Annual Commencement Dinner
May 29, 2014
Lowell House, Harvard College
Watch for details in March 2014.
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PAST ANNUAL DINNER SPEAKERS
- 2013 - Sheila Kuehl, JD '78, California politician and first out LGBT Harvard Overseer
- 2012 - Frank Rich, AB '71, Writer for New York Magazine and staunch straight ally
- 2011 - Ben Schatz, AB '81, JD '85, Lawyer, Presidential Advisor, Dragapella Star
- 2010 - Anthony Woods, MPP '08, Activist, West Point grad, Army Vet
- 2009 - Dean Evelynn Hammonds, PhD '93, Dean of Harvard College
- 2008 - Brian Graden, MBA '89, President of Entertainment, MTV Networks Music Groups & Logo TV
- 2007 - Andy Tobias, AB '68, MBA '72, Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee
- 2006 - James Esseks, JD '91, Litigation Director of the ACLU LGBT/AIDS Project
- 2005 - Keith Boykin, JD '92, broadcaster, author and commentator
- 2004 - Hon. Jarrett T. Barrios, AB '90, then a Massachusetts State Senator
- 2003 - Evan Wolfson, JD '83, Executive Director of the Freedom to Marry Collaborative
- 2002 - Lawrence Summers, then President of Harvard University
- 2001 - Deirdre (formerly Donald) McCloskey, AB '64, PhD '70
- 2000 - Kevin Jennings, AB '85, founder of the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network (GLSEN)
- 1999 - Hon. Deborah Batts, AB '69, JD '72, Federal District Court Judge
- 1998 - Chai Feldblum, JD '85, Professor, Georgetown Law School
- 1997 - Douglass Shand-Tucci, AB '72, on Harvard's Gay History
- 1996 - Harry R. Lewis, then Dean of Harvard College
- 1994 - Michelle Benecke, JD '92, founder of Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN)
- 1993 - Neil Rudenstine, then President of Harvard University
- 1992 - Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes
