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venue |
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year |
speaker |
known for |
date |
notes |
source |
LAETARE MEDAL |
Notes |
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182nd |
2027 |
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May 14, 2027 |
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181st |
2026 |
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May 17, 2026 |
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| R. Dowd |
Stadium |
180th |
2025 |
Adm. Christopher Grady (ND '84) |
Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
May 18, 2025 |
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ND Press Release |
Kerry Alys Robinson, president
and CEO of Catholic Charities USA |
ND
Press release |
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
179th |
2024 |
John I. Jenkins (ND '76 & '78) |
University of
Notre Dame President 2005-2024 |
May 19, 2024 |
|
ND
Press Release |
Claire
Babineaux-Fontenot, CEO of Feeding America |
ND Press release |
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
178th |
2023 |
Juan Manuel Santos |
Nobel Peace
Prize recipient and former president of Colombia |
May 21, 2023 |
|
ND Press Release |
2023 Sister
Rosemary Connelly, R.S.M., former executive director of Misericordia and
lifelong advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities. |
ND Press release |
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
177th |
2022 |
Borys Gudziak |
The
highest-ranking Ukrainian Catholic prelate in the United States and organizer
and president of Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) |
May 15, 2022 |
|
ND Press Release |
2022 Sharon
Lavigne, an environmental justice activist. |
ND Press release |
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
176th |
2021 |
Jimmy Dunne (ND '78) |
Vice chairman
and senior managing principal of Piper Sandler. He was one of the founders of
Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. |
May 16, 2021 |
|
ND Press Release |
2021 Carla
Harris, vice chairman of wealth management and senior client adviser at
Morgan Stanley - as well as a celebrated gospel singer, speaker and author |
ND Press release |
| J.
Jenkins |
Online Only |
175th |
2020 |
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew |
Orthodox
Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch |
May 17, 2020 |
Online only commencement press release |
ND Press Release |
2020 Kathleen
McChesney, former FBI executive assistant director and a leading expert in
addressing the Catholic Church's sexual abuse and coverup crisis |
ND Press release |
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
174th |
2019 |
Peggy Noonan |
Pulitzer
Prize-winning columnist for the Wall Street Journal, speechwrite for
President Ronald Reagan |
May 19, 2019 |
|
ND Press Release |
2019 Norman
Francis, president of Xavier University |
ND Press release |
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
173rd |
2018 |
Sergio Moro |
Brazilian judge,
a leader in his country's anti-corruption movement |
May 20, 2018 |
|
ND Press Release |
2018 Sister
Norma Pimentel, M.J., executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio
Grande Valley |
ND press release |
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
172nd |
2017 |
Mike Pence |
US Vice
President, fmr Indiana Governer |
May 21, 2017 |
|
ND Press Release |
2017 Rev.
Gregory J. Boyle, S.J., founder of Homeboy Industries |
ND press release |
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
171st |
2016 |
Gen. Martin E. Dempsey (retired) |
chaiman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff (2011-2015) |
May 15, 2016 |
|
ND Press Release |
2016 Joseph
Biden & John Boehner |
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| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
170th |
2015 |
Christopher Patten |
Chancellor,
Oxford University |
May 17, 2015 |
2015 schedule |
2015 Commencement Speakers |
2015 Aaron
Neville, four-time Grammy Award-winning singer and musician |
2015 Commencement
Speakers |
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
169th |
2014 |
Reverend Ray Hammond II |
Harvard-trained
surgeon, community leader, and founder and pastor of Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal Church in Boston. (Previously announced speaker, Christopher
Patten, chancellor of Oxford declined the invitation to speak due to health
reasons.) |
May 18, 2014 |
|
ND Press Release |
2014 Kenneth R.
Miller, professor of biology at Brown University |
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| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
168th |
2013 |
Cardinal Timothy Dolan |
Catholic
archbishop of New York and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic
Bishops |
May 19, 2013 |
|
Cardinal Dolan, archbishop of NY- southbendtribune.pdf |
2013 Sister
Susanne Gallagher, S.P., Sister Mary Therese Harrington, S.H. & Rev.
James McCarthy, founders of the Special Religious Education Development
Network |
|
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
167th |
2012 |
Haley Scott DeMaria (ND '95) |
University of Notre Dame alumna injured in a tragic 24 Jan
1992 bus accident involving the Fighting Irish swimming team. She has told
her story in a book, "What Though the Odds: Haley Scott's Journey". |
May 20, 2012 |
|
ND
Press Release |
2012 Ken
Hackett, former president Catholic Relief Services |
http://newsinfo.nd.edu/news/29246-laetare-2012/ |
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
166th |
2011 |
Robert M. Gates |
U.S. Secretary
of Defense |
May 22, 2011 |
|
[ND PR 20110126] |
2011 Sister
Mary Scullion, R.S.M., and Joan McConnon, co-founders of Project H.O.M.E. |
Notre Dame press release |
| J.
Jenkins |
Stadium |
165th |
2010 |
Brian
Williams |
NBC TV
journalist |
May 16, 2010 |
stadium venue planned |
[ND PR
20100114] |
2010 Dana
Gioia, poet and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts |
|
| J.
Jenkins |
Joyce Center |
164th |
2009 |
Barack H. Obama |
US President |
May 17, 2009 |
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[ND PR
20090320] |
2009 Mary Ann Glendon, former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican
(declined award) | Judge John T. Noonan Jr., the 1984 recipient of the
Laetare Medal, will deliver an address this year. |
Notre Dame press release |
| J.
Jenkins |
Joyce Center |
163rd |
2008 |
Cardinal
Theodore McCarrick |
archbishop
emeritus of Washington, D.C. |
May 18, 2008 |
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[WNDU 20080403] |
2008 Martin
Sheen, Human Rights Activist |
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| J.
Jenkins |
Joyce Center |
162nd |
2007 |
Jeffrey
Immelt |
CEO General
Electric |
May 20, 2007 |
|
[OBS 20070518] |
2007 Patrick F.
McCartan, chairman emeritus of the University of Notre Dame’s Board of
Trustees |
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| J.
Jenkins |
Joyce Center |
161st |
2006 |
Mary
McAleese |
President of
Ireland |
May 21, 2006 |
|
[OBS 20060519] |
2006 Dave
Brubeck, jazz musician |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
160th |
2005 |
Vartan
Gregorian |
President,
Carnegie Corporation of New York |
May 15, 2005 |
|
[OBS 20050513] |
2005 Dr. Joseph
E. Murray, surgeon |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
159th |
2004 |
Justice Alan
C. Page (ND '67) |
Minnesota
Supreme Court Justice & fmr ND & Minn Viking football player |
May 16, 2004 |
|
[OBS 20040514] |
2004 Rev. J.
Bryan Hehir , theologian |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
158th |
2003 |
Sen.
