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|[[Ralph Izzo]] SEAS '79
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|Sheryl Sandberg
 
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|[[Paul Brandt-Rauf]] SEAS, MS (SEAS), EngScD, MD, MPH, DrPH
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|[[Paul Brandt-Rauf]] '70, '74SEAS; '79[[College of Physicians and Surgeons|P&S]]; '87[[Mailman School of Public Health|PH]]
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|Meryl Streep
 
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|[[Alicia Graf]] GS'03
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|Michael Bloomberg
 
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|[[Matthew Fox|Matthew C. Fox]] C '89
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|[[Santiago Calatrava]] Parent '06, '07
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|[[Santiago Calatrava]] Parent '06, '07, '08, '09SEAS
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|Deborah Marshall, GS '79
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|Anna Deavere Smith
 
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|[[Raymond P. Daddazio]] E '75, '76, '82
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|Antonio Luis Freitas GS '97
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|[[Tony Kushner]] C '78 [http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/jul04/cover.php]
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|[[David J. Stern]] '66L [http://www.college.columbia.edu/aboutcc/news/video_classday2002_stern_ref.php]
 
|Jeffrey Bleustein [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/vforum/02/seas_class_day/seas.ram]
 
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Revision as of 14:35, 5 January 2012

Class Day is like graduation, but not really (University Commencement, at which students are formally conferred their degrees, is held on a separate day). These celebrations, held for each of Columbia's undergraduate schools, feature student (usually valedictorians or salutatorians, depending on the school) and keynote speakers (usually alumni), and an occasion for students to have their names called out, walk across the stage, and shake hands with the Dean. Their existence forces students' parents to spend an extra day or two dealing with their children's commencement. The upshot is that the ceremonies are more intimate and personal. Columbia College's ceremony includes a Parade of Classes.

Instead getting a diploma, undergraduate students receive a Class Pin from members of the 50th reunion class of that year.

Speaker Complaints

Speakers at recent Columbia College class days have stirred howls of complaint. In 2006, Senator John McCain (whose daughter is CC '07) spoke, and some students expressed disapproval arguing that he did not represent the political beliefs of most CC students. Matthew Fox, a star of TV's Lost, was the speaker for 2007, and was seen as an underwhelming or inappropriate choice for such a serious occasion, although his speech turned out well-received. These controversies generally involve petulant members of the senior class, who desire a meaningful close to their four year stint at the university, i.e. a charismatic intellectual celebrity.

Class Day speakers

Undergraduate School Speakers

Year Columbia College SEAS General Studies Barnard College
2011 Alexandra Wallace Creed '88CC Ralph Izzo '79SEAS TBA Sheryl Sandberg
2010 Benjamin Jealous '94CC Paul Brandt-Rauf '70, '74SEAS; '79P&S; '87PH Jacques Pepin '70GS Meryl Streep
2009 Eric Holder '73CC James Albaugh '74SEAS M.S. Philippe Reines '00GS Hillary Clinton
2008 Joel Klein '67CC Armen A. Avanessians '83SEAS M.S. Alicia Graf '03GS Michael Bloomberg
2007 Matthew C. Fox '89CC Santiago Calatrava Parent '06, '07, '08, '09SEAS Deborah Marshall, '79GS Anna Deavere Smith
2006 John McCain Parent '07CC Raymond P. Daddazio '75, '76, '82SEAS Antonio Luis Freitas '97GS Francine du Plessix Gray '52BC
2005 Robert Kraft '63CC Mynoon Doro '73SEAS Michael Margitich, '99GS
2004 Tony Kushner '78CC [1] Savio Tung '73SEAS; Parent '01SEAS, '11B
2003 George Stephanopoulos '82CC [2] Michael Massimino '84SEAS [3]
2002 David J. Stern '66L [4] Jeffrey Bleustein [5]
2001 David Boies Russell Bassette R. W. Apple, Jr '61GS
2000 Brian Dennehy '60CC Peter Slosberg '72SEAS; '74B; Parent '04SEAS
1999 Claire Shipman '86CC David E. Shaw
1998 Judge Joseph A. Greenaway '78CC Norman R. Augustine Joyce Purnick '67BC
1997 Jonathan Kozol David Marks Anna Quindlen '74BC
1996 Robert Rubin Y.D. Kim Joseph Califano
1995 Tom Brokaw Samuel L. Higginbottom '43CC, '43SEAS Madeleine Albright '68GSAS, '76SIPA
1994 Fritz Stern '46CC Eleanor Baum Sheila E. Widnall
1993 Anna K. Longobardo '49, '52SEAS
1992 Lee-Un Chung
1987 Charles S. Robb

Trivia

  • In 1961, when Harvard switched its diplomas from Latin to English, the valedictorian, a Classics major, delivered his address in Latin. He began "O miseros Harvardianos..."
  • Part of James Russell's valedictory speech was delivered in ancient Armenian
  • In 2010, the General Studies valedictorian, Brian Corman, plagiarized part of his speech from comedian Patton Oswalt
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