Mike Tirico named commencement speaker

[Frozen]

 

[longtimefan]

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He does keep busy.

 

[djorange1989]

Cool. I had William Safire who was entertaining but spoke for what felt like 5 minutes

 

[Cuseregular]

Best I’ve ever heard was Melo. Anywhere, just a marvelous speech

 

[longtimefan]

Best I’ve ever heard was Melo. Anywhere, just a marvelous speech

Aaron Sorkin was very good.

To further date myself, mine was William (eFg). Buckley. The content was interesting, but his delivery put many to sleep.

 

[OrangeAl]

As I recall, our speaker in 1977 was supposed to be Kurt Waldheim, former Secretary-general of the UN. However, he was suffering disgrace for his hidden Nazi ties, so in stepped NYS Governor Hugh Carey. Good switch, since a couple of years later he dropped us a bag of state money to build the Carrier Dome.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Best I’ve ever heard was Melo. Anywhere, just a marvelous speech

For anyone who hasn't heard it.

 

[Brian Orange]

Bill Clinton 2003.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

Pearl Bailey. 1985

 

[FloridaCuse]

Barbara Ward - British Economist. 1967.

[I know, who? I didn't remember, had to look it up. I probably didn't remember the next day either.]

 

[Cuseregular]

For anyone who hasn't heard it.

Man good stuff. Seemingly no notes either. So impressive

 

[FloridaCuse]

Man good stuff. Seemingly no notes either. So impressive

I was trying to detect if he was using the teleprompter. Couldn't tell.

 

[FloridaCuse]

Here is the full list. Going back to 1893.

Impressive list. Including JFK in 1957. And Oren Lyons in 1993 (if you don't know who he is, look him up.)

Commencement Speakers

Commencement Speakers

library.syracuse.edu

 

[Eric15]

They should have Snoop Dogg join him like during Olympic coverage.

 

[rrlbees]

Aaron Sorkin was very good.

To further date myself, mine was William (eFg). Buckley. The content was interesting, but his delivery put many to sleep.

Aaron Sorkin, 2012

We’ve hand-picked over 350 addresses going back to 1774. Search by name, school, date or theme.

apps.npr.org

 

[NineOneSeven]

Aaron Sorkin, 2012

We’ve hand-picked over 350 addresses going back to 1774. Search by name, school, date or theme.

apps.npr.org

I was there

 

[donniesyracuse]

Cool. I had William Safire who was entertaining but spoke for what felt like 5 minutes

That’s the perfect length for a commencement speech.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I was there

That story about Noah Wyle was fascinating.

 

[mikemorg]

Here is the full list. Going back to 1893.

Impressive list. Including JFK in 1957. And Oren Lyons in 1993 (if you don't know who he is, look him up.)

Commencement Speakers

Commencement Speakers

library.syracuse.edu

Class of 1993 so Lyons was our speaker. My understanding is we were supposed to have Arthur Ashe but he passed away from AIDS and Lyons was the replacement choice. Wasn’t the most inspiring speech IIRC - general theme was “Your parents messed up the world, you better go fix it.”

The poor valedictorian delivered a speech where her main metaphor was finding happiness inside your box. Many a snicker from the students - I don’t think she realized why.