Richard Lugar |
Chairman of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations |
May 18, 2003 |
|
[OBS 20030320] |
2003 Peter and
Margaret O’Brien Steinfels, editors of Commonweal |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
157th |
2002 |
Tim Russert |
journalist &
moderator of "Meet the Press," (replaced Vicente Fox, President of
Mexico, as speaker) |
May 19, 2002 |
|
[ND PR
20020429] |
2002 Rev. John
P. Smyth, executive director of Maryville Academy |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
156th |
2001 |
George
W. Bush |
US President |
May 20, 2001 |
|
[ND PR
20010513] |
2001 Msgr.
George G. Higgins, labor priest |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
155th |
2000 |
Kofi Annan |
UN Secretary General |
May 21, 2000 |
|
[ND PR
20010513] |
2000 Andrew J.
McKenna, chairman of the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
154th |
1999 |
Elizabeth Dole |
former president of the American
Red Cross, fmr Sec of Transportation, and Sec of Labor |
May 16, 1999 |
|
[ND PR
20010513] |
1999 J. Philip
Gleason, historian |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
153rd |
1998 |
Joseph
Kernan (ND '68) |
Indiana Lt.
Gov., Viet Nam war Ex-POW |
May 17, 1998 |
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[SBT] |
1998 Dr. Edmund
D. Pellegrino, doctor |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
152nd |
1997 |
Mark
Shields (ND '59) |
Syndicated
columnist and political analyst |
May 18, 1997 |
|
[ND PR
20010513] |
1997 Rev.
Virgil Elizondo, theologian |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
151st |
1996 |
Mary
Ann Glendon |
Professor of Law
at Harvard University, Vatican representative to the international 1995
Beijing Conference on Women |
May 19, 1996 |
|
[SBT], [GO
FORTH] |
1996 Sister
Helen Prejean, C.S.J., social activist |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
150th |
1995 |
Condoleezza
Rice (ND '85-MS) |
Provost,
Stanford Univ. |
May 21, 1995 |
|
[SBT] |
1995 Cardinal
Joseph Bernardin, Archbishop of Chicago |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
149th |
1994 |
Albert
Reynolds |
Irish Taoiseach |
May 15, 1994 |
|
[SBT] |
1994 Sidney
Callahan, psychologist and author |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
148th |
1993 |
Tom Brokaw |
TV journalist |
May 16, 1993 |
|
[SBT] |
1993 Donald R.
Keough, chairman emeritus of the University of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
147th |
1992 |
George
H.W. Bush |
US President |
May 18, 1992 |
|
[SBT] |
1992 Daniel
Patrick Moynihan, United States Senator |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
146th |
1991 |
Margaret O'Brien Steinfels |
editor
of Commonweal magazine |
May 19, 1991 |
|
[NYT 19910520] |
1991 Corinne C.
“Lindy” Boggs, former United States Congresswoman |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
145th |
1990 |
Bill Cosby |
comedian, actor
and producer |
May 20, 1990 |
|
[SBT], [GO
FORTH] |
1990 Sister
Thea Bowman, Gospel singer and evangelist |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
144th |
1989 |
Peter
Ueberroth |
6th commissioner
of Major League Baseball |
May 21, 1989 |
|
[SBT] |
1989 Walker
Percy, novelist |
|
| E.
Malloy |
Joyce Center |
143rd |
1988 |
Andrew
Young |
Atlanta Mayor,
UN Ambassador |
May 15, 1988 |
|
[SBT] |
1988 Eunice
Kennedy Shriver, humanitarian |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Joyce Center |
142nd |
1987 |
Derek Bok |
President,
Harvard University |
May 17, 1987 |
|
[SBT] |
1987 Rev.
Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., educator |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
141st |
1986 |
Bishop
James W. Malone |
Bishop of
Youngstown and president, US Catholic Conference |
May 18, 1986 |
|
[SBT], [GO
FORTH] |
1986 Thomas P.
and Mary Elizabeth Carney, chairman of the University of Notre Dame’s Board
of Trustees and spouse |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
140th |
1985 |
Jose Napoleon Duarte (ND '48) |
El Salvador
president |
May 19, 1985 |
|
[SBT] |
1985 Guido
Calabresi, dean of Yale University Law School |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
139th |
1984 |
Loret
M. Ruppe |
Peace Corps
Director |
May 20, 1984 |
|
[SBT] |
1984 John
Noonan, legal scholar |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
138th |
1983 |
Joseph
Cardinal Bernardin |
Archbishop of
Chicago |
May 15, 1983 |
|
[SBT] |
1983 Edmund A.
and Evelyn Stephan, chairman emeritus of the University of Notre Dame’s Board
of Trustees and spouse |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
137th |
1982 |
Pierre
Trudeau |
Canadian Prime
Minister |
May 16, 1982 |
|
[SBT] |
1982 Cardinal
John Francis Dearden, retired Archbishop of Detroit |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
136th |
1981 |
Ronald W.
Reagan |
US President |
May 17, 1981 |
|
[SBT] |
1981 Edmund S.
Muskie, former United States Senator and Secretary of State |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
135th |
1980 |
Benjamin
R. Civiletti |
Attorney General
of the US |
May 18, 1980 |
|
[SBT] |
1980 Thomas P.
“Tip” O’Neill, Jr., Speaker of the House |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
134th |
1979 |
Joseph
A. Califano, Jr. |
Secretary of
Health, Education, and Welfare |
May 19, 1979 |
|
[SBT] |
1979 Helen
Hayes, actress |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
133rd |
1978 |
William
F. Buckley, Jr. |
editor of
"The National Review," author and commentator |
May 21, 1978 |
|
[SBT], [GO
FORTH] |
1978 Msgr. John
Tracy Ellis, historian |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
132nd |
1977 |
Jimmy E.
