Although College officials will not reveal the name of the speaker for the senior class's Commencement exercises, Dartmouth's peer institutions have already announced a wide range of prominent figures.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will be speaking at Harvard University's Commencement to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, according to the Harvard Crimson. The plan was unveiled by then-Secretary of State George C. Marshall in his 1947 speech at Harvard Commencement.
Native Philadelphian Bill Cosby has accepted the University of Pennsylvania's invitation to speak at its graduation ceremony, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Former President Jimmy Carter will be speaking at Duke University, according to the Duke Chronicle. Carter's grandson Jason will be among the Duke graduates this year.
Stanford University's graduation speaker will be the newest Supreme Court justice, Stephen Breyer, according to the Stanford Daily. Breyer is a Stanford alumnus, and his son Michael is a member of Stanford's Class of 1997.
Yale University does not invite outside speakers for Commencement. This year's Class Day speaker, however, will be historian and Yale alumnus David McCullough, author of the book "Truman," according to the Yale Daily News.
McCullough was invited to speak at Yale after the senior class voted that they did not want a politician or an actor.
While Princeton University does not have a speaker at their graduation services, alumnus and Tennessee Senator Bill Frist will be the featured speaker at their Baccalaureate, according to the Daily Princetonian.
Brown University also does not traditionally invite outside speakers to commencement. Instead, two members of the Class of 1997 will be speaking, according to the Brown Daily Herald.
Cornell University has not released the name of its speaker, according to the Cornell Daily Sun.
