Commencement Speakers
1961 - current
The text of some Commencement speeches may be available in the CSB Archives.
| Year | Number | Guest Speakers | Student Speakers | B.A./B.S. Degrees* | ||
| 2012 | 97th | Anne Thompson | Allison Horton | 458 | ||
| 2011 | 96th | Laura McGrane | Emily Bina | 483 | ||
| 2010 | 95th | Elizabeth Alexander | Ashley Ver Burg | 494 | ||
| 2009 | 94rd | Belinda Jensen | Andrea Carrow | 493 | ||
| 2008 | 93rd | Ahna Skop | Natalia Calderon | 434 | ||
| 2007 | 92nd | Ephrem Hollermann, O.S.B. | Carliene Quist | 469 | ||
| 2006 | 91st | MaryAnn Baenninger | Emily Johnston | 464 | ||
| 2005 | 90th | Judge Helen Meyer | Katherine Silua | 505 | ||
| 2004 | 89th | Krista Tippett | Elena Jelsing | 464 | ||
| 2003 | 88th | Kathleen Hall Jaimeson, Ph. D. | Karolanne Hoffman | 477 | ||
| 2002 | 87th | Sharon Reives | Sarah Gottfried | 487 | ||
| 2001 | 86th | Helen Thomas | Sara Willi | 473 | ||
| 2000 | 85th | Marsha Johnson Evans | Sara K Olson | 465 | ||
| 1999 | 84th | Bishop John E. Kinney | Sally Koering | 425 | ||
| 1998 | 83rd | Angeline Dufner, Ph.D. (December 1997) & Joan Anderson Growe (May 1998) | Alissa Haller (December 1997) & Stacey Hey (May 1998) | 470 | ||
| 1997 | 82nd | Lynn M. Newman (December 1996) & Susan Mondale (May 1997) | Lisa Ann Johnson (December 1996) & Rebecca Peters (May 1997) | 461 | ||
| 1996 | 80th & 81st | Aretha Pigferd, Ph.D. (December 1995) & Patricia McGuire Ph.D. (May 1996) | Stacy Therese Stubbs (December 1995) & Katie Krolczyk (May 1996) | 384 | ||
| 1995 | 79th | Joan Reibel (December 1994) & Dame Ivy Dumont (May 1995) | Arnette Stuart (December 1994) & Elizabeth Morris (May 1995) | 371 | ||
| 1994 | 78th | Susan Mondale (December 1993) & Mary Barden Keegan (May 1994) | Shannon Campbell (May 1994) | 385 | ||
| 1993 | 77th | Vivian Jenkins (December 1992) & Patricia Hampl (May 1993) | Katie Deignan (May 1993) | 427 | ||
| 1992 | 76th | Keva Nethel, Ph.D. (December 1991) & Aliki Coudroglou (May 1992) | Margaret Winter (May 1992) | 417 | ||
| 1991 | 75th | Janet Serie, Ph.D. (December 1990) & Larraine Matusak Ph. D. (May 1991) | Amy Kramer (May 1991) | 461 | ||
| 1990 | 74th | Diane Lam (May 1990) | Nikkie Denne (May 1990) | 417 | A.A. Degrees* |
Total |
| 1989 | 73rd | Telzena Cookley (December 1988) & Denise DeVann (May 1989) | Carla Noack (May 1989) | 416 | 2 | 418 |
| 1988 | 72nd | Robert L. Spaeth | Patty Rys | 410 | 3 | 413 |
| 1987 | 71st | S. Mary Anthony Wagner, Ph.D. | Mary Kay Pasquesi | 420 | 1 | 421 |
| 1986 | 70th | S. Emmanuel Renner, Ph.D. | Amy Kuebelbeck | 356 | 3 | 359 |
| 1985 | 69th | Dr. Rosemary Radar | Monica Lousie Sinner | 375 | 9 | 384 |
| 1984 | 68th | Judge Diane Murphy | Melanie Witte | 315 | 6 | 321 |
| 1983 | 67th | Congresswoman Lindy Boggs | Linda Walczynski | 329 | 7 | 336 |
| 1982 | 66th | Mariam Hof | Mary Houghnon | 364 | 7 | 371 |
| 1981 | 65th | Elizabeth Tidball, Ph.D. | Lucy Barrett | 324 | 13 | 337 |
| 1980 | 64th | S. Elizabeth Morancy, R.S.M. | Laura S Szalacha | 316 | 14 | 330 |
| 1979 | 63rd | Larraine Matusak, Ph.D. | Mary C. Krettek | 323 | 30 | 353 |
| 1978 | 62nd | Maggie Kuhn | Patricia Skahan | 274 | 22 | 296 |
| 1977 | 61st | Harvey Stegemoeller, D.D. | Edith Martin | 284 | 20 | 304 |
| 1976 | 60th | Robert T. Smith | Clare Rossini | 229 | 20 | 249 |
| 1975 | 59th | Stanley J. Idzerda | Denise DeVaan | 260 | 18 | 278 |
| 1974 | 58th | S. Mary Mark Donovan | Mary Beth Hoey | 209 | 40 | 249 |
| 1973 | 57th | S. Carol Berg | Karen Wilson and Ann Sokolowski | 145 | 16 | 161 |
| 1972 | 56th | Miriam Hof | Ann Bullock | 133 | 4 | 137 |
| 1971 | 55th | Joseph Farry & S. Colman O'Connell |
Nancy Carpenter & Jane Byron |
113 | ||
| 1970 | 54th | Reverend Patrick Kelly & Ronald Lane |
Maureen Curran & Linda Ginther |
153 | ||
| 1969 | 53rd | Sidney Collahan | 152 | |||
| 1968 | 52nd | Daniel Durken O.S.B. & The Most Reverend James P. Shannon |
122 | |||
| 1967 | 51st | Mary Red Newland | 96 | |||
| 1966 | 50th | Rev. Robert Scgyzenberg & John Edward Carroll |
126 | |||
| 1965 | 49th | Matthew Ahmann | 110 | |||
| 1964 | 48th | Rev. Paul Halloran | 101 | |||
| 1963 | 47th | Rev. Charles F. Donovan | 66 | |||
| 1962 | 46th | Rev. Raymond Roseliep | 97 | |||
| 1961 | 45th | Rev. John O’Sullivan | 67 |
Most of this information is taken from the Commencement Program from each year, AC 05.26.
*Statistics source: Registrar's Annual Report.