Who Landed The Best Graduation Speakers? by: Jeff Schmitt on May 10, 2014 | 7,329 Views May 10, 2014 Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Stanford alum Phil Knight Stanford Graduate School of Business Date: June 14 Speaker: Phil Knight, Co-Founder and Chairman of Nike Website: Stanford GSB Commencement Northwestern (Kellogg) Date: June 20 Speaker:Robert Eckert, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Mattel, Inc. Website: Kellogg Graduation Week North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) Date: May 18 Speaker: Not Announced (CEO of a Fortune 500 Company) Website: Kenan-Flagler MBA Graduation Wharton School (Penn) Date: May 18 Speaker: David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and co-CEO of the Carlyle Group Website: Wharton Graduation Columbia Business School Date: May 18 Speaker: Roger Altman, Founder and Executive Chairman of Evercore Partners Website: Columbia Graduation Texas (McCombs) Date: May 16 Speaker: Robert B. Rowling, Founder of TRT Holdings (Holding Company for Omni Hotels and Gold’s Gym) Website: McCombs Graduation Emory (Goizueta) Date: May 10 Speaker: No Speaker Website: MBA Graduation Schedule) Virginia (Darden) Date: May 18 Speaker: Student Speakers Website: Darden 2014 Graduation Cornell (Johnson) Date: May 24 Speaker: Dean Soumitra Dutta Website: Cornell Commencement Weekend Harvard Business School Date: May 29 Speaker: Salman Khan (May 28 – Class Day) Website: HBS Graduation MIT (Sloan) Date: June 5 Speaker:Joaquin E. Bacardi III, President and CEO of Bacardi Corporations Website: MIT Sloan MBA Convocation Chicago (Booth) Date: June 14 Speaker: Not Specified Website: Chicago Booth Ceremonies Michigan (Ross) Date: May 2 Speaker: Dave Ulrich, Co-founder and Partner, The RBL Group Website: Ross Commencement Georgetown (McDonough) Date: May 16 Speaker: Roger W. Ferguson Jr., President and CEO of TIAA-CREF Website: Georgetown Commencement Previous PagePage 2 of 2 1 2