Carter |
US President |
May 22, 1977 |
|
[SBT] |
1977 Mike
Mansfield, United States Senator |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
131st |
1976 |
Vernon
Jordan, Jr. |
Director, Urban
League |
May 16, 1976 |
|
[SBT] |
1976 Paul
Horgan, author |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
130th |
1975 |
Alan Pifer |
president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York |
May 18, 1975 |
|
[SBT] |
1975 Sister Ann
Ida Gannon, B.V.M., educator |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
129th |
1974 |
Rosemary
Park |
UCLA Professor of Education & Notre Dame Trustee |
May 19, 1974 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [SBT], [GO FORTH] |
1974 James A.
Farley, business executive and former Postmaster General |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
128th |
1973 |
Malcolm
Moos |
Univ of Minn
President |
May 20, 1973 |
|
[The
Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, IN) May 21, 1973; pg 11] |
1973 Rev. John
A. O’Brien, author |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
127th |
1972 |
Kingman
Brewster, Jr |
Yale president |
May 21, 1972 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [The Bridgeport Telegram, May 22, 1972; pg 15, Bridgeport CT] |
1972 Dorothy
Day, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, journalist and author |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
126th |
1971 |
Dr.
Kenneth Keniston |
Professor of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine. Speech:
"The Agony of Counter Culture" |
May 23, 1971 |
|
[SBT], [The
Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, IN May 24, 1971; pg 2] |
1971 Walter
Kerr, drama critic, and Jean Kerr, author |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
125th |
1970 |
Dr.
James E. Allen Jr |
US Commissioner
of Education |
June 7, 1970 |
|
[Anderson Daily
Bulletin, May 27, 1970; Anderson, IN; pg 13] |
1970 Dr.
William B. Walsh, physician |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
ACC |
124th |
1969 |
Daniel
Patrick Moynihan |
President
Richard Nixon's urban affairs adviser |
June 1, 1969 |
First
graduation held in ACC. |
[Anderson Daily
Bulletin, May 3, 1969; Anderson, IN; pg 3] |
1969 William J.
Brennan, Jr., jurist and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Mall |
123rd |
1968 |
Dr.
James A. Perkins |
president of
Cornell University |
June 2, 1968 |
|
[Anderson Daily
Bulletin, May 9, 1968; Anderson, IN; pg 7], [SBT] |
1968 Sargent
Shriver, diplomat |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Mall |
122nd |
1967 |
Eugene
McCarthy |
US Senator from
Minnesota |
June 4, 1967 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [Anderson Daily Bulletin, May 10, 1967; Anderson, IN; pg 7], [SBT] |
1967 J. Peter
Grace, industrialist |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Mall |
121st |
1966 |
Barbara Ward |
British
economist |
June 5, 1966 |
The first woman
to serve as the principal Commencement Speaker |
[The
Vidette-Messenger (Valparaiso, IN) Jun 6, 1966; pg 2], [Chicago Tribune; Jun
6, 1966; pg 14], [SBT] |
1966 Mr. and
Mrs. Patrick F. Crowley, founders of The Christian Family Movement |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Mall |
120th |
1965 |
McGeorge
Bundy |
United States
National Security Advisor |
June 6, 1965 |
|
[Chicago
Tribune; May 20, 1965; pg A9], [Chicago Tribune; Jun 7, 1965; pg B2], [SBT] |
1965 Frederick
D. Rossini, scientist |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Fieldhouse |
119th |
1964 |
Thomas
Mann |
Ass't Sec of
State for Inter-Am Affs |
June 7, 1964 |
|
[SBT] |
1964 Phyllis
McGinley, poet |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Mall |
118th |
1963 |
Lester
Pearson |
Canadian Prime
Minister |
June 9, 1963 |
Last person
born in the 19th Century to be Commencent Speaker |
[ND PR
20010513], [SBT] |
1963 Admiral
George W. Anderson, Jr., Chief of Naval operations |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Mall |
117th |
1962 |
Henry
Cabot Lodge, Jr. |
US Senator,
former ambassador to the UN |
June 3, 1962 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [SBT], [GO FORTH] |
1962 Francis J.
Braceland, M.D., psychiatrist |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Mall |
116th |
1961 |
R.
Sargent Shriver |
director of the
Peace Corps |
June 4, 1961 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [SBT] |
1961 John F.
Kennedy, President of the United States |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Mall |
115th |
1960 |
Dwight
D. Eisenhower |
US President |
June 5, 1960 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [SBT] |
1960 George N.
Shuster, educator |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Stadium |
114th |
1959 |
John A.
McCone |
chairman of the
Atomic Energy Commission |
June 7, 1959 |
|
[SBT] |
1959 Robert D.
Murphy, diplomat |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Drill Hall |
113th |
1958 |
James
P. Mitchell |
Secretary of
Labor |
June 8, 1958 |
scheduled to be
in the stadium, moved to Drill Hall because of rain |
[SBT] |
1958 Frank M.
Folsom, industrialist |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Stadium |
112th |
1957 |
Earl Warren |
Chief Justice of
the United States |
June 2, 1957 |
|
[SBT] |
1957 Clare
Boothe Luce, diplomat |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Stadium |
111th |
1956 |
Admiral
Arleigh A. Burke |
Chief of Naval
Operations |
June 3, 1956 |
|
[SBT] |
1956 General
Alfred M. Guenther, soldier |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
outdoors |
110th |
1955 |
Herbert
Brownell |
Attorney General
of the US |
June 5, 1955 |
|
[SBT] |
1955 George
Meany, labor leader |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Stadium |
109th |
1954 |
James
R. Killian, Jr. |
President,
M.I.T. |
June 6, 1954 |
|
[SBT] |
1954 Jefferson
Caffery, diplomat |
|
| T.
Hesburgh |
Stadium |
108th |
1953 |
Dr. Detlev
Wulf Bronk |
President of
Johns Hopkins University |
June 7, 1953 |
|
[SBT] |
1953 I.A.
O’Shaughnessy, philanthropist |
|
| J. J.
Cavanaugh |
Stadium |
107th |
1952 |
Charles
Malik |
Minister of
Lebanon to the US, chairman of the Commission on Human Rights of the UN |
June 1, 1952 |
"The
American Question" |
[SBT], [GO
FORTH] |
1952 Thomas E.
Murray, member U.S. Atomic Energy Commission |
|
| J. J.
Cavanaugh |
Drill Hall |
106th |
1951 |
Francis
P. Matthews |
US Secretary of
the Navy |
June 3, 1951 |
scheduled to be
in the stadium, moved to Drill Hall because of rain |
[SBT] |
1951 John Henry
Phelan, philanthropist |
|
| J. J.
Cavanaugh |
Stadium |
105th |
1950 |
John
Joseph Hearne |
Ireland's first
ambassador to the US |
June 4, 1950 |
|
[SBT] |
1950 General
Joseph L. Collins, soldier |
|
| J. J.
