Beyond his athletic accomplishments, Brooks’ community involvement, continued pursuit of advanced higher education, and public support for mental health awareness distinguish him among other NFL stars.

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May 13, 2017

Daryl BaldwinDaryl Baldwin, director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University and a leader in Native American language and cultural revitalization.

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December 15, 2017

Mark LackerLinda Marchant, professor of anthropology and biological anthropologist who specializes in behavioral primatology, hominid evolution and African apes. She has worked in East and West Africa and is especially well-known for her work on laterality ("handedness") in primates.

 


May 9, 2016

Sir Ken RobinsonSir Ken Robinson, internationally acclaimed expert on creativity

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December 16, 2016

Mark LackerMark Lacker ’79, John W. Altman Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship and clinical faculty in Miami’s Farmer School of Business. He also is the 2016 Effective Educator.

 


May 16, 2015

Bonnie St. JohnBonnie St. John, best-selling author, Paralympic skiing medalist and former White House official

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December 11, 2015

Rose Marie WardRose Marie Ward, professor of kinesiology and health and the 2015 Effective Educator

Announcement

 


May 17, 2014

Forest WhitakerForest Whitaker. Oscar-winning actor

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December 12, 2014

Tammy KernodleTammy Kernodle, professor of music and the 2014 Effective Educator

Announcement

 


May 11, 2013

Wil HaygoodWil Haygood, Author and Journalist

 


May 5, 2012

A. R. RahmanA. R. Rahman, Composer and Musician

 

December 14, 2012Gillian Oakenfull

Gillian Oakenfull, Associate Professor, Marketing, 2012 Ohio Professor of the Year

Commencement News Story

 


May 7, 2011Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi, Chairman and CEO, PepsiCo

Announcement

 


May 16, 2011Charlotte Newman Goldy

Charlotte Newman Goldy, Asociate Professor, History, 2011 Effective Educator

Commencement News Story

 


May 7, 2010Kenneth Merten

Kenneth Merten, US Ambassador to Haiti

Announcement

 

December 17, 2010Ryan Barilleaux

Ryan Barilleaux, Professor of Political Science, 2010 Effective Educator

Commencement News Story

 


May 9, 2009Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan and Steve Driehaus, US Representatives

Commencement address

 

December 18, 2009Jon Yamashiro

Jon Yamashiro, Associate Professor, Art, 2009 Effective Educator

Commencement News Story

 


May 10, 2008Robin Roberts

Robin Roberts, Anchor, ABC News “Good Morning America”

Announcement

 

December 19, 2008

Osama EttouneyOsama Ettouney, Chair and Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-09 Effective Educator

 


May 5, 2007

John R. LewisJohn R. Lewis, US Representative and Civil Rights Activist

Announcement

 


May 6, 2006

Peggy Noonan, Author and Former Presidential Speech Writer

 

December 15, 2006

Judith de Luce, Chair and Professor, Classics

 

 

