Graduation 2005

Commencement speakers at Jesuit colleges and universities this spring included:


Boston College
Dr. Paul Farmer, founder of
Partners In Health

Canisius College
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth,
civil rights pioneer

College of the Holy Cross
Tim Russert, NBC News Washington
bureau chief and Meet the Press host

Creighton University
Fr. John Schlegel, SJ,
Creighton’s president

Fairfield University
Fr. Jeffrey von Arx, SJ,
Fairfield’s president

Fordham University
John Sexton
John Edward Sexton, president
of New York University

Georgetown University
HRH Felipe de Borbón y Grecia,
heir to the crown of Spain

Gonzaga University
Joe Dowling, Irish actor and Guthrie
Theater (Minneapolis) director

John Carroll University
Jim Wallis, founder and editor in chief
of Sojourners magazine

Le Moyne College
Peter and Margaret O’Brien Steinfels,
former New York Times religion writer
and former editor of Commonweal

Loyola College in Maryland
Rudolph Giuliani, former mayor
of New York

Loyola Marymount University
Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ, director of
Homeboy Industries

Loyola University Chicago
Fr. Claudio Diaz, director of the
Chicago archdiocese’s
Office for Hispanic Catholics

Loyola University New Orleans
Sr Helen Prejean
Sr. Helen Prejean, CSJ,
opponent of capital punishment

Marquette University
Cokie Roberts,
ABC News political analyst

Regis University
Fr. Michael Sheeran, SJ, president
of Regis

Rockhurst University
Jacqueline Schumacher
Jacqueline Schumacher,
Rockhurst senior

Saint Joseph’s University
Tim Russert,NBC News Washington
bureau chief and Meet the Press host

Saint Louis University
Houston Baker
Houston Baker Jr., scholar of
African-American literature and theory

Saint Peter’s College
Paul Tagliabue, NFL Commissioner

Santa Clara University
Tim Russert, NBC News Washington
bureau chief and Meet the Press host

Seattle University
Gary Locke, former governor
of Washington

Spring Hill College
Most Rev. Wilton Gregory,
Archbishop of Atlanta

University of Detroit Mercy
Pete Hoekstra, U.S. Representative (R-MI)

University of San Francisco
Terry Lynn Karl, political science
professor at Stanford University

University of Scranton
Jay Parini, poet, biographer,
and educator

Wheeling Jesuit University
John Beilein, West Virginia University
basketball coach and Wheeling alumnus (’75)

Xavier University
Sr. Maureen Fay, OP, former president
of University of Detroit Mercy