Cavanaugh |
Stadium |
104th |
1949 |
John
S. Burke |
President of B.
Altman & Co., a New York Department store |
June 6, 1949 |
First outdoor
commencement since 1925, first ever held in ND football stadium |
[SBT] |
1949 Irene
Dunne, actress |
|
| J. J.
Cavanaugh |
Drill Hall |
103rd |
1948 |
Paul G.
Hoffmann |
Administrator of
the Economic Cooperation Administration and former chairman of the Studebaker
Corporation |
June 6, 1948 |
|
[SBT] |
1948 Frank C.
Walker, Postmaster General and civic leader |
|
| J. J.
Cavanaugh |
Drill Hall |
102nd |
1947 |
Gen.
George C. Kenney |
Commanding
General of the Strategic Air Command |
June 1, 1947 |
|
[SBT] |
1947 William G.
Bruce, publisher and civic leader |
|
| Hugh
O'Donnell |
Drill Hall |
101st |
1946 |
George
E. Sokolsky |
Newspaper
Columnist from New York |
June 30, 1946 |
|
[SBT] |
1946 Carlton J.
H. Hayes, historian and diplomat |
|
| Hugh
O'Donnell |
|
100th |
1945 |
Rev. Phillip S. Moore, C.S.C. |
Dean of the
Graduate School |
June 22, 1945 |
SBT does not
mention commencement except Navy Ensigns. |
[SBT], [GO
FORTH], [Chicago Daily Tribune; Jun 23, 1945; pg. 13] |
1945 G. Howland
Shaw, diplomat |
|
| Hugh
O'Donnell |
|
99th |
1944 |
Rev. Thomas J. Brennan, C.S.C. |
Professor of
Philosophy |
|
SBT showed mass
outside military honor door of SH Cathedral 28-May-44. Mention navy men not
there because of baccalaureate. Not sure if there was commencement this year
or not. |
[SBT], [GO
FORTH] |
1944 Anne
O’Hare McCormick, journalist |
|
| Hugh
O'Donnell |
|
|
1943/44 |
Hon.
Harry F. Kelly '17 |
Governor of
Michigan |
|
SBT does not
mention commencement |
[GO FORTH] |
|
|
| Hugh
O'Donnell |
|
98th |
1943 |
Rev. Arthur J. Hope, C.S.C. |
author and
editor |
|
|
[GO FORTH] |
1943 Thomas
Francis Woodlock, editor |
|
| Hugh
O'Donnell |
univ gym |
98th |
1942 |
J.
Edgar Hoover |
FBI Director |
May 10, 1942 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [Chicago Daily Tribune; May 17, 1942. p. W3 (1 page)], [The
Washington Post; May 11, 1942; pg. 7], [SBT] |
1942 Helen
Constance White, author and teacher |
|
| Hugh
O'Donnell |
univ gym |
96th |
1941 |
Joseph
P. Kennedy |
former United
States Ambassador to the United Kingdom |
June 1, 1941 |
"Conscience,
Patriotism, and Freedom of Speech", JFK & RFK father |
[ND PR
20010513], [GO FORTH], [Los Angeles Times; Jun 2, 1941; p.7], [SBT] |
1941 William
Thomas Walsh, journalist and author |
|
| Hugh
O'Donnell |
univ gym |
95th |
1940 |
D.
Worth Clark (ND class of 1922) |
Senator from
Idaho |
June 2, 1940 |
First
commencement speaker born in the 20th Century. |
[New York
Times; Jun 3, 1940; p.32], [SBT], (Hon. M. L. Duplessis, former premier of
Canada, was scheduled to speak, he declined due to the extremely grave
internation situation. [Notre Dame Scholastic, V.73, Number 26]) |
1940 General
Hugh Aloysius Drum, soldier |
|
| John F.
O'Hara |
univ gym |
94 |
1939 |
William Henry Harrison |
vice president
for American Telephone and Telegraph Co. |
June 4, 1939 |
|
[New York
Times; Jun 5, 1939; pg. 13], [SBT] |
1939 Josephine
Van Dyke Brownson, catechist [Her father received the medal in 1892] |
[SBT] |
| John F.
O'Hara |
univ gym |
94th |
1938 |
Terence B. Cosgrove (ND class of 1906) |
distinguished
Los Angeles Attorney |
June 5, 1938 |
"Virtue of
Industry" |
[Los Angeles
Times; Jun 6, 1938, p.20], [SBT] |
1938 Irvin
William Abell, surgeon |
|
| John F.
O'Hara |
univ gym |
92 |
1937 |
Dennis F. Kelly |
philanthropist,
President of The Fair, Chicago department store |
June 6, 1937 |
|
[New York
Times; Jun 7, 1937; pg 12], [Chicago Daily Tribune; Jun 7, 1937; pg 17], [GO
FORTH] |
1937 Jeremiah
Denis M. Ford, scholar |
|
| John F.
O'Hara |
univ gym |
92nd |
1936 |
Dr
William J. Mayo |
one of the seven
founders of the Mayo Clinic |
June 7, 1936 |
|
[Chicago Daily
Tribune; Jun 1, 1936; pg 19], [New York Times; Jun 8, 1936; pg 15], [SBT] |
1936 Richard
Reid, lawyer and journalist |
|
| John F.
O'Hara |
univ gym |
91st |
1935 |
Shane
Leslie |
Irish author,
dramatist, lecturer |
June 2, 1935 |
|
[New York
Times; Jun 3, 1935; pg 22], [Chicago Daily Tribune; Jun 1, 1935; pg 14], [GO
FORTH] |
1935 Francis
Hamilton Spearman, novelist |
|
| John F.
O'Hara (acting) |
univ gym |
90th |
1934 |
Frank
C. Walker (ND Law 1909) |
Executive
Director of the National Emergency Council |
June 3, 1934 |
C.L. O'Donnell
died 4 Jun 1934 |
[New York
Times; Jun 4, 1934; pg 11], [SBT] |
1934 Genevieve
Garvan Brady, philanthropist |
|
| C. L.
O'Donnell |
univ gym |
89th |
1933 |
Paul V.
McNutt |
Indiana Governor |
June 4, 1933 |
|
[New York
Times); Jun 5, 1933; pg4], [SBT] |
1933 John
McCormack, artist |
|
| C. L.
O'Donnell |
|
88th |
1932 |
Owen D.