YEAR DATE SPEAKER
2005 7-May William Safire, Journalist, Historian, Novelist
2004 8-May Mrs. Jean Sadat, Widow of President Anwar Sadat and Egyptian Women’s Rights Activist
2004 17-Dec Katherine Hone, Student, Fine Arts
2003 5-May Andy Rooney, CBS News correspondent
2003 19-Dec Stacey Kinsey, Student, Education and Allied Professions
2002 5-May Charles Gibson, ABC News Anchor 
2002 13-Dec Irina Dorman, Student, Business Administration
2001 6-May Theodore C. Rogers, Chairman, American Industrial Partners, Great Lakes Carbon, Consoltex, Stanadyne Automotive, and CIS
2000 7-May Joshua T. Pack, Student; Nocole S. Bismark, Student
2000 15-Dec Casey M. Brown, Student, School of Education and Allied Professions
1999 9-May Michael E. Oleshansky, Student, Business; Sarah Berno, Student
1999 17-Dec Victoria Dell Burton, Middletown Student
1998 10-May Colleen M. Dec, Student, School of Applied Science; Jonathan K. David, Student, Arts and Science
1998 21-Aug Diane Frost-Wells, Student, Miami Hamilton
1998 18-Dec Mary K. Rozier, Student, Education and Allied Professions
1997 19-Dec-97 Noah Borrero, Student, Education and Allied Professions; Alyson Bryant Wirth, Student, School of Fine Arts
1997 11-May Nicole M. Valiquet, Student, Education and Allied Professions; Kim Dixon, Student, Interdisciplinary Studies
1997 22-Aug Dianna M. Wesley, Student, Arts and Science; Donald Miller, Student, School of Business
1996 12-May David M. Schmid, Student; Shannon Lopata, Student
1996 23-Aug G. Nathan Carnes and Santha Jones, Students
1996 20-Dec Jennifer Wood Molloy, Student, Applied Science; Lisa Ann Miller, Student, Miami Middletown
1995 7-May Laura E. Curfman, Student; Martin Fish, Student
1995 25-Aug Kristine M. Msnross, Student; Ling-Yi Zhou. Student
1995 22-Dec Gwenael Marie Denome, Student; Julie Momchilov, Student
1994 8-May [No speakers]
1994 19-Aug Christopher Hennon, Student, Aeronautics; Donna Fox, Student, Education
1994 16-Dec Heidi Ferguson, Student, Business; Kristopher M. Kerr, Student. Fine Arts]
1993 9-May C. Michael Gooden, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Integrated Systems Analysts
1993 9-May Donald M. Stewart, President, The College Board
1993 20-Aug [No speaker]
1993 17-Dec [No speaker]
1992 10-May John McClaughry, US Senator, Vermont
1992 10-May Stephen Jay Gould, Professor of Zoology, Harvard University
1992 21-Aug John Weld Peck, Partner, Peck, Shaffer and Williams,
1992 18-Dec Todd H. Bailey, Partner, Frost and Jacobs
1991 12-May Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, College Retirement Equities Fund
1991 12-May Thomas J. Moyer, Chief Justice, Ohio Supreme Court
1991 23-Aug Jane Butler Kahle, Condit Professor of Science Education, Department of Teacher Education, Miami University
1991 20-Dec John I. Goodlad, Professor and Director, Center for Educational Review
1990 13-May John W. Altman, Executive Vice President, Continental Polymers
1990 13-May Gene E. Likens, Director, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Vice President, New York Botanical Gardens
1990 24-Aug Lee Etta Powell, Superintendent, Cincinnati Pubic Schools,
1990 21-Dec Kent B. McGough, President, McGough and Associates
1989 7-May Richard T. Farmer, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Cintas Corporation
1989 7-May Jill Ker Conway, Historian, MIT
1989 25-Aug Josiah Hillerman Blackmore,II, President, Professor of Law, Capital University
1989 22-Dec F. Story Musgrave, Astronaut
1988 8-May Gilbert M. Grosvenor, President and Chairman of the Board, National Geographic Society
1988 8-May Rita F. Dove, 1987 Pulitzer Prize Winner for Poetry
1988 19-Aug Lydie Wurth-Polfer, Mayor, City of Luxembourg
1988 16-Dec John Stone, Professor of Medicine, Associate Dean and Director of Admissions, Emory University School of Medicine, Poet, Writer
1987 10-May Roger L. Howe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, US Precision Lens
1987 10-May Donald C. Fanta, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Ohio Company
1987 21-Aug Ara R. Parseghian, Football Coach, TV Sports Commentator, Businessman, Humanitarian
1987 18-Dec Vernal G. Riffe, Jr. Speaker, Ohio House of Representatives,
1986 11-May Richard E. Heckert, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, El Du Pont de Nemors and Co. [Need to solve budget and trade deficit]
1986 11-May Emily T. Vermeule, Professor of Classics, Harvard University,
1986 27-Aug Ernest L. Boyer, President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
