He also served as the commencement speaker in May 1997.

She also served as the university's commencement speaker that year.

The person giving such a speech is known as a commencement speaker.

In 1970, he was commencement speaker for his graduating class.

The college has had some notable commencement speakers in its history.

Schools are always looking to land a big name (see the complete list of famous 2010 commencement speakers here).

Commencement speakers talk about how you're leaving all that behind to enter the real world.

They choose a theme each year, usually related to the commencement speaker.

He was selected by his graduating class as a commencement speaker.

To be honest with you, I can't remember a word of what our distinguished commencement speaker said.