Young |
Chairman of the
Board of the General Electric Company |
June 5, 1932 |
|
[New York
Times; Jun 6, 1932; pg1] |
1932 Stephen J.
Maher, physician |
|
| C. L.
O'Donnell |
univ gym |
87th |
1931 |
Angus
D. McDonald (ND baseball & football player) |
President of
Southern Pacific Railway's Louisiana and Texas Division |
June 7, 1931 |
|
[New York
Times; Jun 7, 1931; pg N6], [Chicago Daily Tribune; Jun 5, 1931; pg 4], [SBT] |
1931 James J.
Phelan, businessman |
|
| C. L.
O'Donnell |
univ gym |
86th |
1930 |
Claude G.
Bowers |
American writer,
Democratic politician |
June 1, 1930 |
|
[Chicago Daily
Tribune; Jun 2, 1930; pg 37], [SBT] |
1930 Frederick
Philip Kenkel, publicist |
|
| C. L.
O'Donnell |
univ gym |
85th |
1929 |
William
J. Donovan |
Political
Figure, Lawyer, Soldier awarded the Medal of Honor in WW I |
June 2, 1929 |
"Science,
Civilization, and the Individual" |
[GO FORTH],
[SBT] |
1929 Alfred
Emmanuel Smith, statesman |
|
| M. Walsh |
univ gym |
84th |
1928 |
Francis
O'Shaughnessy (ND Law 1900) |
Chicago
Attorney, ND class of 1900 |
June 3, 1928 |
|
[Chicago Daily
Tribune; Jun 3, 1928; pg 25], SBT] |
1928 John
Johnson Spalding, lawyer |
|
| M. Walsh |
univ gym |
83rd |
1927 |
Aldred J. Talley |
judge on the
circuit court of appeals of New York City |
June 5, 1927 |
|
[SBT] |
1927 Margaret
Anglin, actress |
|
| M. Walsh |
Main Quad then
Church |
82nd |
1926 |
Judge
Dudley G. Wooten |
professor in
Hoynes College of Law at the University of Notre Dame |
June 13, 1926 |
commencement
began on the quad then moved to Sacred Heart Church due to rain |
[SBT] |
1926 Edward
Nash Hurley, businessman |
|
| M. Walsh |
Main Bldg Quad |
81st |
1925 |
Edmond H. Moore |
Democratic National Committee member, lawyer from
Youngstown, Ohio |
June 14, 1925 |
|
[GO FORTH],
[SBT] |
1925 Albert
Francis Zahm, scientist |
|
| M. Walsh |
|
80th |
1924 |
Woodbridge
N. Ferris |
educator,
Senator from Michigan |
June 15, 1924 |
|
[Chicago Daily
Tribune; May 28, 1924; pg 14], [SBT], [SBNT] |
1924 Charles D.
Maginnis, architect |
|
| M. Walsh |
Main Bldg Quad |
79th |
1923 |
Dr.
Lindsey Blayney |
diplomat,
veteran of the world war, educator from Rice Institute in Houston, Texas |
June 10, 1923 |
First ever
commencement held outdoors at ND. |
[SBT] |
1923 Walter
George Smith, lawyer |
|
| J. Burns |
Washington Hall |
78th |
1922 |
Honorable Kickham Scanlan (ND alumnus) |
Chief Justice of
the criminal court of Chicago |
June 12, 1922 |
|
[Fort Wayne
(IN) News Sentinel, published as The News-Sentinel; Date: 06-09-1922; Pg:
10], [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9457152],
[SBNT] |
1922 Charles
Patrick Neill, economist |
|
| J. Burns |
Washington Hall |
77th |
1921 |
Sen.
David I. Walsh |
Senator,
Massachusetts |
June 13, 1921 |
commencement
address topic "The Need of Christian Education to Stem the Unrest of the
Day" |
[Fort Wayne
News Sentinel, published as The News Sentinel; 06-15-1921; Page: 18; Fort
Wayne, IN], [SBNT] |
1921 Elizabeth
Nourse, artist |
|
| |
Washington Hall |
76th |
1920 |
Morgan
Joseph O'Brien |
former New York
supreme court justice |
June 15, 1920 |
|
[Fort Wayne
News Sentinel, published as The Fort Wayne News; Date: 06-14-1920; Page 16;
Fort Wayne, Indiana], [Daily Republican, The; June 12, 1920; pg 6; Rushville,
Indiana], [SBNT] |
1920 Lawrence
Francis Flick, physician |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
75th |
1919 |
Right Rev. Mgr. Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew (replaced the
scheduled Sen. David I. Walsh from Mass.) |
Chaplin to the
forces of England |
June 9, 1919 |
|
[The Fort Wayne
News and Sentinel; Date: 06-12-1919; Page Two; Location: Fort Wayne, Ind],
[name and occupation from The Catholics Who's Who & Year Book 1908 By F.
C. Burnand, page 30], [SBT] |
1919 George L.
Duval, philanthropist |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
74th |
1918 |
Edward
N. Hurley |
Chairman
of the Shipping Board |
June 10, 1918 |
numerous
newspaper citations |
[Philadelphia
Inquirer; Date: 06-11-1918; Pg 1; Locatio;: Philadelphia, Penn] |
1918 Joseph
Scott, lawyer |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
73rd |
1917 |
Rt.
Rev. Joseph Chartrand |
Coadjutor Bishop
of Indianapolis |
|
Education’s
Grandest Work |
[GO FORTH] |
1917 William
Shepherd Benson, admiral and Chief of Naval Operations |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
72nd |
1916 |
Max Pam |
Founded a school of journalism at the university |
June 12, 1916 |
per GO FORTH
speaker was Hon. Marcus A. Kavanaugh, Judge of the US District Court of Iowa
(further research finds that he was a judge in Chicago) |
[The Grand
Rapids Press; Date: 06-12-1916; Page: 16; Location: Grand Rapids, MI (date)],
[Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 13, 1916; pg. 17], [SBT], [GO FORTH] |
1916 James
Joseph Walsh, physician and author |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
71st |
1915 |
John
F. Fitzgerald |
former Boston
Mayor |
June 14, 1915 |
JFK grandfather. |
[ND PR
20010513], [Duluth News-Tribune, page 8, vol. 47, iss. 37, June 7, 1915,
Duluth, Minnesota)] |
1915 Mary V.
Merrick, philanthropist |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
70th |
1914 |
Joseph
Ransdell |
Senator, Louisiana |
June 15, 1914 |
|
[Times
Picayune, published as The Weekly Times-Picayune.; 06-18-1914; Page: 3;
Location: New Orleans, US], [ND PR 20010513], [The Philadelphia Inquirer;
Date 06-21-1914; Vol 170; Issue 172; Page 11; Philadelphia, Penn] |
1914 Edward
Douglas White, jurist and chief justice of the United States |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
69th |
1913 |
James M.