1986 X-December 19 Thomas C. Page, Industrialist
1985 12-May John G. Smale, President and Director, Procter and Gamble Company
1985 12-May Jack Kemp, US Representative, New York
1985 2-Aug Norman Francis, Xavier University, Louisiana
1985 20-Dec Betty L. Siegel-President, Kennesaw College, Marietta, Georgia
1984 15-May Hanna Holborn Gray, President, University of Chicago
1984 24-Aug Phillip R. Shriver, Miami President Emeritus, Professor of History
1984 21-Dec William M. Isaac Chairman of the Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
1983 15-May Malcolm S. Forbes, Publisher, Author
1983 19-Aug Lawrence A. Cremin, Historian, Educator
1983 16-Dec John D. Millett, President Emeritus
1982 17-Dec-82 Elizabeth F. Loftus, Psychologist
1982 16-May George Bush, US Vice President
1982 X-August 20, 1982 David Mathews, President, Charles F. Kettering Foundation
1981 10-May Clarence J. Brown, Jr. Congressman, Ohio
1981 X-August 27 Francis Grove Rodgers, Vice President, Marketing, IBM Corporation
1981 X-December 18 Morris Pollard, Microbiologist
1980 11-May Philip Caldwell, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Ford Motor Company
1979 May 6 Walter Netsch, Architect
1979 August 24 Walter Beckett, Papermaking Executive
1979 X-December 21 Lionel H. Newsom, President, Central State University
1978 May 7
Gaston Thorn, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
1978 X-August 25 Harold L. Enarson, President, Ohio State University
1978 X-December 22 Landrum Rymer Bolling, Chairman, Council on Foundations
1977 May 15 James B. Reston, Journalist
1977 August 19
Everett L. Jung, President, Ohio Board of Education
1977 December 16 Fred Latimer Hadsel, Diplomat and Scholar
1976 March 19 [Informal: Leslie S. Brady, Director, Miami University European Center, Luxembourg, "A Pattern of Fundamentals"]
1976 June 13
William Fulbright, Former US Senator
1976 August 26
[Informal: Cynthia Clark Wedell, National Chairman, Volunteers of the American Red Cross, "The Continuing American Revolution"]
1976 December 22 Hugh C. Nichols, Former Chairman, Miami Board of Trustees
1975 X-March 14
[Informal: Lucile Crowell Cooks, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Miami University]
1975 June 8
Joseph A. Bernardin, Archbishop of Cincinnati
1975 X-August 22 [Informal: Martin Essig, Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction]
1975 X-December 12
[Informal: Malcolm Owings, Vice President and General Manager, Beverage Division, Continental Can Company]
1974 June 9
Art Buchwald, Columnist
1974 X-August 24
[Informal: John Yeck, Co-owner, Yeck Brothers Group]
1974 December 13 [Informal: Joe Siebert, Professor and Chairman, Marketing Department, Miami University, "What Do You Get for Ten Dollars?"]
1973 June 10 John Hope Franklin, John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor of History, University of Chicago
1973 August 24
[Informal: Ralph D. Purdy, School of Education, Miami University “From Education to Learning to Education"]
1973 X-December 11
[Informal: H. Bunker Wright, English Professor and Graduate School Dean, Miami University]
1972 March 17
[Informal: W. Fred Cottrell-US Advisory Board for Older Americans, "When I Was A Child"] [No speaker listed in program]
1972 June 11
Alvin Toffler-Author [Current Presidential candidates]
1972 X-August 25
[Informal: C. Neale Bogner, Dean, School of Education, Miami University] [No speaker listed in program]
1972 December 8
[Informal: Gordon Wilson, Miami 1930, English Professor and Archivist, Miami University, "You're in Good Company"] [No speaker listed in program]
1971 June 12
Margaret Mead, Anthropologist
1971 August 28
Richard Lugar, Mayor, Indianapolis
1971 X-December 8
[Informal: Walter Havighurst, Research Professor Emeritus of English, Miami University]
1970 June 14
Neil A. Armstrong, Astronaut
1970 August 30
Mina Rees, Mathematician, Educator
1970 December  
1969 April 27
Bob Hope, Comedian and Humanitarian
1969 August 24
Bergen Evans, Authority on English Language and Literature
1969 December 14
Harry B. Cunningham, Chairman and President, S.S. Kresge Company
1968 April 21
Morning-Mark O. Hatfield, US Senator, Oregon
1968 April 21
Afternoon-Sargent Shriver, US Ambassador to France, Office of Economic Opportunity
1968 August 25
Ernest N. Monning, Director of Office of Overseas Schools, US Department of State
1968 December 22
Wesley W. Posvar, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
1967 April 19
Morning-Fred Harvey Harrington, President, University of Wisconsin
 
