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(most recent is listed first)
Historical note:
at least in recent years, it has tended to be the practice that the graduating
class selects its commencement speaker.
Note: this information is correct to the best of our knowledge, having been drawn from the archives of the College. Please email any comments, questions or corrections to the Archivist at archives@fortlewis.edu.
|
Commencement
date |
Commencement
speaker |
Biographical
information/ Transcript availability |
| 12/16/2006 | Dr. Duane Smith | Fort Lewis College History Professor |
| 4/__/2006 | ||
| 12/17/2005 | Mr. Mark Larson | Colorado State Representative, 59th District |
| 4/30/2005 | Paul Loeb | Researcher, writer, speaker and educator in the area of civic engagement |
| 12/18/2004 | Dr. Brad Bartel |
President of Fort Lewis College (in the place of
Mark Udall,
U.S. Representative from Colorado, who could not make the flight from
Denver to Durango) / Transcript of Dr. Bartel's speech is in
Collection M 001, Series 10.7.5 |
| 5/1/2004 | Joe Shirley, Jr. | President of the Navajo Nation |
| 12/20/2003 | Leonel Silva | Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College |
| 6/7/2003 | Dr. Peter R. Decker | Chairman, Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College |
| 5/3/2003 | Dr. Jane Margaret O'Brien | President, St. Mary's College of Maryland |
| 12/21/2002 | Karen Wade | Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service |
|
6/1/2002 |
Peggy Lamm | Chair, Colorado Commission on Higher Education |
|
4/27/2002
|
Jacob G. Murdock |
(split into two ceremonies, due to roof repairs on the Gym) President of the Associated Students of Fort Lewis College |
|
4/27/2002
|
McCarren E. Dean | Graduating student of Fort Lewis College |
|
12/15/2001 |
General Ronald R. Fogleman | United States Air Force (Retired) |
|
6/2/2001 |
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|
4/28/2001 |
Dr. Rob Blair | Fort Lewis College Geosciences Professor |
|
12/16/2000 |
Dr. Charles Walker |
Fort Lewis College Exercise Science Professor |
|
6/3/2000 |
Dr.
Stewart Bliss |
State
Board of Agriculture |
|
4/29/2000 |
Dr.
Byron Dare |
Fort Lewis College Political Science Professor |
|
12/18/1999 |
Dr. Doreen Hunter |
Fort Lewis College History Professor |
|
5/1/1999 |
Dr. William Langworthy |
Fort Lewis College Chemistry Professor |
|
12/19/1998 |
Dr. Clifford Capp |
Professor Emeritus |
|
5/2/1998 |
Dr. Joel M. Jones |
President of Fort Lewis College |
|
12/20/1997 |
Dr. O. D. & Betty Perry |
Fort Lewis College Business Professor and Fort Lewis College
Dean of Students, respectively |
|
5/3/1997 |
Dr. Roy Cook |
Fort Lewis College Business Professor |
|
12/21/1996 |
Dr. Larry Hartsfield |
Fort Lewis College English Professor |
|
4/27/1996 |
Dr. Mark Coburn |
Fort Lewis College English Professor / Transcript is in Collection M 001,
Series 10.7.5 |
|
1216/1995 |
Dr. Kathleen S. Fine-Dare |
Fort Lewis College Anthropology Professor |
|
4/29/1995 |
Dr. Carroll “Pete” Peterson |
Fort Lewis College English Professor / Transcript is in Collection M 001,
Series 10.7.5 |
|
12/10/1994 |
Dr. G. Leonard “Red” Bird |
Fort Lewis College English Professor |
|
4/30/1994 |
Dr. Thomas Sutherland |
Former hostage in Beirut, Lebanon |
|
12/12/1993 |
Dr. Linda Simmons |
Fort Lewis College Teacher Education Professor |
|
5/1/1993 |
Dr. Duane Smith |
Fort Lewis College History Professor |
|
12/12/1992 |
Dr. Charles O. Tustin |
Fort Lewis College Business Professor |
|
5/2/1992 |
Wellington Webb |
Mayor of Denver |
|
12/15/1991 |
Dr. Doreen Mehs |
Fort Lewis College Chemistry Professor |
|
4/27/1991 |
Dr. Tom Eckenrode |
Fort Lewis College History Professor |
|
12/9/1990 |
Dr. Larry Goff |
Fort Lewis College Business Professor |
|
4/28/1990 |
Dr. Duane Smith |
Fort Lewis College History Professor |
|
4/29/1989 |
A. Gary Ames |
President of Operations, US West |
|
4/23/1988 |
Scott McInnis |
Colorado House of Representatives (and later, U.S. Congressman from Colorado) |
|
4/25/1987 |
Ben Nighthorse Campbell |
United States Congressman (and later, Senator) from
Colorado |
|
4/26/1986 |
John A. Love |
Former Governor of Colorado |
|
4 |
Georgie Anne Geyer | Foreign correspondent |
|
4/28/1984 |
Wilson S. Johnson |
|
|
4/23/1983 |
Dr. J. Russell Nelson |
President, Arizona State University |
|
4/24/1982 |
Dr. Donald M. Kerr, Jr. |
Director, Los Alamos Lab |
|
4/25/1981 |
Dr. Eugene M. Shoemaker |
Geologist |
|
4/26/1980 |
Peter MacDonald |
Chairman, Navajo Council |
|
4/21/1979 |
Nancy Dick |
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado |
|
4/22/1978 |
Dr. Lindley J. Stiles |
Transcript in Collection M 001, Series 10.7.5 |
|
4/23/1977 |
Leonard C. Burch |
Southern Ute Council |
|
4/24/1976 |
Dr. William E. (Bud) Davis |
President, University of New Mexico |
|
4/26/1975 |
John Cowles, Jr. |
Minnesota Star & Tribune Company |
|
4/20/1974 |
Wayne N. Aspinall |
United States Congressman from Colorado / Transcript is
in Collection M 001, Series 10.7.5 |
|
4/21/1973 |
Jesse Owens |
Olympic athlete |
|
4/8/1972 |
Austin E. Roberts |
Attorney |
|
4/10/1971 |
Dr. John F. Reed |
University of Wisconsin |
|
4/12/1970 |
Dr. Morrison Warren |
Arizona State University |
|
4/13/1969 |
Dr. W. E. Morgan |
President, Colorado State University |
|
4/14/1968 |
Byron R. White |
Supreme Court Justice |
|
4/16/1967 |