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Year
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Bryant Commencement Speakers and Honorary Degree Recipients
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Title
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Speakers and Honorary Degrees
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Undergrad or Graduate School
|
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1940
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McConaughy, James L.
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President, Wesleyan University 1925–1943 and Lieutenant-Governor, Connecticut 1938 to 1941
|
S
|
U
|
|
1940
|
Cassidy, Thomas Vincent
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Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Providence Diocese and Secretary-Treasurer and Dean of the Catholic Teachers College of Providence
|
H
|
U
|
|
1940
|
Fitzpatrick, Winifred Loretta
|
Director of the Providence District Nursing Association
|
H
|
U
|
|
1940
|
Barber, Jeremiah Clark
|
Professor of Law, Dean of the School of Business Administration and for forty-seven years a member of the Faculty of Bryant College
|
H
|
U
|
|
1941
|
Wilson, Hugh
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Former United States Ambassador to Germany
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1941
|
Hanley, James Lawrence
|
Superintendent of Public Schools, Providence
|
H
|
U
|
|
1941
|
Moir, Phyllis
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Author, Editorial Assistant of "Forum-Current History"
|
H
|
U
|
|
1942
|
Sayre, Francis B.
|
United States High Commissioner, Philippine Islands
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1942
|
Kai-Shek, Madame Chiang
|
Wife of Chinese President Chiang Kai-shek
|
H
|
U
|
|
1942
|
Green, Theodore Francis
|
Senator from Rhode Island 1937-1961
|
H
|
U
|
|
1942
|
McGrath, J. Howard
|
Governor of Rhode Island, 1940-1945
|
H
|
U
|
|
1943
|
Woodward, Carl R.
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President, Rhode Island State College 1941-1958
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1943
|
Lomax, Paul Sanford
|
Professor of Education and Chairman, Department of Business Education, New York University, and member of the Advisory Board of Bryant College
|
H
|
U
|
|
1944
|
Barkley, Alben W.
|
Majority Leader (1937-1947), United States Senate
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1944
|
Leach, Ruth M.
|
Vice President, International Business Machines Corporation - IBM
|
H
|
U
|
|
1944
|
Griffith Anna I.
|
Former Administrator, Child Welfare, Rhode Island
|
H
|
U
|
|
1945
|
Watson, Thomas J.
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President, International Business Machines Corporation - IBM
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1945
|
Bond, Alice Dixon
|
Literary Editor, Boston Herald and Boston Traveler
|
H
|
U
|
|
1946
|
McGrath, J. Howard
|
Solicitor General, United States 1945-1946
|
S
|
U
|
|
1946
|
Olds, Irving S.
|
Chairman of the Board, United States Steel Corporation 1940-1952
|
H
|
U
|
|
1946
|
Mosher, Ira
|
Chairman of the Board, National Association of Manufacturers
|
H
|
U
|
|
1946
|
Barker, Harold R.
|
Vice President, Industrial Trust Company
|
H
|
U
|
|
1946
|
Galliher, Daniel M.
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Registrar, Providence College
|
H
|
U
|
|
1946
|
Fine, Benjamin
|
Education Editor, New York Times 1941-1958
|
H
|
U
|
|
1947
|
Snyder, John Wesley
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Secretary of the Treasury, United States 1946-1953
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1947
|
Aldrich, Winthrop W.
|
Chairman of the Board, Chase National Bank of New York 1930-1953
|
H
|
U
|
|
1947
|
Marshall, Albert E.
|
President, Rumford Chemical Works
|
H
|
U
|
|
1947
|
Hagar, Hubert A.
|
General Manager, Gregg Publishing Company
|
H
|
U
|
|
1947
|
De Haas, Anton
|
Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration
|
H
|
U
|
|
1948
|
Symington, W. Stuart
|
Secretary of the Air Force, United States 1947-1950
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1948
|
McGrath, J. Howard
|
Senator, United States - Rhode Island 1947-1949
|
H
|
U
|
|
1948
|
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs
|
Former Governor of Georgia 1943-1947
|
H
|
U
|
|
1948
|
Palmer, Howard Shirley
|
President, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company
|
H
|
U
|
|
1948
|
Proffitt, Edward J. W.
|
Advisor on Bond Investments, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company
|
H
|
U
|
|
1949
|
Fairless, Benjamin F.
|
President, United States Steel Corporation, 1938-1952
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1949
|
Kennedy, Clement
|
President, New Ocean House, Swampscott, Massachusetts
|
H
|
U
|
|
1949
|
Pastore, John O.
|
Governor of Rhode Island, 1945-1950
|
H
|
U
|
|
1950
|
Sawyer, Charles
|
Secretary of Commerce, United States 1948-1953
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1950
|
Ross, Nellie Tayloe
|
Director of the United States Mint 1933-1953
|
H
|
U
|
|
1950
|
Fales, William D.
|
Head of the Textile School and Chairman Textile and Clothing Division, Rhode Island School of Design
|
H
|
U
|
|
1950
|
Whipple, Lucius A.