Afternoon-Birch Bayh, US Senator, Indiana
1967 August 13
Wendell H. Pierce, Executive Director, Education Commission of the States, Former Superintendent of Schools, Cincinnati, Ohio
1967 December 21
Patricia Roberts Harris-Member, US Mission to the United Nations, Former Ambassador to Luxembourg
1966 April 20
Morning and Afternoon-Edith Green-US Representative, 3rd Congressional District, Oregon,
1966 August 14
John Marshall Briley-Chairman, OBOR; Vice President, Owens Corning      Fiberglass Corporation, Toledo
1966 December 18 John W. Peck, Judge, US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
1965 January 31 James R. Carruthers, President, Stearns and Foster Company
1965 June 6 George W. Ball, US Undersecretary of State
1965 August 29 Anthony Celebrezze, Judge, US Circuit Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit,      Former US Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
1965 December 19 Walter C. Langsam, President, University of Cincinnati
1964 February 2
John D. Millett, President, Miami University
1964 June 7
Fletcher Knebel, Journalist and Author
1964 August 23
Vernon L. Cheadle, Chancellor, University of California at Santa Barbara
1963 February 3
George A. Bowman, President, Kent State University,
1963 June 9
Logan T. Johnson, President, Armco Steel
1963 August 24
Harold H. Eibling, Superintendent of Schools, Columbus, Ohio
1962 February 4
Howard Foster Lowry, President, College of Wooster
1962 June 10
Jose' A. Mora, Secretary-General, Organization of American States
1962 August 25
Robert A. French, Superintendent of Schools, Dayton
1961 January 29
Hugh Brodner, Research Associate, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, University of California
1961 June 4
Francis John Monkhouse, Professor of Geography and Department Chairman, University of Southampton
1961 August 26
Robert Paul Curry, Associate Superintendent of Schools, Cincinnati, Ohio
1960 January 31
Robert S. Delman, President, National Cash Register Company
1960 June 5
T. Keith Glennan, NASA Administrator, President, Case Institute of Technology
1960 August 31
Paul A. Miller, Superintendent of Schools, Syracuse, New York
1959 February 1
Herman B. Wells, President, Indiana University
1959 June 8
Roy E. Larson, President, Time
1959 X-August 26
Charles Frederick Cellarius, Architect of many Miami      University buildings
1958 February 2
Byron S. Hollinshead, Former Director of Technical Assistance for UNESCO
1958 June 9
Detlew W. Bronk, President, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
1958 X-August 27
Arthur S. Flemming, Secretary, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
1957 February 3
Novice G. Fawcett, President, Ohio State University
1957 June 10
C. William O'Neill, Governor, State of Ohio
1957 August 28
Edward Ermen, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Ohio
1956 February 5
Louis B. Seltzer, Editor-in-Chief, The Scripps-Howard Newspapers in Ohio
1956 June 11
James Scott Kemper, Former US Ambassador to Brazil
1956 August 31
David M. Delo, President, Wagner Lutheran College
1955 January 30
Reuben B. Hays, Chairman of the Board, First National Bank of Cincinnati
1955 June 6
Francis Henry Taylor, Retiring Director, Metropolitan Museum of Art
1955 August 26
Charles Edwin Odogoard, Dean, College of Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan
1954 January 31
John Calhoun Baker, President, Ohio University
1954 June 7
George Houk Mead, Chairman of the Board, Mead Corporation
1954 August 27
John Ray Rowe, President, Fifth Third Union Trust Company
1953 February 1
Pearl Anderson Wanamaker, Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Washington
1953 June 8
William Fletcher Russell, President, Teachers' College, Columbia University
1953 August 28
