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 ====== Commencement Speakers ====== ====== Commencement Speakers ======
 +[{{::hanna_gray_commencement_1978.jpeg?200 |Dr. Hanna Gray, first female commencement speaker, 1978. Photo credit: Trinity Reporter}}]
 Over its long history, Trinity College’s [[commencement| commencement ]] ceremonies have been highlighted by powerful speeches from a diverse array of speakers, each bringing unique perspectives and life experiences to the podium. Whether alumni, renowned educators, or distinguished figures from Connecticut’s public and civic life and beyond, these speakers have imparted words of resilience, leadership, and social responsibility, acting as shining examples for the graduating classes. Over its long history, Trinity College’s [[commencement| commencement ]] ceremonies have been highlighted by powerful speeches from a diverse array of speakers, each bringing unique perspectives and life experiences to the podium. Whether alumni, renowned educators, or distinguished figures from Connecticut’s public and civic life and beyond, these speakers have imparted words of resilience, leadership, and social responsibility, acting as shining examples for the graduating classes.
  
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   * 1980 - Lewis Thomas, M.D., LittD, President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center   * 1980 - Lewis Thomas, M.D., LittD, President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
   * 1979 - George Frederick Will, Class of 1962, LHD, Syndicated columnist and television commentator   * 1979 - George Frederick Will, Class of 1962, LHD, Syndicated columnist and television commentator
-  * 1978 - *Hanna Holborn Gray, LittD, Provost (Acting President) of Yale University, President-Designate of University of Chicago [*First female commencement speaker][{{::hanna_gray_commencement_1978.jpeg?200 |Dr. Hanna Gray speaking at Commencement 1978. Photo credit: Trinity Reporter}}]+  * 1978 - *Hanna Holborn Gray, LittD, Provost (Acting President) of Yale University, President-Designate of University of Chicago [*First female commencement speaker]
   * 1977 - Harry Reasoner, LLD, ABC news correspondent   * 1977 - Harry Reasoner, LLD, ABC news correspondent
   * 1976 - NO COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER   * 1976 - NO COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
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-[[http://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=commencement&scope=eyJpZCI6ICIxMDA0NTI1MTEiLCAicGFnZU5hbWUiOiAiVHJpbml0eSBDb2xsZWdlIEFyY2hpdmFsIFB1YmxpY2F0aW9ucyBhbmQgTWFudXNjcmlwdHMiLCAicGFnZVVybCI6ICIvc2l0ZS90cmluaXR5L3RyaW5pdHljb2xsZWdlcHVibGljYXRpb25zLyIsICJ0eXBlIjogImNvbGxlY3Rpb24iLCAicG9ydGFsTmFtZSI6ICJUcmluaXR5IENvbGxlZ2UiLCAicG9ydGFsVXJsIjogIi9zaXRlL3RyaW5pdHkvIn0%3D&so=rel&efqs=eyJjdHkiOlsiWTI5dWRISnBZblYwWldSZmMyVnlhV0ZzY3c9PSJdfQ%3D%3D|Trinity College Commencement Programs]]+[[https://www.jstor.org/site/trinity/trinitycollegepublications/commencementprograms-36739208/?searchUri=%2Fsite%2Ftrinity%2Ftrinitycollegepublications%2F%3Fso%3Ditem_title_str_asc%26searchkey%3D1729699573643%26doi%3D10.2307%252Fcontainer.36739208&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Ade01fb1dca958c79280b898890bdcb75&searchkey=1729699573643&so=item_title_str_asc|Trinity College Commencement Programs]]
  
 +[[https://www.jstor.org/stable/community.31604927|Trinity Reporter]], Summer 1978.
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