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<h2 id="notable-commencement-speeches">Notable commencement speeches</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Winston_Churchill/Wm8LXNzH">Winston Churchill</a> at <a href="/facts/Harrow_School/7uSBR5oe">Harrow School</a> in 1941<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/George_C._Marshall/gnWtpenN">George C. Marshall</a> at <a href="/facts/Harvard_University/Lhy9L1cx">Harvard University</a> in 1947: the <a href="/facts/Marshall_Plan/tzYxovlM">Marshall Plan</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_F._Kennedy/1cdDaswg">John F. Kennedy</a>'s <a href="/facts/American_University_speech/eMrJhTPv">American University speech</a> in 1963<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Richard_Feynman/32vGFrtB">Richard Feynman</a> at the <a href="/facts/California_Institute_of_Technology/3FPcp7BL">California Institute of Technology</a> in 1974: "<a href="/facts/Cargo_cult_science/sdr8erP3">Cargo cult science</a>"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Joseph_Brodsky/Jttskkly">Joseph Brodsky</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_Michigan/6e1Ea5xh">University of Michigan</a> in 1988: "Speech at the Stadium"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Steve_Jobs/fQpja1hx">Steve Jobs</a> at <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a> in 2005<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/David_Foster_Wallace/5qNGP8J7">David Foster Wallace</a> at <a href="/facts/Kenyon_College/Xu04RE1m">Kenyon College</a> in 2005: "<a href="/facts/This_Is_Water/HnJugeyd">This Is Water</a>"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Graduation/xWuangH9">Graduation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Speech/WEelhfTs">Speech</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.humanity.org/voices/commencements/">The art of the commencement speech, an archive</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.rightattitudes.com/2010/05/04/three-great-commencement-speeches/">Excerpts from commencement speeches</a> by <a href="/facts/Steve_Jobs/fQpja1hx">Steve Jobs</a>, <a href="/facts/Bill_Gates/z16t4m7s">Bill Gates</a>, and <a href="/facts/J.K._Rowling/hdgs1Nv3">J.K. Rowling</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Online etymology dictionary. "commencement (n.)". Retrieved 2020-01-26. <a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/commencement" target="_blank">https://www.etymonline.com/word/commencement</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Top 10 Commencement Speeches". Time magazine. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090520164648/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1898670,00.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090520164648/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1898670,00.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"The 10 Best Graduation Speeches of All Time: Winston Churchill, Former UK PM". CNBC. 13 May 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2013. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/id/37134742/page/7" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/id/37134742/page/7</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Hanhimäki, Jussi M.; Westad, Odd Arne, eds. (2004). The Cold War: A History in Documents and Eyewitness Accounts. Oxford University Press. p. 122. ISBN 9780199272808. <a href="9780199272808" target="_blank">9780199272808</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Top 10 Commencement Speeches". Time magazine. Archived from the original on May 20, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090520164648/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1898670,00.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090520164648/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1898670,00.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Feynman, Richard P. (June 1974). "Cargo Cult Science" (PDF). California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2015-10-25. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Feynman" target="_blank">/wiki/Richard_Feynman</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Brodsky, Joseph. "Speech at the Stadium". <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brodsky" target="_blank">/wiki/Joseph_Brodsky</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>""You've Got to Find What you Love", Jobs Says". Stanford News. 2005-06-12. Retrieved 2022-07-11. <a href="https://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/12/youve-got-find-love-jobs-says" target="_blank">https://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/12/youve-got-find-love-jobs-says</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Levine, Sam (2016-05-20). "David Foster Wallace's Famous Commencement Speech Almost Didn't Happen". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-11-05. <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water_us_573e1182e4b0aee7b8e962d0" target="_blank">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water_us_573e1182e4b0aee7b8e962d0</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>