Frances Millet Rogers, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Science, Harvard University
1952 February 3
Walter C. Beckjord, President, Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company, "Pattern for Living"
1952 June 9
Stanley Charles Allyn, National Cash Register Company
1952 August 29
Claude V. Courter, Superintendent of Cincinnati Schools
1951 February 4
D. Elton Trueblood, Professor of Philosophy, Earlham College
1951 June 11
Elmer Lincoln Lindseth, President, The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company
1951 August 31
Alvin Christian Eurich, President, State University of New York
1950 January 29 [First Mid-Year Commencement]
Marvin Pierce, President, McCall Corporation
1950 June 12
Raymond Moley, Contributing Editor, Newsweek
1950 September 1
Charles R. Wilson, History Department Head, Colgate University
1949 June 6
Harold Glenn Moulton, President, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
1948 June 7
Vi Kyvin Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassador to the US
1947 June 9
Walter H. Judd, Congressman from Minnesota
1946 June 2
Ernest Joseph King, Fleet Admiral, United States Navy
1946 July 19 Wallace McConnell, Professor of Geography, Miami University
1945 June 3
Beardsley Ruml, Chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Treasurer, R. H. Macy and Company
1945 July 20
James Bertlett Edmonson, Dean, School of Education, University of Michigan
1944 May 28 Carl J. Hambro, President, Norwegian Parliament
1944 July 14 Robert Guy Buzzard, President, Eastern Illinois State Teachers College
1943 May 31
Raymond Mollyneaux Hughes, President Emeritus, Iowa State U.
1943 July 17
John W. Bricker, Governor of Ohio
1942 June 1 Wat Tyler Cluverius, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy/President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
1942 July 17 Henry Noble Sherwood, Department of History, University of Kentucky
1941 June 9
Irving Maurer, President, Beloit College
1941 July 18 Velorus Martz, Professor of Education, Indiana University
1940 June 10 Hans V. Kaltenborn, Radio News Analyst
1940 July 19
Frank J. Prout, President, Bowling Green State University
1939 June 12
Harold Stonier, Director, The Graduate School of Banking/American Bankers Association
1939 July 21 Frank Pierrepont Graves, President, State University of New York
1938 June 13
Thomas Vernor Smith, Professor of Philosophy, University of Chicago and Illinois State Senator
1938 July 29 Arthur J. Klein, Dean, College of Education, Ohio State University
1937 June 14
Allan Nevins, Professor of American History, Columbia University
1937 July 30
George F. Key, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, State University of Iowa
1936 June 15
Raymond Leslie Buell, President, Foreign Policy Association
1936 July 31
Edgar M. Draper, Professor of Education, University of Washington
1935 June 10
Lotus Delta Coffman, President, University of Minnesota
1935 July 26 Eewin Watts Chubb, Dean, College of Liberal Arts, Ohio University
1934 June 11
Morris Albert Linton, President, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company
1934 July 27
Raymond A. Kent, President, University of Louisville
1933 June 12
William Lyon Phelps, Lampson Professor of English, Yale University
1933 July 28 Dean H. L. Smith, School of Education, Indiana University
1932 June 13
Frank Baldwin Jewett, Vice President, American Telephone and Telegraph Company
1932 July 29
President L.A. Pittenger, Ball State Teachers College
1931 June 15
Ogden Mills Reid, editor New York Herald-Tribune
1931 July 31
Henry Noble Sherwood, director of Summer Session University of Louisville
1930 June 9
Charles Moore, Chairman National Commission of Fine Arts
1930 July 25