|
President, Rhode Island College of Education 1940-1951
|
H
|
U
|
|
1951
|
McGrath, Earl James
|
United States Commissioner of Education 1949-1953
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1951
|
Malott, Deane Waldo
|
President of Cornell University 1951-1963
|
H
|
U
|
|
1951
|
Powers, William Edmonds
|
Attorney General, Rhode Island 1949-1958
|
H
|
U
|
|
1951
|
Bradford, Arthur Howe
|
Pastor of Central Congregational Church
|
H
|
U
|
|
1952
|
Douglas, Paul Howard
|
Senator, Illinois 1949-1967
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1952
|
Slavin, Robert Joseph
|
President, Providence College 1947-1961
|
H
|
U
|
|
1952
|
Porter, Sylvia Field
|
Financial Editor, New York Post 1938-
|
H
|
U
|
|
1952
|
Leonard, Lucille Putnam
|
President, National Congress of Parents and Teachers
|
H
|
U
|
|
1952
|
Thomas, Ernest Kinsey
|
President, Rhode Island Horticultural Society
|
H
|
U
|
|
1953
|
Hobby, Oveta Culp
|
United States Secretary of Health Education and Welfare, 1953-1955
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1953
|
Priest, Ivy Baker
|
United States Treasurer, 1953-1961
|
H
|
U
|
|
1953
|
Brainard, Morgan Bulkley
|
President, Aetna Life Insurance Company 1922-1957
|
H
|
U
|
|
1953
|
Penney, James Cash
|
Founder and Chairman of the Board, J.C. Penney
|
H
|
U
|
|
1953
|
Babson, Roger Ward
|
Founder and Head of Babson Institute of Business Administration (Babson College)
|
H
|
U
|
|
1954
|
Case, Harold C.
|
President, Boston University 1951-1967
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1954
|
Adams, Sherman
|
Assistant to the President of the United States 1953-1958
|
H
|
U
|
|
1954
|
Collins, Cornelius B.
|
Chairman, Rhode Island Board of Education
|
H
|
U
|
|
1954
|
Graham, Inez
|
Headmistress, Graham-Eckes School, Palm Beach,Florida
|
H
|
U
|
|
1954
|
Kennedy, Clement
|
President, New Ocean House, Swampscott, Massachusetts
|
H
|
U
|
|
1954
|
McMahon, John H.
|
Chairman, Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates, Inc.
|
H
|
U
|
|
1955
|
Thomas, Charles Sparks
|
Secretary, United States Navy 1954-1957
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1955
|
Roberts, Dennis J.
|
Governor of Rhode Island 1951-1959
|
H
|
U
|
|
1955
|
Roebling, Mary G.
|
President, Chairman, Trenton Trust Company 1937-1972
|
H
|
U
|
|
1955
|
Bennett, Granville Gaylord
|
Retired Episcopal Bishop of Rhode Island 1946-1954
|
H
|
U
|
|
1956
|
Rogers, William P.
|
Deputy Attorney General, United States 1957-1961
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1956
|
Humphreys, H.E. Jr.
|
President & Chairman, United States Rubber Company
|
H
|
U
|
|
1956
|
Walsh, Michael F.
|
Commissioner of Education, Rhode Island
|
H
|
U
|
|
1956
|
Maclean, Lola
|
President, Detroit Commercial College
|
H
|
U
|
|
1957
|
Mitchell, James P.
|
Secretary of Labor, United States 1953-1961
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1957
|
Sperti, George Speri
|
Director, Institutum Divi Thomae Foundation 1935-1988
|
H
|
U
|
|
1957
|
Murray, Florence Kerins
|
Judge, Superior Court of Rhode Island 1956-1978
|
H
|
U
|
|
1957
|
Hawskley, Raymond H.
|
General Treasurer, Rhode Island 1949-1977
|
H
|
U
|
|
1958
|
Hauge, Gabriel
|
Special Assistant to the President of the United States 1956-1958
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1958
|
Dore, Vincent C.
|
Academic Vice President, 1950-1961 & Dean of Faculty, 1957-1961, Providence College
|
H
|
U
|
|
1958
|
Harrington, Russell Chase
|
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Treasury Department 1955-1958
|
H
|
U
|
|
1958
|
Sweeney, Margaret Deasy
|
Executive Vice-President, Standish-Johnson Company
|
H
|
U
|
|
1958
|
Hamilton, William H.
|
Treasurer, The Shepard Company
|
H
|
U
|
|
1959
|
Fogarty, John E.
|
United States Congressman from Rhode Island 1941-1967
|
S,H
|
U
|
|
1959
|
Smith, Margaret Chase
|
United States Senator from Maine 1949-1973
|
H
|
U
|
|
1959
|
Reynolds, Walter H.
|
Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island 1951-1965
|
H
|
U
|
|
1959
|
Silverman, Ida Marcia
|
International Zionist Leader and American Philanthropist
|
H
|
U
|
|
1959
|
Arris, George H.
|
Financial and Business Editor, The Providence Journal
|
H
|
U
|
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