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2010
Heidi I. Hartmann, Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient
Mark Anderson, Student Speaker
Dr. James K. Hightower and Sharon Hightower, Distinguished Alumni/Alumnae Service Award Recipients
Edward R. Baker, Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient
Gregory J. Boyle, SJ, Honorary Degree Recipient
Joseph C. Hough, Honorary Degree Recipient
2009
James Carroll, Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient (remarks)
Darcy Highland, Student Commencement Speaker
Gail Thompson, Distinguished Alumni Recipient (remarks)
William Cohen, Distinguished Alumni Service Award Recipient
Salman Ahmad, Honorary Degree Recipient
David Carrasco, Honorary Degree Recipient
Charles H. Long, Honorary Degree Recipient
2008
Richard Tapia, Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient (remarks)
Terry Crandall, Student Commencement Speaker (remarks)
Earl H. Maize, Distinguished Alumni Recipient
Deepak Shimkhada, Distinguished Alumni Recipient (remarks)
Robert C. Merton, Honorary Degree Recipient
Sheila Widnall, Honorary Degree Recipient
2007
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Everado Carvajal, Student Commencement Speaker:
Diane E. Watson, CGU Distinguished Alumni Award
David Dreier, CGU Distinguished Alumni Award
Ernest Maldonado, CGU Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Alan I. Leshner, Honorary Degree Recipient
Faye Wattleton, Honorary Degree Recipient
Richard C. Atkinson, Honorary Degree Recipient
2006
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Paul O’Neill, Inauguration Speaker and Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Denise Marcelle Campbell, Student Commencement Speaker:
Alfred Balitzer, CGU Distinguished Alumni Award
Subramanyam “Subbu” Murthy, CGU Distinguished Alumni Service Award
Congresswoman, Linda T. Sánchez, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
James C. Collins, Doctor of Management, honoris causa
Alan G. Lafley, Doctor of Management, honoris causa
John W. Mack, Doctor of Management, honoris causa
Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda, Doctor of Management, honoris causa
2005
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Admiral Bobby R. Inman, USN (Ret.), Commencement Speaker (remarks)
Sacvan Bercovitch, Honorary Degree Recipient
William L. Everhart, Honorary Degree Recipient
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Honorary Degree Recipient
Mario Villarreal-Diaz, Student Commencement Speaker (remarks)
Elizabeth Bobo, Student Speaker-Board of Trustees' Dinner (remarks)
Paul K. Longmore, Distinguished Allumni Award Recipient (remarks)
Mary Toepelt Nicolai, Distinguished Alumni Service Award Recipient
César A. Piña, Distinguished Alumni Service Award Recipient
2004
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John Seely, Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient (remarks)
DuWayne J. Peterson, Jr., Honorary Degree Recipient (remarks)
Synthia Laura Molina, Distinguished Alumni Service Award Recipient (remarks)
Michael M. Hertel, Distinguished Alumni Service Award Recipient (remarks)
Karen Linkletter, Student Speaker (remarks)
2003
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Nancy Daly Riordan, Honorary Degree Recipient (remarks)
Richard J. Riordan, Honorary Degree Recipient (remarks)
Paul Zak, Associate Professor of Economics, Commencement Speaker (remarks)
Jill Gold Wright, Student Speaker (remarks)
James A. Turrell, Distinguished Alumni Service Award Recipient (remarks)
2002
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Kip Thorne, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, Commencement Speaker (remarks)
Kevin S. Groves, Student Speaker (remarks)
Marilyn P. Sutton, Distinguished Alumni Service Award Recipient (remarks)
2001
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Leslie H. Gelb, Commencement Speaker (remarks)
Susan Elizabeth Stearn, Student Speaker (remarks)
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