Cox |
Ohio Governor |
June 16, 1913 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [Chicago Daily Tribune; Jun 17, 1913; pg. 10; col 3] |
1913 Charles B.
Herberman, editor-in-chief on the Catholic Encyclopedia |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
68th |
1912 |
Bishop Thomas F. Hickey, D.D. |
bishop of
Rochester, NY |
June 17, 1912 |
|
[Chicago Daily
Tribune; Jun 16, 1912; pg. H12], [Chicago Daily Tribune; Jun 18, 1912; pg.
14], [SBT] |
1912 Thomas M.
Mulry, philanthropist |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
Washington Hall |
67th |
1911 |
Sir
Charles Fitzpatrick |
Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Canada |
June 12, 1911 |
|
[Chicago Daily
Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 13, 1911; pg. 8], [SBT], [GO FORTH shows Sir Charles
as speaker] |
1911 Agnes
Replier, author |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
66th |
1910 |
Thomas
R. Marshall |
Indiana Governor |
June 13, 1910 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [Fort Wane Sentinel, June 15, 1910; pg 13] |
1910 Maurice
Francis Egan, author and diplomat |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
65th |
1909 |
Hannis
Taylor |
former minister to Spain |
June 17, 1909 |
|
[Chicago Daily
Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 18, 1909; pg. 10] |
1909 Frances
Tiernan (Christian Reid), novelist |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
64th |
1908 |
Charles
P. Neill |
commissioner of
labor for the United States |
June 16, 1908 |
|
[Chicago Daily Tribune
(1872-1963); Jun 14, 1908; pg. A3] |
1908 James C.
Monaghan, economist |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
Washington Hall |
63rd |
1907 |
Sir
Charles Fitzpatrick |
Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Canada |
June 12, 1907 |
per GO FORTH
speaker was Rev. John Talbot Smith, priest, author, lecturer, New York City |
[Chicago Daily Tribune
(1872-1963); Jun 14, 1907; pg. 4], [SBT], [GO FORTH] |
1907 Katherine
Eleanor Conway, journalist and author |
|
| J. W. Cavanaugh |
|
62nd |
1906 |
Rev. D.J. Stafford |
priest
from Washington DC |
June 13, 1906 |
"The
Catholic Young Man's Civic Duty' |
[Chicago Daily
Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 10, 1906; pg. 2], [Chicago Daily Tribune
(1872-1963); Jun 14, 1906; pg. 7], [SBT] |
1906 Francis J.
Quinlan, physician |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
|
61st |
1905 |
Rev. Daniel E. Hudson |
editor
of "The Ave Maria" |
June 15, 1905 |
per GO FORTH
speaker was Hon. Marcus A. Kavanaugh, judge from Chicago |
[Chicago Daily
Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 12, 1905; pg. 9], [Chicago Daily Tribune
(1872-1963); Jun 15, 1905; pg. 4], [GO FORTH] |
1905 Thomas B.
Fitzpatrick, philanthropist |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
St. Joseph's Hall |
60th |
1904 |
Charles
Joseph Bonaparte |
Attorney,
Progressive Reformer, member of the Board of Indian Commissioners, Secretary
of the Navy |
June 16, 1904 |
"Some
Thoughts for American Catholics" |
[ND PR
20010513], [GO FORTH], [Fort Wayne Morning Journal-Gazette; June 12, 1904;
pg6; June 15, 1905 pg5] |
1904 Richard C.
Kerens, diplomat |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
|
59th |
1903 |
John
Gearin |
Senator, Oregon |
6/18/1903 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [Logansport Reporter | Logansport, Indiana | Friday, June 19, 1903
| Page 5], [Fort Wayne Morning Journal-Gazette; June 14, 1904; pg7] |
1903 Charles
Jerome Bonaparte, lawyer |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
|
58th |
1902 |
William P. Breen, A.B. '77, A.M. '80 |
lawyer from Fort Wayne, IN |
6/18/1902 |
|
[Fort Wayne
Evening Sentinel; June 20, 1902; pg 10], [GO FORTH] |
1902 John
Benjamin Murphy, surgeon |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
|
57th |
1901 |
Bishop
John Shanley |
Bishop of Fargo,
North Dakota |
6/12/1901 |
|
[Grand Forks
Herald, published as Grand Forks Daily Herald; Date: 06-15-1901; Volume: 20;
Issue: 193; Page: 3; Location: Grand Forks, North Dakota] [New York Times,
July 17, 1909, Saturday, Page 14, 282 words] |
1901 William
Bourke Cockran, orator |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
Washington Hall |
56th |
1900 |
Rt.
Rev. John J. Glennon, D.D. |
bishop of Kansas
City, MO |
6/13/1900 |
|
[Chicago Daily
Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 15, 1900; pg 4], [SBT], [Irish World, published as
The Irish World And American Industrial Liberator; 06-30-1900; Page: [3];
Location: New York, New York] |
1900 John A.
Creighton, philanthropist |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
|
55th |
1899 |
Rt.
Rev. John Lancaster Spalding |
Bishop of Peoria |
6/15/1899 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 4, 1899; pg. 8] |
1899 Mary
Gwendolin Caldwell, philanthropist |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
Washington Hall |
54th |
1898 |
Rt.
Rev. Maurice F. Burke '66 |
bishop from St.
Joseph, MO |
6/16/1898 |
|
[Fort Wayne
Journal | Fort Wayne, Indiana | Friday, June 17, 1898 | Page 2], [Logansport
Pharos | Logansport, Indiana | Saturday, June 18, 1898 | Page 3], [SBT] |
1898 Timothy
Edward Howard, jurist |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
Washington Hall |
53rd |
1897 |
Rt. Rev. Mons. Joseph F. Mooney, LL.D. |
priest of archdiocese of New York City |
6/17/1897 |
|
[The Denver
Evening Post, (Denver, CO) Wednesday, June 16, 1897; pg. 7; col F], [SBT],
[GO FORTH] |
1897 Thomas
Addis Emmet, physician |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
|
52nd |
1896 |
Rt.
