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PREVIOUS COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS
May 14, 2023 Jeffrey S. Weiner, Miami Criminal Defense Attorney
May 15, 2022 Jessica Kimbrough '04, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, United Airlines
May 16, 2021 Kwame Y. Raoul, Illinois Attorney General
May 17, 2020 Anne M. Burke, Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice
May 19, 2019 Michael P. Galvin, President of Galvin Enterprises, Inc.
May 13, 2018 Honorable Anna Barbara Hantz Marconi ’92, New Hampshire Supreme Court
May 13, 2012 Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand, and Laurel Bellows, president-elect of the American Bar Association
May 15, 2011 Anita Alvarez ’86, Cook County State's Attorney
May 16, 2010 Craig Donohue, LL.M. ’89, CEO of the CME Group, delivered the alumni keynote and U.S. Senator Richard J. Durbin provided the commencement address.
May 17, 2009 William E. Kovacic, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission
May 18, 2008 The Honorable Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General
May 20, 2007 Honorable Anne M. Burke ’83, Illinois Supreme Court Justice
May 21, 2006 Bill Kurtis, journalist
May 22, 2005 Thomas A. Demetrio ’73, attorney, Corboy & Demetrio
May 23, 2004 Honorable Diane P. Wood, judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
May 25, 2003 Barack Obama, Illinois State Senator and 44th United States President