Arthur Jay Klein, Specialist in Higher Education, US Office of Education
1929 June 10
Albert Shaw, editor, American Review of Reviews (due to illness, read by his son)
1928 June 11
Frank Pierrepont Graves, President University of State of New York (SUNY?)
1927 June 13
John H. Finley, editor New York Times
1926 June 14
S. Parkes Cadman, Central Congregation Church
1925 June 15
James John Davis, Secretary of Labor
1924 June 9
Frank Orren Lowden, Governor of Illinois 1917-1921
1923 June 11
John Matthew Gries, Chief of Division of Buildings and Housing U.S. Department of Commerce
1922 June 12
William Oxley Thompson, President Miami U 1891-1899, President Ohio State U 1899-
1921 June 14
Atlee Pomerene, Senator from Ohio
1920 June 15
Evans Woollen, President, Fletcher Savings and Trust Co. (Indianapolis)
1919 June 17
J.Duncan Spaeth, Professor of English Princeton University
1918 May 28
Major G.A.M. Woodcock (Machine Gun Corps, Camp Sherman Ohio)
1917 June 7
President Hollis Godfrey Drexel Institute
1916 June 8
President Guy Potter Benton University of Vermont
1915 June 10
Frank B. Willis, Governor of Ohio
1914 June 18
Frederico A. Pezet Minister from Peru to the U.S.
1913 June 19
James M. Cox Governor of Ohio
1912 June 13
Rev Josiah Strong (President American Institute of Social Services NYC)
1911 June 15
James Burrill Angell, President Emeritus of Univ of Michigan
1910 June 16
Henry Smith Pritchett, President, Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching
1909 June 17
Reverend Lyman Abbott, also editor of the Outlook; Brander Matthews, Columbia University
1908 June 18
Rev Frank Wakely Gunsaulus
1907 June 20
Reverend Newell Dwight Hillis
1906 June 14
Jonathan P. Dolliver (U.S. Senator Iowa)
1905 June 15
William Howard Taft, Secretary of war
1904 June 16
Mr. Wellman
1903 June 11
Reverend William Frazier McDowell
1902 June 12
Reverend James D. Moffat, President of Washington and Jefferson College
1901 June 13
David Philipson (address)
1900 June 14
Rev J.P.E. Kumler
1899 June 15
Whitelaw Reid, statesman, class of 1856
1898 June 9
Lewis B. Gunckel
1897 June 17
President Charles F. Thwing
1896 June 18 Reverend Robert Christy Galbraith
1895 June 20
John Shaw Billings, class of 1857
1894 June 21
Lewis W. Ross, class of 1852
1893 June 14 John W. Noble
1892 June 15
E. E. White
1891 June 17
Farewell address of President Ethelbert D. Warfield
1890 June 19
Jasper E. Campbell, Governor of Ohio
1889 June 20
Calvin S. Brice, class of 1863
1888 June 18  
1887   W. Cumback, Indiana
1886-1974   No Commencements
1873 June 11-12
A. R. Byrkett
1872 June 12-13
Dr. G. Volney Dorsey
1871 June 28-29
Orzo J. Dodds
1870 June 29-30
Reverend Joseph F. Tuttle, President, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana
1869 June 21, 23, 24
E. D. Mansfield, Morrow
1868 July 1-2
Jacob D. Cox, Cincinnati
1867 June 26-27
Professor James D. Butler, Madison, Wis.
1866 June 27-28
Reverend George S. Fullerton, Sandusky, Ohio
1865 June 26-27
David Swing
1864 June 29-30
Chauncey N. Olds
1863 July 1
Reverend J. H. Moffat, Princeton, N.J.
1862 July 3  
1861 June 26
D. W. Voorhees, Terre Haute
1860 July 5
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1859 July 7  
1858 June 30-July 1  
1857 July 1  
1856 June 26  
1855 June 29
Reverend Dr. Smith
1855
Reverend Levi H. Christian
1854 June 28
Dr. Thomas
1853 June 30  
1852 June 24  
1851 June 27  
1850 August 8  
1849 August 9  
1848 August 10  
1847 August 12  
1846 August 13  
1845 August 14  
1844 August 8  
1843 August 9-10 J. C. Moffat
1842 August 11  
1841 August 12  
1840 August 13  
1839 August 8  
1838 August 9  
1837 September 27  
1836 September 28  
1835 September 30  
1834 September 24  
1833 September 25  
1832 September 26  
1831 September 28  
1826-30   No speakers or dates extant.