Rev. John Lancaster Spalding |
Bishop of Peoria |
6/18/1896 |
per GO FORTH
speaker was Hon. Thomas A. Moran, Judge, Chicago |
[The Daily
Inter Ocean; Date: 06-20-1896; Volume: XXV; Issue: 88; Page: [10]; Location:
Chicago, Illinois], [GO FORTH] |
1896 General
William Starke Rosecrans, soldier |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
|
51st |
1895 |
Rt.
Rev. John Lancaster Spalding |
Bishop of Peoria |
6/13/1895 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [The Daily Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Thursday, June 13, 1895; pg.
3; Issue 81; col A] |
1895 Mary A.
Sadlier, novelist |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
Washington Hall |
50th |
1894 |
Rt.
Rev. John Lancaster Spalding |
bishop of
Columbus, Ohio |
6/21/1894 |
|
[Chicago Daily
Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 21, 1894; pg. 5] |
1894 Augustine
Daly, theatrical producer |
|
| A.
Morrissey |
Washington Hall |
49th |
1893 |
Msgr.
Robert Seton, D.D. |
of New Jersey |
6/20/1893 |
"The
Dignity of Labor" |
[GO FORTH] ,
[Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 21, 1893; pg. 5], [SBT] |
1893 Patrick
Donohue, founder of the Boston Pilot |
|
| T. Walsh |
|
47 |
1892 |
Rt.
Rev. J.S. Foley |
Bishop of
Detroit |
|
|
[Logansport
Reporter | Logansport, IN | July 16, 1892 | Page 4 (mentions T. Walsh as
president)], [GO FORTH] |
1892 Henry F.
Brownson, philosopher and author |
|
| T. Walsh |
|
46 |
1891 |
Rt.
Rev. John Lancaster Spalding |
Bishop of Peoria |
6/23/1891 |
|
ND PR 20010513
[Paper: Chicago Herald, published as The Chicago Herald; Date: 06-24-1891;
Page: 5; Location: Chicago, Illinois] |
1891 Daniel
Dougherty, orator |
|
| T. Walsh |
|
45 |
1890 |
Rt.
Rev. John Lancaster Spalding |
Bishop of Peoria |
6/25/1890 |
|
[ND PR
20010513] [The Daily Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Thursday, June 26, 1890; pg.
3; Issue 93; col A] [Rocky Mountain News, (Denver, CO) Monday, June 30, 1890;
pg. 4; col B] [St. Paul Daily News (St. Paul, MN), (St. Paul, MN) Wednesday,
June 25, 1890; Issue 151; col F] |
1890 William J.
Onahan, organizer of the American Catholic Congress |
|
| T. Walsh |
Washington Hall |
44 |
1889 |
William P. Breen, A.B. '77, A.M. '80 |
alumnus from
Fort Wayne, IN |
6/19/1889 |
|
[The Daily
Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Friday, June 21, 1889; pg. 6; Issue 89; col A],
[GO FORTH] |
1889 Anna
Hansen Dorsey, novelist |
|
| T. Walsh |
|
43 |
1888 |
Rev. P.F. Carr |
Denver, CO |
|
|
[GO FORTH],
[Rocky Mountain News, (Denver, CO) Friday, June 22, 1888; pg. 3; col B] |
1888 Patrick V.
Hickey, founder and editor of the Catholic Review |
|
| T. Walsh |
|
42 |
1887 |
Bishop
Gilmour |
bishop from
Cleveland |
6/22/1887 |
per GO FORTH
speaker was Wm. H. Johnston, alumnus, East Townsend, Ohio |
[The Daily
Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Sunday, June 12, 1887; pg. 20; Issue 80; col B]
[The Daily Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Wednesday, June 22, 1887; pg. 3; Issue
90; col E], [GO FORTH] |
1887 Edward
Preuss, publicist |
|
| T. Walsh |
|
41 |
1886 |
Rt.
Rev. John Lancaster Spalding |
Bishop of Peoria |
6/23/1886 |
"Growth and
Duty" |
[ND PR
20010513], [GO FORTH], [The Daily Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Thursday, June
24, 1886; pg. 5; Issue 92; col D], [The Daily Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL)
Sunday, June 06, 1886; pg. 20; Issue 74; col C] |
1886 General
John Newton, engineer |
|
| T. Walsh |
|
40 |
1885 |
the
scheduled speaker, Major General William S. Rosecrans canceled his commitment
due to duties in Washington, D.C. |
|
6/24/1885 |
|
[Rocky Mountain
News, (Denver, CO) Sunday, June 28, 1885; pg. 6; col D (date)], [GO FORTH
(speaker)] |
1885 Eliza
Allen Starr, art critic |
|
| T. Walsh |
|
39 |
1884 |
Rt. Rev. Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregon |
Bishop of
Linares, Mexico |
6/25/1884 |
|
[Rocky Mountain
News, (Denver, CO) Sunday, June 29, 1884; pg. 3; col A (date)], [GO FORTH
(speaker)] |
1884 Patrick
Charles Keeley, architect |
|
| T. Walsh |
|
38 |
1883 |
Rt.
Rev. John Lancaster Spalding |
bishop of
Columbus, Ohio |
6/23/1883 |
|
[Rocky Mountain
News, (Denver, CO) Tuesday, June 26, 1883; pg. 2; col A], [GO FORTH] |
1883 John Gilmary Shea,
historian |
|
| T. Walsh |
|
37 |
1882 |
Rt. Rev.
Francis S. Chatard |
Bishop of
Vincennes |
6/22/1882 |
|
[The Daily
Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Wednesday, June 21, 1882; pg. 7; Issue 79; col C],
[GO FORTH] |
|
|
| T. Walsh |
|
36 |
1881 |
Hon. W.W. Cleary |
Covington, KY |
6/23/1881 |
[Washington
Hall (bldg next to LaFortune) completed] |
[The Daily
Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Friday, June 24, 1881; Issue 78; col F(date)],
[Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 21, 1881; pg. 6(date)], [GO FORTH
(speaker)] |
|
|
| W. Corby |
|
35 |
1880 |
Hon.
Edmund F. Dunne |
of Salt Lake
City, former Chief Justice of Arizona |
6/23/1880 |
|
[Chicago Daily;
Jun 25, 1880; pg 12], [GO FORTH] |
|
|
| W. Corby |
|
|
1879 |
no commencement exercises |
|
|
4-23-1879 main
bldg destroyed by fire |
[GO FORTH] |
|
|
| W. Corby |
|
34th |
1878 |
Rt.
Rev. John Lancaster Spalding |
Bishop of Peoria |
6/25/1878 |
|
[ND PR
20010513], [Inter Ocean, (Chicago, IL) Thursday, June 27, 1878; pg. 2; Issue
81; col C] |
|
|
| W. Corby |
|
33rd |
1877 |
Frank H.
Hurd |
U.S.
Representative from Ohio |
6/27/1877 |
"Relation
of the Catholic Church to American Jurisprudence" |
[Chicago Daily
Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 28, 1877; pg.2] |
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1876 |
William J. Onahan |
Catholic activist and businessman from Chicago |
6/21/1876 |
"The
Catholic Citizen and the State" |
[GO FORTH],
[Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963); Jun 21, 1876; ProQuest Historical
Newspapers Chicago Tribune (1849 - 1986) pg. 2] |
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1875 |
J. S. Morris |
former Attorney
General of Mississippi |
6/23/1875 |
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Washington Hall |
30th |
1874 |
S. S. Hayes |
Comptroller of
Chicago |
6/24/1874 |
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Lemmonier |
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1873 |
John J. Fitzgibbon |
editor of the
Western Catholic |
6/26/1873 |
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Tribune; Jun 28, 1873, page 2] |
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28th |
1872 |
Rt. Rev.
Bishop Dwenger D.D. |
bishop from Fort
Wayne |
6/25/1872 |
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[Chicago
Tribune (1860-1872); Jun 29, 1872; page 2] |
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27th |
1871 |
Augustus
Caesar Dodge |
one of the first
two United States Senators to represent the state of Iowa after it was
admitted to the Union as a state |
6/21/1871 |
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Tribune; Jun 23, 1871; page 2] |
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The Grand
Exhibition Hall |
26th |
1870 |
Bishop Burgess |
Indiana |
6/22/1870 |
per GO FORTH
speaker was Paul Broder, Professor at Beloit College, Wisconsin |
[Chicago
Tribune (1860-1872); Jun 24, 1870; p 4], [GO FORTH] |
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25th |
1869 |
Rev. F.P. Boyle |
of Washington DC |
6/23/1869 |
GO FORTH does
not mention a speaker |
[Chicago
Tribune (1860-1872); Jun 24, 1869; pg. 0_4], [Chicago Tribune (1860-1872);
Jun 26, 1869; pg. 0_4] |
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1868 |
Mr. Corcoran |
editor of
"The Cincinnati Telegraph" |
6/21/1868 |
GO FORTH does
not mention a speaker |
[Chicago; Jun
27, 1868; Chicago Tribune; pg. 0_2] |
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1867 |
T.E. Corcoran |
editor
of "The Cincinnati Telegraph" |
6/26/1867 |
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27, 1867; Chicago Tribune; p01 (date and president)], [GO FORTH (speaker)] |
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1866 |
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Commencements of Notre Dame and St. Mary's are expected to take place in
about four weeks from the present time and it is anticipated that they will
be, this year, even more deeply interesting than in former years. [Chicago
Tribune; Jun 2, 1866; pg. 0_4; col 3] |
[Chicago Tribune; Jun 2, 1866; pg. 0_4; col
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1865 |
Gen.
William Tecumseh Sherman |
Union commander
in the western theater of the (Civil) war |
6/21/1865 |
"Perform
Bravely the Battle of Life" |
[Chicago
Tribune (1860-1872); Jun 24, 1865; pg. 0_4], [ND PR 20010513], [Notre Dame
vs. the Klan, By Todd Tucker, page 33], [GO FORTH], [The Daily Cleveland
Herald, (Cleveland, OH) Monday, June 05, 1865; Issue 163; col A], [The Daily
Cleveland Herald, (Cleveland, OH) Wednesday, June 07, 1865; Issue 165; col A] |
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1861 |
Rev.
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Chicago priest
and teacher |
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1845 |
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first ND
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Go Forth and Do Good - Memorable
Notre Dame Commencement Addresses, Edited by Wilson D. Miscamble, C.S.C. |
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Notre Dame Press Release, May 13, 2001 |
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ND PR 20020429 |
Notre Dame Press Release, April 29, 2002 |
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ND PR 20090320 |
Notre
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ND PR 20100114 |
Notre Dame Press Release, January 14, 2010 |
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Notre
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New
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ND
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ND Observer, May 14, 2004 |
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ND Observer, May 13, 2005 |
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ND Observer, May 19, 2006 |
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ND Observer, May 18, 2007 |
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South Bend
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South Bend
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WNDU.com,
April 3, 2008 |
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The University
of Notre Dame: A Portrait of Its History and Campus, by Thomas J. Schlereth |
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of Notre Dame Presidents |
Dates in Office (click dates for photo) |
Birth |
Death |
additional sources for president's information |
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2024-present |
circa 1966 |
living |
ND Press
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2005-2024 |
12/17/1953 |
living |
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1987-2005 |
5/3/1941 |
living |
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1952-1987 |
5/25/1917 |
2/26/2015 |
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1946-1952 |
1/23/1899 |
12/28/1979 |
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1940-1946 |
6/2/1884 |
6/12/1947 |
[Chicago Daily Tribune; Jun 13, 1947;
pg. 18] |
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Cardinal John O’Hara, C.S.C. |
1934-1940 |
8/1/1888 |
8/28/1960 |
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1928-1934 |
11/15/1884 |
6/4/1934 |
[Los Angeles Times; Jun 5, 1934; pg
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Rev. Matthew Walsh, C.S.C. |
1922-1928 |
5/14/1882 |
1/19/1963 |
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Rev. James Burns, C.S.C. |
1919-1922 |
2/13/1867 |
9/9/1940 |
[Chicago Daily Tribune; Sep 10, 1940;
pg. 26] |
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1905-1919 |
5/21/1870 |
3/22/1935 |
[Chicago Daily Tribune; Mar 23, 1935;
pg. 16] |
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1893-1905 |
11/16/1860 |
5/28/1921 |
[Fort Wayne (IN) Journal-Gazette; May
29, 1921; pg16] |
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Rev. Thomas E. Walsh, C.S.C. |
1881-1893 |
5/15/1853 |
6/17/1893 |
[Chicago Daily Tribune; Jul 18, 1893;
pg. 7] |
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Rev. Patrick Colovin, C.S.C. |
1874-1877 |
7/4/1842 |
8/20/1887 |
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1872-1874 |
4/12/1839 |
10/29/1874 |
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Rev. William Corby, C.S.C. |
1866-1872
and 1877-1881 |
10/2/1833 |
12/28/1897 |
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1865-1866 |
1/1/1832 |
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1842-1865 |
2/6/1814 |
10/31/1893 |
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