Year/Speaker(s) |
|
Info |
|
| 1990 |
John
T. Casteen, III |
|
Casteen's address was at the last commencement
ceremony to be held outdoors in Memorial Stadium. |
|
| 1991 |
Fred
Rogers |
|
The producer andhost of public television's "Mr.
Roger's Neighborhood", delivered his address at the first
ceremony held in Gampel Pavilion. |
|
| 1992 |
Cynthia
Adams |
|
Adams was a UConn professor of allied health
and chair of the 100 Years of Women at UConn Committee. |
|
| 1993 |
W.
Randall Pinkston |
|
The CBS News Correspondent was a member of the
UConn School of Law's Class of 1980.
|
|
| 1994 |
Peter
Guber |
|
Guber was Chair & CEO of, Sony Pictures Entertainment. |
|
| 1995 |
Michael
Bolton |
|
Bolton, a singer and philantrophist, was a native
of New Haven, Conn. |
|
| 1996 |
Bill
Cosby,
Sanford Cloud |
|
Cosby spoke at the morning
ceremony, Cloud, a former state legislator and president and CEO
of The National Conference, spoke at the afternoon ceremony. |
|
| 1997 |
Robert
W. Fiondella |
|
Fiondella, then the chair, president and CEO
of, Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance, was a
member of the Class of 1968, UConn law. |
|
| 1998 |
George
H. W. Bush |
|
U.S. President from1989-1993, Bush was a Connecticut
native whose father, Prescott Bush was a U.S.
Senator. |
|
| 1999 |
David
McCullough |
|
McCullough is a historian, author, and host
of the PBS program The American Experience.
|
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